The name Dimitrie (the church version) or Dumitru (the popular version) comes from the ancient Demétrios, and it also talks about the ability to take on, keep, and renew Christianity, which takes in and adds everything good from the old world. Dumitru is, along with a few others, one of those names that was widely …
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Saint Demetrius, the Venerable from Basarabi, whose Holy Relics are in the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest, is celebrated on the 27th of October. Although not known when Pious Dimitrie lived, we know it was born in the village of Basarabi, south of the Danube, during Vlach-Bulgarian Empire, founded by brothers Peter and Asan (XIII century). Finding …
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367 years since the relics of Saint Paraskeva are located in Iasi, the Feast of October 14 has an extraordinary significance for the Romanian, hundreds of thousands of believers came to worship at the shrine they know “more useful”. Those who come to “Pious” – as her friends call her – ask her to solve …
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Saint Parascheva of Iasi, Thrace (Saint Petka) or Saint Parascheva the New, as it is known, lived in the tenth century. It is important to know and note that there are two more holy slaves with this name: St. Parascheva of Rome (2nd century) and Saint Paraschevi of Iconium. Daughter of wealthy parents who owned …
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The honor of the Holy Cover dates back to the 5th century, when the Cover (the mafion), the Belt and the Shirt (the tunic) of the Virgin Mary reach Constantinople. According to tradition, the Cover and the Belt were found in the tomb of the Holy Virgin of Ghetsimani Garden, when the tomb for the …
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The Protection of the Mother of God is the celebration of the Church in memory of the appearance of the Mother of God in the church of Vlaherne. On October 1, 911, this church was observed in order to save the fortress that was besieged. At four o’clock in the morning, the Mother of God …
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The Birth of the Virgin, celebrated on September 8, is not narrated in the Holy Scriptures. The lack of information about the birth and life of the Virgin reveals the discretion and humility of the Virgin Mary. It is the first Red Cross holiday in the new church year, which begins on September 1. The …
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September 1 marks the beginning of the new church year in the Orthodox Church. According to the Jewish tradition, it is now considered that God began the work of creating the world, and at that time the Savior Jesus Christ entered the synagogue, where he read the text of Isaiah’s prophecy, chapter 61, 1-2, sealing …
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