It is the celebration of the oldest holy martyrs known as the territory of Dobrogea, Epictetus and Astion, the Orthodox Church commemorates on 8 July. Description of life and their passion was kept in the Acts of the Martyrs with large details. They are known as saints Halmyris, the ancient Christian city located on the …
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Although they are small, these catacombs are very rich in meanings. The name was originally given ad catacumbas galleries here, then this name became common to all Christian underground cemeteries. In these catacombs are buried some martyrs century III: Eutichius, Quirinius, Maximus and Sebastian. In the third century, the catacombs have become the most important …
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St. Mark the Evangelist opens his Gospel with the beginning of preaching among men and of the service of Christ in the world. And it does not take long to portray in its true meaning Malachi’s prophecy about John the Baptist, an angel who will go before the face of the Lord: “Behold, I send …
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All Saints Sunday and Romanian Saints Sunday encourages us to meditate on access to holiness. Spiritual progress remains real and pure only shelter discretion. The term called one of the finest and thinnest virtues that accompany the traveler on the road of perfection. Do not know what you’re doing. Saint knows that is holy is …
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Pentecost descends upon Banat with traditions that interweave the sacred with the profane, the common man being unable to separate the beautiful stories of fairy dances from the Christic significance of the birth of Christ’s church and the descent of the Holy Spirit in the form of tongues of fire on the apostles who followed …
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After the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, the community of Christ’s disciples becomes the Church, that is, the assembly of all the elect in the world who believe in the Holy Trinity, are baptized and partake of the same Holy Mysteries of Christ, through the work and because of the presence of the Holy Spirit …
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