Saint Anthimus of Iberia was one of the most highly educated people of his time. He was fluent in many languages, including Greek, Romanian, Old Slavonic, Arabic, and Turkish and well-versed in theology, literature, and the natural sciences. He was unusually gifted in the fine arts—in painting, engraving, and sculpture in particular. He was famed …
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Iubitorul de Dumnezeu şi voievodul cel înţelept al românilor, Sfântul Neagoe Basarab este prăznuit astăzi, 26 septembrie, cu multă evlavie de credincioşii ortodocşi români. Pentru faptele sale cele mari, plăcute lui Dumnezeu şi oamenilor, care au rămas moştenire sfântă poporului român binecredincios, Sfântul Voievod Neagoe Basarab, domnul Ţării Româneşti, a fost trecut în rândul sfinţilor, …
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Devotion to Saint Anne, in Canada, goes back to the beginning of New France, and was brought thither by the first settlers and early missionaries. The hardy pioneers soon began to till the fertile soil of the Beaupré hillside; in the region which now forms the parish of Sainte Anne de Beaupré the first houses date from the year 1650. …
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Today, September 9, the Orthodox Church honors the Holy and Righteous Parents Joachim and Anna, the earthly parents of the Mother of God and the grandparents of Christ. Saint Joachim was of the tribe of Judah and a descendant of King David. Anna was the daughter of the priest Matan, of the tribe of …
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Troparion Commemoration of the righteousness with praise and you enough is thy Lord’s testimony, Forerunner. You showed that you really prophets and more honest than that and baptized in the one preached waters you worthy. Therefore, when you really need to, enjoying good and those in hell have promised him that God was manifest in …
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Plagiarism is the primary fear of academics, politicians with doctorates, authors of all kinds, and students (doctoral dissertations, master’s theses, bachelor’s theses). In addition to the specter of plagiarism accusations, a new fear has emerged—based on an indisputable reality—the use of generative AI—that is, a generator of clean, beautiful text, ready for publication. No grammatical …
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You’re in Sultanahmet Square in Istanbul. You came here to see the Blue Mosque, the remains of the Hippodrome with the more than 3,000-year-old obelisk of Pharaoh Thutmose, and that magnificent palimpsest church, Hagia Sophia. As if all this intertwining of centuries and civilizations—Christianity and Islam, the ancient and the medieval, exotic and familiar—were not …
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Constantin Brâncoveanu ascended to the throne of Wallachia following the sudden death of Șerban Cantacuzino (1678–1688), following a free election by the boyars and church leaders, because, as one of the chronicles of the time attests, everyone “knew that he was wise and descended from royal stock.” Prudent and content with what God had given …
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