Venerable Sophrony Sakharov was the one who edited and printed the writings of St. Siluan Athonite and can measure only one who reached this very special spiritual father of 20th century. Dweller First Holy Mountain Athos and then to Britain, where he founded the famous monastery “St. John the Baptist” in Essex, Reverend Sophrony Sakharov …
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At 98 years of the Great Union in Romania can be found only three albums with photos documentary made on December 1, 1918 at the Grand National Assembly of Alba Iulia. The only man who immortalized the event, Samoilă Mârza (1886-1967), has assembled those historical frames in an album titled Great Assembly of Alba Iulia …
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The most precious odor of Oltenia is the spiritual shrine with the relics of St. Gregory Dekapolis from Bistrita Monastery – Valcea. Founded from the XVth century, by noblemen Craiovesti, Bistrita Monastery was an important spiritual role throughout the five centuries of existence. Spiritual heart of its work have always stood relics of Blessed Gregory …
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Saturday, December 3, at 6 pm, on the eve of the Feast of St. Nicholas, we will celebrate the Vespers, attended also by several priests from Toronto and surrounding areas. We will enjoy spiritually worship of Relics and the Cross of Saint Apostle Andrew, as well as those of Saint Healer Panteleimon. After the service …
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Saint Hyacinth was born at the end of the 13th century. He attended the high schools of the time, completing his theological education in Constantinople, where he defended the Orthodox teaching of hesychasm together with Saint Gregory Palamas. Given his worthiness, he was elected metropolitan of Vicina after the death of metropolitan Kiril, in 1358. …
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Father lives in a studio Double or what is called in the West a small studio. Receivable is received between rooms, of not more than ten square meters. Beyond the bedroom windows, where the foot of the bed double, the parent table is Stăniloae Dumitru has worked much of his writings. This side is a …
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The relics of St. Cyprian, defender of spells and curses. We pass it making us cross, but without knowing that the walls coated in paintings of archangels and saints, the Church still Zlatari hide a treasure and precious: hand St. Cyprian, the great patron of spells and curses. Caught in the vise of hulking blocks, …
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