Antonel Dumitru

Gradina Ghetsimani

Garden of Gethsemane – Greek: Γεθσημανι; Hebrew: גת שמנים; Aramaic: גת שמנא, Sman Gat; English: Gethsemane – is the most famous garden in the Holy Land, which is often the place where the Savior was coming. The garden is situated in the eastern part of Jerusalem, near the Temple Mount, in the east of the …

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Saint John Cassian the Roman was born around 360, probably in Lesser Scythia (in Dacia Pontica). His pious Christian parents gave him an excellent classical education, and also instructed him in the Holy Scriptures and in the spiritual life. Saint John entered a monastery in the diocese of Tomis, where his friend and relative Saint …

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Down on the Herăstrău lakeside, right in the middle of Romania’s capital city, the wandering traveller will encounter an authentic Romanian village, rich in monuments and artifacts from the XVIIth century, all the way up to the XXth century, representative constructions originating from important ethnographical regions which have been granted a second life at the …

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Fig. 1. Hilandar, view from south-west

Hilandar (fig. 1) is a Serbian imperial lavra in the Holy Mountain. It ranks fourth in the athonite hierarchy. Situated in the North-East part of the Athos Peninsula it is surrounded by hills, and cannot be seen from the coast, although it is only ca. two and a half kilometres far from it. There is …

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