The Holy Great Martyr John the New of Suceava, lived in the fourteenth century in the city of Trebizond. He was a merchant, devout and firm in his Orthodoxy, and generous to the poor. Once, he happened to be sailing on a ship while pursuing his trading activities. The captain of the ship was not …
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Constantine XI (1449-1453) and the capture of Constantinople by the Turks Territories recognize the authority of the last Byzantine emperor in Constantinople were reduced, with its immediate surroundings in Thrace, and most of the Peloponnesus or Morea, at some distance from the capital, governed by brothers king. Honesty, nobility, power, manhood and patriotism were the …
Continue reading May 29, 1453Saint John the Wallachian is a martyr of the medieval times. He was from Wallachia, or the „Romanian Country”, that is today the southern part of Romania and died in Istanbul, because he refused to convert to Islam, on 12 May 1662. St. John was born probably a few years before the middle of the …
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Continue reading Church Celebration – 2016The fundamental assertion “believe in God”, although seemingly simple in its essentiality, is a reality that opens to the world the infinite mystery of communion with God and His dispensation. Act of faith means letting ourselves be gripped by the truth that is God, a truth that is Love, Jesus Christ, who emptied the sky …
Continue reading Today’s meaning of faithDuminica 1 Mai – Vecernia Luminata (citirea Evangheliei in mai multe limbi straine) – 12pm – 2pm; Luni 2 – A doua zi de Pasti: Sf. Liturghie: 10am – 12pm; Marti 3 – A treia zi de Pasti: Sf. Liturghie: 10am – 12pm; Vineri 6 – Izvorul Tamaduirii: Sfintirea Apei: 7pm – 9pm; Sambata 7 …
Continue reading Easter Services ProgramSaint 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. St John entered a monastery in the diocese of Tomis, where his friend and relative St …
Continue reading Venerable John Cassian the Roman and Germanus of Dacia Pontica“Πόλις αρχαιοτάτη και τωνγε εν τη εώα πασών αρίστη” Ioánnis Evghenikós Trebizond is the end of the most difficult and less hospitable sea routes on the southern shore of Pontus: a line laced beginning of the exit of the Bosphorus – the most beautiful piece of land in the world – and goes to Colchis, …
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