Antonel Dumitru

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. St John entered a monastery in the diocese of Tomis, where his friend and relative St …

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“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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Saint Photius, Patriarch of Constantinople, “the Church’s far-gleaming beacon,” lived during the ninth century, and came from a family of zealous Christians. His father Sergius died as a martyr in defense of holy icons. St Photius received an excellent education and, since his family was related to the imperial house, he occupied the position of …

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Saint Theodosius the Great lived during the fifth-sixth centuries, and was the founder of cenobitic monasticism. He was born in Cappadocia of pious parents. Endowed with a splendid voice, he zealously toiled at church reading and singing. St Theodosius prayed fervently that the Lord would guide him on the way to salvation. In his early …

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