The Great Martyr and Healer Panteleimon was born in the city of Nicomedia into the family of the illustrious pagan Eustorgius, and he was named Pantoleon. His mother St Euboula (March 30) was a Christian. She wanted to raise her son in the Christian Faith, but she died when the future martyr was just a …
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The Church Fathers say that God has never listened more closely to a human being than He did in the time of the prophet Elijah. Depicted in icons most often either at the entrance to his cave (which can still be visited today in the region of Hozeva), accompanied by the raven sent to feed …
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ABOUT THE HOLY MARTYRS EPICTETUS AND ASTION OF HALMYRIS (according to the “Martyrdom Account”) During the Roman era, the territory between the Danube and the Black Sea (today’s Dobruja) was organized as a province called Scythia Minor (Lesser Scythia). Near the Saint George branch of the Danube and the present-day village of Dunavăţu de Jos …
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One month after the feast of the Holy Martyrs of Niculiţel—Zotic, Atal, Camasie, and Filip—a feast that brought holy joy to the hearts of the faithful in Dobruja and beyond, the Diocese of Tulcea is once again celebrating. This celebration honors the oldest saints known as martyrs in Dobruja, the Holy Martyrs Epictetus and Astion—whom …
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The Holy Apostles Peter and Paul were two different men, called by Jesus Christ to proclaim the same Gospel of merciful love and the salvation of the world. Saint Peter was named Simon before he met Jesus, who changed his name to Cephas, which means “rock.” He was born in Bethsaida of Galilee; his father’s …
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Ain Karem is a city in Israel, located a short distance from Jerusalem. This is particularly important for Christians because, according to tradition, it is the home of Zechariah and Elizabeth, parents of St. John the Baptist. Here was born St John the Baptist. Ain Karem village lies at a distance of about 8-10 kilometers …
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You are known for living a life removed from the turmoil of high society. What led to this withdrawal? Has it been beneficial for your creative work? A difficult question, a terrible answer. The sudden and completely unannounced psychosomatic crisis that struck me on Sunday, May 15, 1983, around 5:30 p.m., is an explanation that …
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Cristian Pătrășconiu: Is it still possible today to write poetry without knowing—or at least without trying to know—the history of poetry? Dinu Flămând: Of course it is, and many venture down this path, in a gentle ignorance. Usually, naivety comes at a price, because the creative lifespan of the uneducated poet is very short. And …
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Anyone who knew Father Daniil Sandu Tudor knows that he was not only a great bibliophile, but also that he had an excellent and very large library for those times. Moreover, he was always reading something… A true legend of Bucharest’s interwar bohemian scene, the poet and journalist Sandu Tudor was invariably seen, almost daily, …
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The Holy Pious Filofteia and Elisabeta of Pasărea – monks who were devoted to prayer, merciful, and miracle-workers Pasărea Monastery, a center of Hesychast monastic life founded by the monks of Cernica Monastery, has, over the centuries, produced luminous figures of monastics who, through their pure way of life, have become pillars of prayer and …
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