Originally celebrated with the Baptism of the Lord on January 6, the Feast of the Nativity is established by the Church in 354 for December 25. It is the feast of the re-creation of the world, after St. Gregory of Nazians, of the restoration of the fallen flesh. In the icon of the Nativity of …
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The vision that has been revealed in our years to a father in the Holy Mountain of Aton, who, for his humbleness, has not written his name, fleeing the gloomy glory of men. “In 1854, in 14 days of March, on a Thursday, at six hours of the night, I got up to Utrenia, went …
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Sfânta Ecaterina, fiica lui Consta, predecesorul împăratului păgân Maximian, s-a născut în cetatea Alexandriei. Provenind dintr-o familie de rang înalt, Ecaterina a beneficiat de multe privilegii, a studiat foarte mult, astfel că, la vârsta de 18 ani, era cunoscută pentru frumuseţea şi înţelepciunea sa. Mulţi dintre cei bogaţi ar fi vrut să o aibă soţie, …
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Some monk was in the sheath and was under a parent for a few years. This, from the end of the devil’s enemy, coming out of obedience to the old man, left without any reason from his guide, trailing his covenant; because he was under the bond of obedience, without the consent of denying it. …
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I was born in January 1922 in the town of Barlad, from Orthodox Romanian people to nation. I attended primary school and high school in the city of Barlad, then the Academy of High Economic Studies in Bucharest. I was arrested on May 16, 1948, and sentenced me to 15 years of hard labor, then …
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The Romanian Orthodox Church “St. John the Evangelist“ of Toronto appeals to all faithful who want to help buy a place of worship to donate through this project so that we can submit an offer on July 19, 2017 for the purchase of the 2 Nobert Rd building at Victoria Park and 401. May God …
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Sfantul Ioan Maximovici, episcop de Shanghai si de San Francisco, s-a nascut in data de 4 iunie 1896, in satul Adamovka, din regiunea Harkov, Rusia, si a trecut la cele vesnice in ziua de 2 iulie 1966, in orasul Seattle, dupa savarsirea Sfintei Liturghii. Sfantul Ioan Maximovici a fost canonizat in anul 1994, de Biserica …
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Biserica Ortodoxa, in ziua de 2 iulie, face pomenirea asezarii vesmantului Nascatoarei de Dumnezeu in Vlaherne. Sfantul Vesmant al Maicii Domnului (Esthitos in greaca) este diferit de Braul Maicii Domnului, a carui praznuire are loc pe 31 august. Din Sinaxar aflam ca vesmantul a fost adus la Constantinopol de catre doi frati, nobili, Galvie si …
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Christianity honors two great saints Antonie, an early one, of the Church of the East, and another closer to our times, of the Western Church, whose memory is still today. The article wishes to forestall the possible confusion of the two saints. It is, therefore, of St. Anthony the Great, the founder of monasticism and …
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The secret archives of the Vatican are undoubtedly at the top of the list of the most mysterious places in the world. There are some of the most important documents in Europe’s history, accessible only to a select group of people – the Pope himself does not have full access to the entire archive. Archives …
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