The Holy Martyr Drosis, together with Five Virgin-Martyrs Agalida, Apollinaria, Daria, Mamthusa and Thais: Saint Drosis was daughter of the emperor Trajan (98-117), a fierce persecutor of Christians. In the year 99 he revived an earlier law which forbade secret gatherings and was indirectly aimed against Christians. In the year 104 he issued a …
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By the grace of God and the intercession of our saints, with the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Nathaniel and the support of Father Dan Hoarste, the Vicar of Canada, the Miraculous and Myrrh Streaming Icon of the Mother of God, from Hawaii, will be in our church for worship on Saturday, February 17, 2018. …
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Part of Relics of St. Symeon the God-Receiver Given to Jerusalem Patriarchate From Croatia On October 7th 2010, during the Solemn Vespers of the Feast of St. Symeon the God-Receiver, in the Sanctuary of St. Symeon in Zadar, Croatia, a particle of the relic of the Saint’s preserved body was solemnly handed over to the …
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“During his reign, Wallachia had the largest territorial expansion, starting from the sides of the Banat to the Black Sea and Transylvania to the Danube. He was involved in the church life of Wallachia, being alongside the metropolitans of the country, “said Father Lecturer Petre Sperlea in the dialogue held on the occasion of the …
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The festive celebration from the middle of Ghenar from our cultural calendar brings us to the reunion with Eminescu, the “full man of Romanian culture.” Returning to Eminescu and his unrivaled creation will unleash answers and even solutions to the many issues that bring disaster and waste to the Romanian nation, helping her to find …
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The Great Water Blessing, is a ministry committed only on Epiphany. According to the ordinance of Mineos during the revelation of the Lord, the consecration of water can perform three times: at the end of Holy Mass on the eve of the feast, after Matins of the Epiphany and, of course, after the commission of the …
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St. Basil the Great has made Molitvas that bears his name (exorcisms) to be read on his birthday, but to help many of the possessed, overcome by the devil. The tradition of reading Molitvas of St. Basil the Great in January 1 is not general in the Orthodox Church, but only one site without justification …
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Following a historical decision, the exile of the poet Ovidius at the Euxin Pontus was revoked, 2,000 years after his death. The City Council in Rome adopted the decision to abrogate the edict signed by the emperor Octavian Augustus in the year 8th The act had brought Publius Ovidius Naso, a poet appreciated to the …
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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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