December 1 is the National Day of Romania, adopted by law after removing the communist regime. From a historical perspective, December 1, 1918, the National Assembly of Alba Iulia, consisting of 1,228 delegates and supported by over 100,000 Romanian came from all over Transylvania and Banat, adopted a resolution by which it was sanctioned …
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Today is the Feast of St. Andrew, one of the 12 apostles, also known as the first-called. He was from Bethsaida, never married, and worked with his brother, Peter, as a fisherman. He was a close disciple of St. John the Baptist, so is thought to be an ascetic and a vegetarian. When John said, …
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Sfântul Cuvios Mărturisitor Arsenie de la Prislop a fost stareț la Mănăstirea Brâncoveanu de la Sâmbăta de Sus și, apoi, la Mănăstirea Prislop. Datorită personalității sale, mii de credincioși veneau să-l asculte. Sfântul Cuvios Mărturisitor Arsenie s-a născut la data de 29 septembrie 1910, la Vața de Sus, în Hunedoara. A urmat Liceul Național Ortodox …
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In Phrygia, not far from the city of Hieropolis, in a place called Cheretopos, there was a church named for the Archangel Michael, built over a miraculous spring. This church was built by a certain inhabitant of the city of Laodicia in gratitude to God for healing his mute daughter. The holy Chief Commander Michael …
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The name Dimitrie (the church version) or Dumitru (the popular version) comes from the ancient Demétrios, and it also talks about the ability to take on, keep, and renew Christianity, which takes in and adds everything good from the old world. Dumitru is, along with a few others, one of those names that was widely …
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The honor of the Holy Cover dates back to the 5th century, when the Cover (the mafion), the Belt and the Shirt (the tunic) of the Virgin Mary reach Constantinople. According to tradition, the Cover and the Belt were found in the tomb of the Holy Virgin of Ghetsimani Garden, when the tomb for the …
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The Protection of the Mother of God is the celebration of the Church in memory of the appearance of the Mother of God in the church of Vlaherne. On October 1, 911, this church was observed in order to save the fortress that was besieged. At four o’clock in the morning, the Mother of God …
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Feast of the Exaltation of the Precious and Life-giving Cross of the church year represents a key point, which they are linked, as the feast of the Resurrection of Christ, more liturgical celebrations and ordinances. The importance of the Holy Cross, symbol of Sacrifice Saviour Church, his Bride, was highlighted from the time the Apostles …
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