Emperor Constantine changed the face of the world: he restored the Roman Empire and transformed it into a Christian empire. His reign marked a turning point in the evolution of imperial power. In the Byzantine era, he became a symbol, which is why a number of emperors symbolically adopted the title “New Constantine.” Perhaps no …
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He who face Cross shining in the sky more than the sun you saw the victory sign Lord well you discovered that armed out all enemies you’ve overcome, now and as those who bow before the icon your Holy king Constantine gives us, along with your good mother, Empress Helena, help those who sing to …
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Ranked third among the Athonite monasteries, the Iviron Lavra is located in the northeastern part of Mount Athos, in a small cove near the mouth of a river. The monastery’s founding is attested to between the years 980 and 985. The founder of this monastery was Saint John Ivirit (Varasvatze), a general of the Byzantine …
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In the 1970s, when speaking about Christ in public was not only forbidden but also extremely dangerous, a professor at the University of Letters in Bucharest dared to include the Bible as a subject of study in her courses. She was one of the most important voices in Romanian culture. Zoe Dumitrescu-Bușulenga, who, toward the …
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In the time of the pious Greek Emperor Alexius and the Patriarch of Constantinople, Nicholas, when the Christ-loving Grand Prince of Kiev, Vsevolod Yaroslavich, and Vladimir the Noble, his son, the lord of Chernigov, who later took the name Monomakh, there was an invasion by the Ismailis against the Greek dominion on the other side …
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According to Orthodox tradition, when infants and young children are baptized, they must have a single godparent of the same sex as the person being baptized. By extension, if the godfather is married, his wife (or the godmother’s husband) is also considered part of this spiritual bond, and the canonical consequences of kinship extend to …
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Feast of the Resurrection inaugurates Pentecostarion period. With the Resurrection of Christ during the kingdom of God opens for hymns and prayers evoked by the Church. God’s kingdom is the kingdom of the Holy Trinity. The period from Easter to Pentecost, is a revelation of the Trinity upward, constantly highlighting the Trinity, the fundamental doctrine …
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