Originally from the island of Cyprus, St. Spiridon was a shepherd of sheep in childhood, and later married and had children. Soon his wife died, and he served the Lord through good deeds and the care of the poor. He received the gift of doing miracles, healing all sorts of illnesses and banishing the evil …
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Biserica Sfântul Ioan Evanghelistul vă invită să participați la sărbătorirea Sfântului Spiridon, Episcopul Trimidundei. Vecernia se va săvârși vineri, 11 decembrie 2015, de la ora 7 pm, iar Sfânta Liturghie sâmbătă, 12 decembrie, de la ora 10 am. Urmând pildei de comuniune pe care sfântul a arătat-o la primul Sinod Ecumenic, așteptăm la sfintele slujbe …
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Holy Virgin Filofteia was born in the city of Tarnovo in Bulgaria, and remaining orphaned following the death of his mother, wise by the Holy Spirit, he began to work with zeal works best. Soon after the death of his mother, father Holy Filofteia took another woman saw them mercy, made his incessant troubles, beating …
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On the morning, of December 6/19, 1996, I, Fr. Elias Warnke, arrived with the Reader Timothy Tadros at our church, St. George the Great Martyr, in Michigan City, Indiana. It was the feast day of St. Nicholas. He is a very important saint for our temple. It was the Tsar-martyr Nicholas, of the same name …
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It was in 1986 in Paris that I first read a samizdat life of Elder Sebastian of Karaganda (1884-1966) and came across the case of Zoya. Since that time Elder Sebastian has been canonized and his life published in English in the Optina Elders series of Platina. However, Zoya is mentioned there only briefly. On …
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Saint Nicholas, the Wonderworker, Archbishop of Myra in Lycia is famed as a great saint pleasing unto God. He was born in the city of Patara in the region of Lycia (on the south coast of the Asia Minor peninsula), and was the only son of pious parents Theophanes and Nonna, who had vowed to …
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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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