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 Holy Great Martyr Barbara lived and suffered during the reign of the emperor Maximian (305-311). Her father, the pagan Dioscorus, was a rich and illustrious man in the Syrian city of Heliopolis. After the death of his wife, he devoted himself to his only daughter. Seeing Barbara’s extraordinary beauty, Dioscorus decided to hide her …
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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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The Holy Great Martyr Catherine was the daughter of Constus, the governor of Alexandrian Egypt during the reign of the emperor Maximian (305-313). Living in the capital, the center of Hellenistic knowledge, and possessed of a rare beauty and intellect, Catherine received an excellent education, studying the works of the greatest philosophers and teachers of …
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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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The Holy Apostle and Evangelist Matthew, was also named Levi (Mark 2:14; Luke 5:27); he was one of the Twelve Apostles (Mark 3:18; Luke 6:45; Acts 1:13), and was brother of the Apostle James Alphaeus (Mark 2:14). He was a publican, or tax-collector for Rome, in a time when the Jews were under the rule …
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Is one of the most peaceful and spiritual place for the whole Christianity because here, according to the legend, is sheltered one of the most valuable icons representing the Holy Mother and Jesus as a Child, painted by Saint Luca – the Evangelist and brought on these places by Andrew, the first called of the …
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