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The Birth of the Virgin, celebrated on September 8, is not narrated in the Holy Scriptures. The lack of information about the birth and life of the Virgin reveals the discretion and humility of the Virgin Mary. It is the first Red Cross holiday in the new church year, which begins on September 1. The …
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September 1 marks the beginning of the new church year in the Orthodox Church. According to the Jewish tradition, it is now considered that God began the work of creating the world, and at that time the Savior Jesus Christ entered the synagogue, where he read the text of Isaiah’s prophecy, chapter 61, 1-2, sealing …
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Troparion Commemoration of the righteousness with praise and you enough is thy Lord’s testimony, Forerunner. You showed that you really prophets and more honest than that and baptized in the one preached waters you worthy. Therefore, when you really need to, enjoying good and those in hell have promised him that God was manifest in …
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Plagiarism is the primary fear of academics, politicians with doctorates, authors of all kinds, and students (doctoral dissertations, master’s theses, bachelor’s theses). In addition to the specter of plagiarism accusations, a new fear has emerged—based on an indisputable reality—the use of generative AI—that is, a generator of clean, beautiful text, ready for publication. No grammatical …
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Constantin Brâncoveanu was born in 1654 from the parents of Papa Postelnicul and Stanca Cantacuzino. Constantine grew up without a father because he died when he was only a year old. She is raised by her mother, grandmother from father Păuna Greceanu and his uncle, Stolnic Constantin Cantacuzino, whom he gets to love like a …
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You’re in Sultanahmet Square in Istanbul. You came here to see the Blue Mosque, the remains of the Hippodrome with the more than 3,000-year-old obelisk of Pharaoh Thutmose, and that magnificent palimpsest church, Hagia Sophia. As if all this intertwining of centuries and civilizations—Christianity and Islam, the ancient and the medieval, exotic and familiar—were not …
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Constantin Brâncoveanu ascended to the throne of Wallachia following the sudden death of Șerban Cantacuzino (1678–1688), following a free election by the boyars and church leaders, because, as one of the chronicles of the time attests, everyone “knew that he was wise and descended from royal stock.” Prudent and content with what God had given …
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