On the condition of man. People, until they come to know something greater, are satisfied with the little that they have. Man is like a village rooster who lives in a small enclosure with few people and farm animals about, who knows his ten hens and is content with this life, because he knows no …
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Schema-monk Siluan of Mt. Athos (his secular name was Semyon Ivanovich Antonov) was born in 1866 in the village of Shov, Lebedinsk region of the Tambov district of Russia. He first arrived on Mt. Athos in 1892, was tonsured in 1896 and took the vows of the schema in 1911. His period of obedience was …
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In the life of saints there is no tomorrow. Maybe just a night. Or a continuous today. A truth that I understand the Archdiocese of Râmnic Stânişoara Monastery, listening to Father Abbot Lawrence, with whom I walked the paths of Pious Saint Neophytos and Meletios, who had some cracks in the rock here. This “last …
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The Transfer from Edessa to Constantinople of the Icon of our Lord Jesus Christ Not-Made-by-Hands occurred in the year 944. Eusebius, in his HISTORY OF THE CHURCH (I:13), relates that when the Savior was preaching, Abgar ruled in Edessa. He was stricken all over his body with leprosy. Reports of the great miracles worked by …
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Mamre is where, according to the testimony of Holy Scripture, Holy Trinity was revealed Law Abraham, in the face of three young travelers. Abraham’s Oak, located in the Valley of Mamre, lies at a distance of 2-3 kilometers southwest of Mamre, in Hebron region, the land of Canaan. Hebron is one of the holy places, …
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The Holy Emperor Constantine founded on the site of the ancient Greek colony of Byzantium and inaugurated with great fanfare on May 11, 330, Constantinople – “New Rome” became the imperial capital and the center of the Orthodox world. Phanar district of Istanbul hosts 16-17 centuries, administrative headquarters and Patriarchal Cathedral “St. George the Great …
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This year marks 127 years since the death of its greatest poet whom has appeared Romanian land, “Star Romanian poetry” – Mihai Eminescu. “He’s the one who said that lime is holy. He’s the one whose name ought not to be taken in vain. (…) He’s the one that we would try as many despair …
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The Holy Great Martyr John the New of Suceava, lived in the fourteenth century in the city of Trebizond. He was a merchant, devout and firm in his Orthodoxy, and generous to the poor. Once, he happened to be sailing on a ship while pursuing his trading activities. The captain of the ship was not …
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Constantine XI (1449-1453) and the capture of Constantinople by the Turks Territories recognize the authority of the last Byzantine emperor in Constantinople were reduced, with its immediate surroundings in Thrace, and most of the Peloponnesus or Morea, at some distance from the capital, governed by brothers king. Honesty, nobility, power, manhood and patriotism were the …
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