The speaking of the Apostles as a gift of Pentecost confirms the work of the Holy Spirit in the life of the Church everywhere and forever, making it possible to preach the gospel to the ends of the earth. The language of speaking language was not an end in itself of the manifestation of the …
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After the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, the community of Christ’s disciples becomes the Church, that is, the assembly of all the elect in the world who believe in the Holy Trinity, are baptized and partake of the same Holy Mysteries of Christ, through the work and because of the presence of the Holy Spirit …
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Queen Victoria was the monarch of Great Britain and Ireland from 1837 until her death in 1901. She became Empress of India in 1877. After Queen Elizabeth II, Victoria was the second-longest-reigning monarch in Britain. During Queen Victoria’s reign, there was a great cultural expansion, advances in industry, science, and communication, and the construction of …
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Feast of the Ascension is always present for us because we can not meet with Christ other than the one who ascended to heaven. We can not think of Christ only as one who sits at the right hand of God, we can not have him in mind Christ than as the one that is …
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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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