St. Stephen Church in Jerusalem is a Greek Orthodox Church immediately outside the ancient city walls, between Lions Gate and Temple Mount. Coming out of Jerusalem through “Lions Gate” and descending in Cedar Valley, immediately on the right, is the church dedicated to St. Stephen the Archdeacon and First Martyr. According to local tradition, this …
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All details watching the Virgin Mary, considered a “vessel chosen” for the incarnation of the Son of God, the Good News, birth, life, work messianic, crucifixion, resurrection, ascension and stay on the right hand of the Father, all we find precisely mentioned in the writings of the Old Testament prophets hundreds of years before their …
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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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Sfântul Cuvios și de Dumnezeu purtătorul Părintele nostru Grigorie Decapolitul s-a născut la sfârșitul secolului VIII, în jurul anului 790. A dus o viață monahală exemplară și a rămas renumit pentru dârzenia cu care a apărat cultul icoanelor. A murit într-o mănăstire din Constantinopol, în ziua de 20 noiembrie 842. Cinstitele sale moaște, după mai …
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The honor of the Holy Cover dates back to the 5th century, when the Cover (the mafion), the Belt and the Shirt (the tunic) of the Virgin Mary reach Constantinople. According to tradition, the Cover and the Belt were found in the tomb of the Holy Virgin of Ghetsimani Garden, when the tomb for the …
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By the care of the Virgin Mary, this is the second time we worship the holy icon of the Iviron Monastery, Mount Athos. After the miraculous and myrrh streaming replica from Hawaii, we now receive with joy right from the Iviron Monastery, with the blessing of the abbot, the copy of the icon painted by …
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In 2019, the Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America wears festive clothes, on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of its establishment. Between April 25 and 28, 1929, the existence of the traditional Romanian Orthodox communities was taken into account, first in Canada and then in the United States of America, and the Founding Church Congress …
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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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