Following a historical decision, the exile of the poet Ovidius at the Euxin Pontus was revoked, 2,000 years after his death. The City Council in Rome adopted the decision to abrogate the edict signed by the emperor Octavian Augustus in the year 8th The act had brought Publius Ovidius Naso, a poet appreciated to the …
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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 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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The Holy Apostle and Evangelist Luke, was a native of Syrian Antioch, a companion of the holy Apostle Paul (Phil.1:24, 2 Tim. 4:10-11), and a physician enlightened in the Greek medical arts. Hearing about Christ, Luke arrived in Palestine and fervently accepted the preaching of salvation from the Lord Himself. As one of the Seventy …
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At the St. John the Evangelist Church in Toronto, a Memorial Service will be held on Saturday November 4 (10am – 12pm) and Sunday November 5 (12pm – 2:30pm) after The Divine Liturgy. At the beginning of November, The Romanian Orthodox Church decided to have a Memorial for all our deceased loved ones. Since we …
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