Raising of Lazarus Orthodox Church celebrates the day before Palm Sunday. From the Gospel we learn that Lazarus was the brother of Martha and Mary and lived in Bethany. This village is in the Holy Land and is located on one of the rocky peaks of Southeast Olivet. In the days that preceded His Passion, …
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Saint Patrick, the Enlightener of Ireland was born around 385, the son of Calpurnius, a Roman decurion (an official responsible for collecting taxes). He lived in the village of Bannavem Taberniae, which may have been located at the mouth of the Severn River in Wales. The district was raided by pirates when Patrick was sixteen, …
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St Alexis was born at Rome into the family of the pious and poverty-loving Euphemianus and Aglais. The couple was childless for a long time and constantly prayed the Lord to grant them a child. And the Lord consoled the couple with the birth of their son Alexis. At six years of age the child …
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In these first days of Lent, the Church gathers us all around the analogue to sing together the Great Canon of St. Andrew the Cretan, a text rich in symbolism and dense in meaning. From a terminological point of view, the canon, coming from the Hebrew “qaneh”, means reed, measure, generally designating the rules of …
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Frankfurt silver inscription From 18 December 2024 in the permanent exhibition of the Archaeological Museum Frankfurt A small silver amulet, just 3.5 cm in size, with a thin silver foil with a mysterious incision rolled into it: the ‘Frankfurt Silver Inscription’. Experts agree that these 18 lines will greatly enrich existing research into the spread …
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We believe that the most exciting moment of the event that we celebrate today is, as described by the evangelist Luke, the old man Simeon, bound not die until you see the Savior of the world, taking in her arms the child Jesus uttered that prayer liberating so beautiful, “Now lettest thy servant, O Lord …
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Blessed with good ease of working miracles, St. Spiridon now does not cease to work for the salvation of people’s troubles. More merciful to the humble, rough with the proud saint is characterized by a divine restlessness, makes out and the coffin with the body, journeying toward salvation and the latter sheep from his speaking …
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Originally from the island of Cyprus, St. Spiridon was a shepherd of sheep in childhood, and later married and had children. Soon his wife died, and he served the Lord through good deeds and the care of the poor. He received the gift of doing miracles, healing all sorts of illnesses and banishing the evil …
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On the morning, of December 6/19, 1996, I, Fr. Elias Warnke, arrived with the Reader Timothy Tadros at our church, St. George the Great Martyr, in Michigan City, Indiana. It was the feast day of St. Nicholas. He is a very important saint for our temple. It was the Tsar-martyr Nicholas, of the same name …
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It was in 1986 in Paris that I first read a samizdat life of Elder Sebastian of Karaganda (1884-1966) and came across the case of Zoya. Since that time Elder Sebastian has been canonized and his life published in English in the Optina Elders series of Platina. However, Zoya is mentioned there only briefly. On …
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