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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Noble branch Martyr Constantine was born in 1654 in the old manorial nation of Brâncoveni of Oltenia. His grandfather, great magistrate Preda Brancoveanu, he built the famous monasteries as One Wood Monastery, built in 1634-1635 by him to the ground, Brancoveanu Monastery, settlement of the sixteenth century, painted and endowed in 1633 teach with his …
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The Blessed Virgin Mary, the holiest of women, as the one who was deemed worthy of the exceptional honor of giving birth to the Son of God and Savior of the world, is venerated in the Orthodox Church as the first and greatest of all saints, being “more honorable than the Cherubim and incomparably more …
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This spiritual flower and bride of Christ, whom the blessed land of Moldova brought forth, was born around the middle of the 17th century in the village of Vânători—Neamț, to devout and God-loving parents. Her father, Ştefan Joldea Armașul, held a military office, as his name suggests, serving as a guard at the Neamț Fortress …
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ABOUT THE HOLY MARTYRS EPICTETUS AND ASTION OF HALMYRIS (according to the “Martyrdom Account”) During the Roman era, the territory between the Danube and the Black Sea (today’s Dobruja) was organized as a province called Scythia Minor (Lesser Scythia). Near the Saint George branch of the Danube and the present-day village of Dunavăţu de Jos …
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It is the celebration of the oldest holy martyrs known as the territory of Dobrogea, Epictetus and Astion, the Orthodox Church commemorates on 8 July. Description of life and their passion was kept in the Acts of the Martyrs with large details. They are known as saints Halmyris, the ancient Christian city located on the …
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One month after the feast of the Holy Martyrs of Niculiţel—Zotic, Atal, Camasie, and Filip—a feast that brought holy joy to the hearts of the faithful in Dobruja and beyond, the Diocese of Tulcea is once again celebrating. This celebration honors the oldest saints known as martyrs in Dobruja, the Holy Martyrs Epictetus and Astion—whom …
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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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Today is the Feast of St. Andrew, one of the 12 apostles, also known as the first-called. He was from Bethsaida, never married, and worked with his brother, Peter, as a fisherman. He was a close disciple of St. John the Baptist, so is thought to be an ascetic and a vegetarian. When John said, …
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