In Bethsaida – the “house of the winds” – a small fortress in the north of the Holy Land, in the family of the fisherman Iona, saw the light of the day St. Andrew the Apostle, brother to Simon-Peter, who was to become, in turn, a fisherman. at the call of the Savior. It is …
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Luminătorul şi dascălul lumii, stîlpul şi întărirea Bisericii, propovăduitorul pocăinţei, Sfîntul Ioan Gură de Aur, s-a născut în Antiohia Siriei, din părinţi necredincioşi, care ţineau de credinţa cea elinească, însă slăviţi şi bogaţi. Tatăl lui era voievod şi se numea Secund, iar mama sa, Antuza. Cînd a venit în vîrstă, a fost dat de părinţii …
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Saint John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople, one of the Three Hierarchs [January 30], was born at Antioch in about the year 347 into the family of a military commander. His father, Secundus, died soon after the birth of his son. His mother, Anthusa, widowed at twenty years of age, did not seek to remarry but …
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John was a contemporary of influential people. A glorious constellation of geniuses was the light during those years that St. John preached in Constantinople. In the West were Ambrose, Jerome, Augustine. In the east were three Cappadocian Saints: Basil, Gregory of Nazianzus and Gregory of Nyssa, educated, magnetic and fascinating. They were men that St. …
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It is known that St. Menas was born in the year 285 A.D. in Egypt in a pious family, his parents were Eudixius and Euphemia. His parents had long been awaiting to have children. During a feast dedicated to the Virgin Mary, Euphemia was praying with tears to an icon of the Most Holy Mother …
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About creation So, for the good and too good God was not satisfied with the contemplation of his own, but the crowd goodness deigned to do anything to receive His favor and partake of his goodness, bring non-existence to existence and creates the universe both the invisible and the visible, and man, which is composed …
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Church celebrates Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel together with all the angels. By the word “archangel” we mean “greater than angels” or “the first of the angels.” And “angel” means “messenger” because herald angels on earth and make known God’s people. The angels are “ministering spirits,” says the prophet David; Him, Who make His angels …
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The Holy Archangels make up the eighth angelic flesh of the nine known and serve God incessantly, communicating to His people His will. Sacred Scripture and Holy Tradition testify to the continuing relationship of heavenly powers with men and reveal the name of seven Archangels: Michael, Gabriel, Rafail, Uriil, Salatiil, Iegudiil, and Varahil, to which …
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