First we’ll talk about abstinence of womb, which opposes gluttony of womb; then likeness stations and the way and amount of dishes. And we do not from us we will tell, but as we have received from the Fathers. They did not leave a single canon of fasting, no single image of sharing dishes, no …

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Demons are fallen angelic beings who were invisible to the human body, consisting of cold and smelly, but that can mimic all sorts of colors and shapes illusory and causes a lot of scary sounds. Psychologically speaking, they are beings who are dominated by excessive irritability, aggressiveness, jealousy and envy, although their wickedness is not …

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Saint John Cassian the Roman was born around 360, probably in Lesser Scythia (in Dacia Pontica). His pious Christian parents gave him an excellent classical education, and also instructed him in the Holy Scriptures and in the spiritual life. Saint John entered a monastery in the diocese of Tomis, where his friend and relative Saint …

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Down on the Herăstrău lakeside, right in the middle of Romania’s capital city, the wandering traveller will encounter an authentic Romanian village, rich in monuments and artifacts from the XVIIth century, all the way up to the XXth century, representative constructions originating from important ethnographical regions which have been granted a second life at the …

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Fig. 1. Hilandar, view from south-west

Hilandar (fig. 1) is a Serbian imperial lavra in the Holy Mountain. It ranks fourth in the athonite hierarchy. Situated in the North-East part of the Athos Peninsula it is surrounded by hills, and cannot be seen from the coast, although it is only ca. two and a half kilometres far from it. There is …

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