According to monks and priests, only people with a pure heart filled with love can experience miracles. So did sixteen-year-old Nikola Ivkovich. His family claims to have witnessed several times inexplicable situations . They consider St. Basil of Ostrog (Sv Vasilije Ostroski) as their saint and protector, because, as they say, he not only preserved […]
In the twentieth century, the Orthodox Church began an active mission among the indigenous population of Africa. That mission, which has proven to be very successful, continues to this day. In 2002, the Mission Center in Colvezia (Republic of Congo) published a series of testimonies in which our contemporaries, Orthodox Africans, speak of their journey
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The Monastery of St. George of Hozeva, or Orthodox Monastery of St. George, is a monastery located in Wadi Qelt, in the West Bank, Palestine. It is located about 9 kilometers from Jericho and 20 from Jerusalem. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=84&v=7tx2CUf1mio Its construction in the walls of the cave was started in the 4th century by monks in
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The Monastery of Saint Savva the Sanctified (Mar Saba) was founded by Saint Savva the Sanctified in 485, and even then it was called the Great Lavra. The Orthodox Monastery of Saint Savva the Sanctified is the most significant monastery of the Judean Desert. It is located in the heart of the desert between Bethlehem
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The Bible is the best-selling and most read book of all time. So far, it has been translated into over 1700 world languages. The Bible is different from other books. Usually books are the fruit of one author. However, the Bible has been written by at least 40 people, over 1500 years, in several different
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Nikola Tesla is one of the most mysterious people who lived at the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and by many considered a genius scientist. Throughout his life he has been studying electricity, he is known for finding an alternator. However, it is said that his most important accomplishments were others, which are
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The Virgin Mary’s tomb is in Gethsemane, in the Kedron Valley, at the foot of the western slope of the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem. It is one of the two most important Christian shrines in the Holy City; the other, of course, is the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, or the Temple of the
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Kontakion 1 Chosen by the Holy Spirit of God from thy swaddling clothes, blessed eldress Matrona, thou didst receive bodily infirmity and blindness from God for thy spiritual cleansing. Thou wast enriched with the gift of foresight and wonderworking, and hast been adorned with an incorruptible crown from the Lord. Wherefore in gratitude we on
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Saint Matrona was born on November 22, 1881 in the village of Sebino, Tulskaya region. She was blind at birth. She lived in a poor rural family where she was a fourth child. At baptism they named her Matrona in honor of St. Matrona of Constantinople. From an early age, she showed the gifts of
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The Church of the Nativity is the main reason for visiting Bethlehem for the millions of pilgrims that descend on the Holy Land every Year. It is one of the oldest churches in the world in which the Liturgical services are served. The very structure of the church is built above the cave itself which
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