Forgotten priceless gifts that the Nemanjićs (Serbian Dynasty) gave to the Italian basilica. King Milutin built a chapel around the saint’s tomb, cast from a mixture of silver and gold. Even after the collapse of the medieval state, Serbs still donated the temple The Catholic Basilica of St. Nicholas in Bari, which preserves the saint’s […]
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Nicholas was the only son of famous and rich parents Teofan and Nona. He was born in the Asia Minor region of Lycia, in the city of Patara around 270. Immediately after his birth in St. Nicholas, as the legend testifies, the future miracle worker could be recognized because during the baptism he could stand
A miracle happened last week in the temple of the Transfiguration of the Lord in Ljubovija. Three icons from the iconostasis released myrrh during the service of the Holy Liturgy, which, in accordance with the prohibitions of gathering, was attended only by the clergy. Icons of the Lord Jesus Christ, the Most Holy Mother of
The Elder Porphyrios once asked a pilgrim visiting him:— Do you know the troparion that begins, “We celebrate the slaying of death …”? — Yes, elder, I know it. — Then say it. —“We celebrate the slaying of death, the destroying of hell, the beginning of another way of life that is eternal. And leaping
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As part of the brilliant victory over the Turks, King Milutin built the monastery of the Holy Archangels in Jerusalem near the Church of the Holy Sepulcher – at the place where the Holy Archangel Michael lowered his sword after the suffering of the inhabitants in the time of Emperor David Many churches and monasteries
In our Orthodox church, the incense is burnt in a metal vessel that hangs on three chains and has a sliding cover that regulates the burning of charcoal. The whole apparatus is called a censer. On the chains are twelve small bells, signifying the Twelve Disciples. The grains of incense are put on burning charcoal
I gained the ability to manage sleep, and fall asleep and wake up at the hour I set for myself. If something in what I do is not clear to me, I force myself to think about it in a dream and in that way I find a solution … The interview we bring you
Interview with Nikola Tesla from 1899: I speak with thunder and lightning in Serbian Read More »
“Do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves…” (The service is Matins of Saturday morning sung by anticipation, on Friday evening.) It consists of psalms, hymns, and readings dealing with the death of Christ, in contrast to His divinity, and in expectation of His Resurrection. One of the hymns relates: “He who holds all things is
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In the destroyed church decicated to Michael-Archangel in the village of Urusovo, the Venetian district of the Tula region, the ancient icon from the 18th century of the Holy Mother of God “Sign” started Myrrh-streaming. The Myrrh-streaming icon was spotted on February 8th and has since been myrrh-streaming once every few days. Myrrh-streaming of the
St. Theodore Tyrone the Recruit (died February 17, 306) is a Christian saint and martyr. This saint is the first patron saint of the city of Venice He enlisted in the Marmaritsky regiment as a recruiter in the city of Amasya (present-day Turkey) when the persecution of Christians under Emperors Maximian and Maximine began. In
