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
Hymn to Love – Apostle Paul (1 Corinthians 13) If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move
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As we already know, in the western calendar of saints, February 14 is traditionally the feast of St. Valentine of Rome. The eastern calendar, which is followed by most of the Orthodox Church, celebrates St. Valentine of Rome on July 6. According to the hagiographic tradition, St. Valentine was a priest, renowned for his mercy
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Life of Saint Haralambos Saint Haralambos was an early Orthodox Christian priest in Magnesia on the Maeander, a region of Asia Minor, in the diocese of the same name. His name Χαράλαμπος means glowing with joy in Greek language. He lived during the reign of Septimius Severus (193–211), when Lucian was Proconsul of Magnesia. As Saint Haralambis was Bishop of Magnesia also in Assyrian Mar Zaia, He
In the hot summer months, a four-member family happened to be away from their home, in very difficult circumstances. The head of the household was very ill and after three months even the doctors lost hope of his healing. It was as if the heat and exhaustion had taken away his last strength. He couldn’t
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