Saint Damascene Studit writes that righteous Lazarus never told what he saw in hell. Seeing the torments of hell, he constantly felt bitterness in his mouth and could not eat anything without first sweetening it. Also, he never laughed. Only once, when he saw how one person stole an earthen court, he grinned and said: […]
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The Orthodox Church has many holidays as part of the Mother of God. First of all, twelve Great Holidays, and then many holidays in honor of miraculous icons. There are many holidays, but two of the twelve Great Feasts stand out with their meaning and solemnity: one is the bright spring holiday of the Annunciation
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Son of Stefan Nemanja, the great Serbian ruler, born in 1169. As a young man, he longed for a spiritual life, which is why he fled to Mount Athos, where he became a monk and passed the entire ascetic constitution with rare zeal. Nemanja followed the example of his son, and he himself came to
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The Venerable Martyr Galacteon and Episteme were from the city of Edessa in Phenicia, today’s area of Lebanon, Israel and Syria. They came from pagan families. At the time when Galacteon was growing up, his mother died, and the father chose a wife for the young man – the virgin Episteme. Galacteon did not want
Many pilgrims who are not able to bring their sick to the relics of the Saint, bring their clothes and leave it under the relics of the Saint, to spend the night there for at least one night. In addition to clothes, they also bring food, usually sugar, and act in the same way Over
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Miraculous visions of Saint Petka- Parascheva, which we celebrate on October 27, still happen today – the saint helps in illness and trouble, but also warns those who sin. She saved the lives of many and led them on the right path of faith. Centuries pass, and the story of the saint continues to inspire
The Serbian Orthodox Church celebrates the memory of the recently canonized Saint Peter of Cetinje as a votive holiday and it is marked with “red letters” in the church calendar. According to the records of Bishop Nikolai Velimirovich, this saint “dedicated his entire life as a knight to his people”, fighting to reconcile the warring
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Saint Luke the Evangelist was a native of Antioch in Syria. In his youth, he studied Greek philosophy, medicine and iconography well. He was fluent in Egyptian and Greek. During the activity of the Lord Jesus on earth, Luke came from Antioch to Jerusalem. Living as a man among men, the Lord Jesus sowed the
“Take care of your soul and stand firmly on the spiritual guard, because you do not know when the Lord will call you to Himself”, says St. John of Shanghai. In your earthly life, be ready at all times to submit to God. Take care of your soul and examine your conscience daily; examine the
He is one of the greatest Orthodox saints in the 20th century. Having escaped as a Russian nobleman before the revolutionary terror of 1917, he studied theology in the Serbian capital and supported himself by working as a colporteur. He was ordained a monk in 1926 in the Miljko Monastery, on the Morava river, and
