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Saturday, April 07, 2012

Lazarus Saturday

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Reading:   Lazarus and his sisters Martha and Mary, the friends of the Lord Jesus, had given Him hospitality and served Him many time...
Friday, April 06, 2012

Venerable Gregory the Byzantine

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Commemorated on April 6 Saint Gregory was a native of Constantinople, and pursued an ascetic life on Mt. Athos in the Lavra of St Athan...
Thursday, April 05, 2012

Translation of the relics of St Job the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia

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Commemorated on April 5 After his death in 1607, the relics of Patriarch Job were buried by the western doors of the Dormition Church o...
Wednesday, April 04, 2012

Venerable Zosimas the Abbot of Vorbozomsk

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Commemorated on April 4 Saint Zosimas of Vorbozomsk was the founder of a monastery dedicated to the Annuniciation of the Most Holy Theo...
Tuesday, April 03, 2012

Virginmartyr Theodosia of Tyre

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Commemorated on April 3 Once, during a persecution against Christians, which had already lasted for five years, the seventeen-year-old S...
Monday, April 02, 2012

Martyr Polycarp of Alexandria

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Commemorated on April 2 The Holy Martyr Polycarp suffered for his bold denunciation of the emperor Maxmian (305-313) for spilling innoc...
Sunday, April 01, 2012

Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt

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April 01 Tone of the week: Tone One Ninth Eothinon Reading:   The memory of this Saint is celebrated on April 1, where her life is...

A Punk Rock Drummer and His Love

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The power of caring for someone.  The difference in infusing a sapped existence with Life.
Saturday, March 31, 2012

Repose of St Jonah the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia

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Commemorated on March 31 Saint Jonah, Metropolitan of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, was born in the city of Galich into a piou...
Friday, March 30, 2012

Venerable John Climacus of Sinai, Author of "the Ladder"

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Commemorated on March 30 Saint John of the Ladder is honored by Holy Church as a great ascetic and author of the renowned spiritual boo...

You are Three

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A marvelous little short story on the power of simple and heartfelt prayer. PART I PART II
Thursday, March 29, 2012

St Eustathius (Eustace) the Confessor, Bishop of Bithynia

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Commemorated on March 29 Saint Eustathius the Confessor, Bishop of Bithynia, was already at the beginning of his spiritual struggle a pi...
Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Venerable John, Bishop of Manglisi

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Commemorated on March 28 Saint John (Saakadze) of Manglisi was born in 1668 and spiritually nurtured in the Davit-Gareji Wilderness. O...
Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Icon of the Mother of God "of the Akathist"

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Commemorated on March 27 There are other icons of this name which are commemorated on January 12 (Hilandar Icon "Of the Akathist...

Has the Church ever apostatized?

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From here . ---------------------------- Because of the sudden appearance of Protestantism during the 16th century, there arose an inn...
Monday, March 26, 2012

Synaxis in honor of the Archangel Gabriel

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March 26 Reading:   This festive Synaxis is celebrated to the glory of the Archangel Gabriel, since he ministered to the marvelous m...
Sunday, March 25, 2012

Annunciation of the Theotokos

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March 25 Reading:   Six months after John the Forerunner's conception, the Archangel Gabriel was sent by God to Nazareth, a town...
Saturday, March 24, 2012

Icon of the Mother of God of "the Uncut Mount"

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Commemorated on March 24 "The Uncut," or "Clouded Mountain" Icon of the Mother of God: About 250-300 years ago this...
Friday, March 23, 2012

Martyr Philetus the Senator, his wife Lydia, their sons Macedonius and Theoprepius as well as Cronides and Amphilochius in Illyria

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Commemorated on March 23 St Philetus was a dignitary at the court of the emperor Hadrian (117-138), a persecutor of Christians. For ope...
Thursday, March 22, 2012

Martyr Callinica of Rome

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Commemorated on March 22 SOURCE: SAINT OR FEAST POSTED THIS DATE 2010(with 2009's link here also and further, 2008...
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