Wednesday, June 3/16, 2021. 7th Week after Pascha. Fast Day.
Martyrs Lucillian and those with him at Byzantium: four youths—Claudius, Hypatius, Paul, and Dionysius—and the virgin Paula (ca. 270-275).
Hieromartyrs Lucian, bishop, Maxianus, priest, and Julian, deacon and Martyrs Marcellinus and Saturninus, at Beauvais (Gaul) (ca. 81-96). Translation of the relics of the martyred Crown Prince Demetrius from Uglich to Moscow (1606).
New Hieromartyr Cyprian (Nelidov), hieromonk, of Moscow (1934).
St. Achilles, bishop of Alexandria (312). St. Hieria, widow, of Mesopotamia (312). Monk-martyr Barsabas, abbot, of Ishtar, and ten companions, in Persia (342). St. Clotilde (Chlotilda), queen of France (545). St. Kevin, hermit and abbot, of Glendalough (618). Monk-martyr Isaac of Cordoba (851). St. Athanasius the Wonderworker, hieromonk of Traiannou Monastery in Bithynia (ca. 933). New Hieromartyr Joseph, metropolitan of Thessalonica (1821).
Repose of Archimandrite Justin (Parvu) of Petru Voda Monastery (Romania) (2013).
- The Feast of the Ascension in Belgrade
PHOTO REPORT - The Sound of Color
The Works of Iconographer Anatoly Aleshin - Cave Monasteries of Crimea
PHOTO GALLERY - Churches from Five Russian Provinces from a Bird’s Eye View
PHOTO GALLERY - Describing the Indescribable
PHOTO GALLERY - An Autumn Walk Through the Rostov Kremlin
PHOTO GALLERY - Beautiful Churches, Chapels & Monasteries of Crete, Greece
Photo Gallery - Frescoes of the Transfiguration Cathedral at Mirozhsky Monastery
Photo Gallery - A Visit to the Chapel of St. Xenia of Petersburg, Smolensk Cemetery
Photogallery - Churches of St. George Around the World
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The First Ecumenical Council and Our Challenge Today
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Archpriest Andrei Sommer On Outstanding Personalities of the Russian Church Abroad Part 1
Preachers of the “Year of the Lord”
Archpriest Kirill Kaleda on the New Martyrs of the Russian Church. Part 2
Preachers of the “Year of the Lord”
Archpriest Kirill Kaleda on the New Martyrs of the Russian Church. Part 1
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“We came to realize that the most important thing is a community gathered in the name of Christ”
A talk with Priest Dimitry Ostanin from Ukraine, who with the blessing of the future Patriarch Kirill was sent to serve as rector of the Holy Theophany parish in Bergen (Norway) in 2008. Part 2
“We are united by Christ in His Church, not by our origin, culture or language”
A talk with Priest Dimitry Ostanin from Ukraine, who with the blessing of the future Patriarch Kirill was sent to serve as rector of the Holy Theophany parish in Bergen (Norway) in 2008. Part 1
“We are united by Christ in His Church, not by our origin, culture or language”
A talk with Priest Dimitry Ostanin from Ukraine, who with the blessing of the future Patriarch Kirill was sent to serve as rector of the Holy Theophany parish in Bergen (Norway) in 2008. Part 1
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