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The Theodore—Kostroma Icon of the Mother of God was painted by the Evangelist Luke and resembles the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God.
Saint Rostislav had the pious custom of inviting the igumen and twelve monks to his own table on the Saturdays and Sundays of Great Lent, and he served them himself. The prince more than once expressed the wish to be tonsured a monk at the monastery of Saints Anthony and Theodosius, and he even gave orders to build a cell for him.
Saint Theognostus the Greek succeeded Saint Peter as Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, holding this office from 1327 until 1353.
In the year 846 the holy relics of Patriarch Nicephorus were opened, and were found incorrupt and fragrant.
Archpriest Andrew Phillips
One of the problems in contemporary Church life is that on the fringes of the Church there are those who wish to absolutize “akrivia” and those who wish to absolutize “ikonomia”.
