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The Holy Great Martyr Mercurius, a Scythian by descent, served as a soldier in the Roman army.
Rating: 7,5|Votes: 11
St. Alexander Nevsky was Russia’s “knight in shining armor.” His reputation as a man of exceptional valor and surpassing virtue inspired a visit by a German commander who told his people when he returned: “I went through many countries and saw many people, but I have never met such a king among kings, nor such a prince among princes.”
Deacon Andrei Psarev
Rating: 9,3|Votes: 4
Fr. Deacon Andrei Psarev, on his website ROCOR Studies, talks about what parishioners can do in case of abuses in the Church.
Rating: 6|Votes: 2
A very troublesome time had begun in Russian history: from the East came the Mongol Horde destroying everything in their path; from the West came the forces of the Teutonic Knights, which blasphemously and with the blessing of the Roman Pope, called itself “Cross-bearers” by wearing the Cross of the Lord. In this terrible hour the Providence of God raised up for the salvation of Russia holy Prince Alexander, a great warrior, man of prayer, ascetic and upholder of the Land of Russia. “Without the command of God there would not have been his prince.”
Rating: 10|Votes: 1
Saint Anthony the Hesychast was born in the sub-Carpathian Mountains of Vilcea county in Romania, and he loved Christ from his early childhood.
