The Hospital is an invention of the Church!

St. Basil the Great and the “Basilead”, St. John Chrysostom, and St. Luke of Crimea

Metropolitan Nektarios (Antonopoulos)

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Church History

Rating: 9.6|Votes: 41

The Hospital is an invention of the Church!

St. Basil the Great and the “Basilead”, St. John Chrysostom, and St. Luke of Crimea

Metropolitan Nektarios (Antonopoulos)

In the center of the hospital complex there was a magnificent church, and around it there were structures, guest houses/hotels, schools, orphanages, homes for the poor, and the hospital itself. Such a thing had not existed anywhere else. Saint Basil personally supervised the work, gave advice to the builders, and worked himself.

The Historical Case for Infant Baptism

Fr. Lawrence Farley

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Theology

Rating: 9.5|Votes: 31

The Historical Case for Infant Baptism

Fr. Lawrence Farley

This quick survey of church history reveals that for whatever varied reasons it was allowed, the Church did indeed allow babies to be baptized even before Constantine gave us a break.

The Legacy of Father Nicola Yanney

Matthew Namee

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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

Rating: 9.5|Votes: 24

The Legacy of Father Nicola Yanney

Matthew Namee

Before Nicola were at least two paths—one narrow and one broad. The broad path would have been remarriage, and you could hardly fault him for choosing that path. The narrow path was kind of an unheard-of path.

Memory of victims of repression commemorated throughout Russia, Europe today

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Church History

Rating: 9.8|Votes: 12

Memory of victims of repression commemorated throughout Russia, Europe today

The annual event “Voice of Memory” is being held today at the Butovo firing range outside of Moscow, that was used as a site of executions and mass graves by the godless soviets from 1938 to 1953.

More Skeletons in Philaret’s Closet

Or how people around Philaret mysteriously disappear

Vasily Anisimov

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Church History

Rating: 8.4|Votes: 25

More Skeletons in Philaret’s Closet

Or how people around Philaret mysteriously disappear

Vasily Anisimov

Romaniuk’s revolt ended on July 14, 1995 with his mysterious death on a bench in the botanical garden, the massacre at his “funeral” on July 18, and the opening of criminal cases.