A record number of reenactors are going to participate in the 2015 historical reenactment of the 1444 Battle of Varna in Eastern Bulgaria which ended the second Crusade of the King of Poland and Hungary Vladislav (Wladyslaw) III Jagello, also known as Varnenchik (Warnenczyk), against the Ottoman Turkish Empire.
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Although investigators are already convinced that the samples are genuine, further tests will be conducted in an attempt to provide irrefutable evidence of the veracity of the remains, including comparisons with blood samples taken from the clothes worn by Emperor Alexander II on March 1, 1881, the day of his assassination, which have been kept in the State Hermitage Museum.
Even churches with proper documentation are being denied building permits. Why?
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The Archdiocese of Sibiu has recently founded the modern Center for Neuro-Motor Rehabilitation and Psychological Counseling. The institution provides free services for those with limited financial possibilities. The center dedicated to St. Nektarios of Aegina was inaugurated by His Eminence Laurenţiu, Metropolitan of Transylvania, on Monday, November 9, 2015.
At present Christian communities are experiencing hard times. “Their suffering can be compared with that of the first Christians who had been persecuted by the Roman pagan powers. Yet, there are differences: the Roman had not destroyed houses and settlements, while the contemporary foes of Christianity are destroying houses and entire settlements and are ousting thousands upon thousands of Christians from places where they used to live for centuries.”