Saint Luke and Daughter Barbara
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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

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Saint Luke and Daughter Barbara

Miroslav Bakulin

At the beginning of summer—May 29/June 11—the memory of the holy hierarch St. Luke (Voino-Yasenetsky) is celebrated. Many words have been written about this great saint-surgeon, and many films have been shot. And I would like to tell you about some miracles performed by the prayers of this great saint.

Photo Contest: “Destruction of Monuments of Eastern Christianity”
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Churches and Monasteries

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Photo Contest: “Destruction of Monuments of Eastern Christianity”

On June 3, 2016 the Interparliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy announced the results of their second annual photo contest dedicated to the “Destruction of Monuments of Eastern Christianity.”

A Testimony From Eternity
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Orthodoxy Today

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A Testimony From Eternity

Maria Panisheva

In the following days a great and long-expected event happened in their flat where the Heavenly Kingdom had clearly and openly manifested itself, just as the Holy Prophets Elias and Moses appeared before the apostles on Mount Tabor. A priest baptized the dying man, chrismated him, and then gave him the Holy Body and Blood of Christ and anointed him.

Crisis Around the Council: On What Does Constantinople Diplomacy Depend?
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Orthodoxy Today

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Crisis Around the Council: On What Does Constantinople Diplomacy Depend?

Andrei Rogozyansy

What is Constantinople’s diplomacy counting on in such a complicated situation? On the documents with their numerous contradictions and inadequacies that caused the sharpest criticisms turning out to be unexpectedly accepted by a general consensus? On a new rigorous negotiation process? But coordination and editing is the task of working groups and specially designated representatives. Disputes and confrontations in the presence of Church primates and numerous delegation members, the body of observers, press and invited guests is far from the best solution, especially if we are speaking about a demonstration of Pan-Orthodox mutual understanding.

Holy Hierarch Augustine, Archbishop of Canterbury
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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

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Holy Hierarch Augustine, Archbishop of Canterbury

Commemorated May 27/June 9 (repose) and September 13/26 (translation of relics, in Canterbury only)

Dmitry Lapa

Together with St. Gregory the Dialogist (Gregory the Great, according to the Western tradition), the Pope of Rome, St. Augustine (also Austin) is venerated as “the Apostle of the English”.