Orthodox Normandy. Part 1

Matthew Hartley

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Orthodox Normandy. Part 1

Matthew Hartley

The time period under consideration in this article covers three major epochs which can be roughly divided according to the major power controlling the region at the time.

A Ladder From Earth to Heaven

The Nativity of the Most Holy Virgin Mary

Bishop Mitrophan (Znosko-Borovsky)

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A Ladder From Earth to Heaven

The Nativity of the Most Holy Virgin Mary

Bishop Mitrophan (Znosko-Borovsky)

The Nativity of the Virgin Mary is the day that heralds the nearing to humanity of the awaited Light, which would lead mankind out from the power of darkness.

A smoking quill? Notes in Bible margin could be handwriting of the Venerable Bede

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A smoking quill? Notes in Bible margin could be handwriting of the Venerable Bede

Annotations in eighth-century manuscript point to work of revered English monk, scholar and saint.

Ascetic of the Russian North

Anastasia Vysotenko

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Ascetic of the Russian North

Anastasia Vysotenko

In August 1937, the ascetic was denounced, arrested, and charged with “active counter-revolutionary activity and spreading rumors about the imminent collapse of the collective farm system and Soviet power.”

Nikolai Grigoryevich Grigoriev

Alina Sergeichuk

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Nikolai Grigoryevich Grigoriev

Alina Sergeichuk

The authorities did not kill Nikolai Grigorievich, who by then was already seventy-five years old. But the fate prepared for him was even harder than quick death.