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Great and Holy Wednesday
On Great and Holy Wednesday, the hymns of the Bridegroom Service remind us of the sinful woman who poured precious ointment on Christ's head at Simon...
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Repose of St Innocent the Metropolitan of Moscow the Enlightener of the Aleuts and Apostle to the Americas
St Innocent (Veniaminov), Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomensk (August 26, 1797 - March 31, 1879), was glorified by the Russian Orthodox Church on October...
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Repose of St Jonah the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia
Saint Jonah, Metropolitan of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, was born in the city of Galich into a pious Christian family. The father of the...
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St Hypatius the Wonderworker and Bishop of Gangra
Hieromartyr Hypatius, Bishop of Gangra, was bishop of the city of Gangra in Paphlagonia (Asia Minor). In the year 325 he participated in the First Ecumenical...
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Venerable Hypatius the Healer of the Kiev Caves
Saint Hypatius the Healer of the Caves, attained glory through his severe fasting and prayerful vigilance. By night he stood at prayer, slept very little,...
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Venerable Apollonius, Ascetic, of Egypt
Saint Apollonius, when he was a fifteen-year-old youth, withdrew into the inner Thebaid desert (Lower Egypt), where he spent forty years in monastic...
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Hieromartyr Audas the Bishop of Persia
The Hieromartyrs Audas (Abdas), the Bishop and the Deacon Benjamin.
St Audas was Bishop of Bethchasar in Persia. He destroyed a temple of...
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Martyr Benjamin the Deacon
The Hieromartyrs Audas (Abdas) the Bishop of Persia and the Deacon Benjamin.
St Audas was a bishop in Persia. He destroyed a temple of the...
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Venerable Hypatius the Abbot of Rufinus in Chalcedon
Saint Hypatius, Igumen of Rufinus in Chalcedon was born in Phrygia (Asia Minor) into the family of a lawyer and he received a fine education. Once,...
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Appearance of the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God
The Iveron Icon of the Mother of God (which is preserved on Mt. Athos) was kept in the home of a certain pious widow, who lived near Nicea. During the...
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St Acacius the Confessor
Saint Acacius the Confessor lived during the Decian persecution, and was Bishop of Melitene, Armenia.
Arrested as a Christian, St Acacius...
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Righteous Joseph the Patriarch
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