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[Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days ]

The Church of the Gauls. Part 2

Monk Nicodemus

Just as monasticism was beginning to put down its roots in Gaul, an event occurred that shook the minds and hearts of the entire Graeco-Roman world: after several centuries of violent conflicts and bloody skirmishes, the Germanic tribes of the north finally sacked the city of Rome. This marked the beginning of a new period in the history of the West, both ecclesiastically and politically, in the challenges it brought to the growing Orthodox Church.

[Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days ]

The Church of the Gauls. Part 1

Monk Nicodemus

The Gallic Church had its beginnings in the first century. Western tradition holds that Gaul (France) was initially evangelized and baptized by St. Mary Magdalene, St. Lazarus the Four-DaysDead, and his sisters Sts.Mary andMartha. On the basis of St. Paul’s second Epistle to Timothy, several historians have thought that the Apostle Crescens, an envoy of St. Paul, labored in Gaul. Some also think that St. Paul stopped in Gaul on his way to Spain. In any event, Christianity penetrated into southern Gaul at an early date, specifically into Provence and the Rhone Valley — areas that had a strong presence of Greek minorities hailing from Asia Minor, Phrygia and Syria.

[Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days ]

Holy Hieromartyr Grigol (Peradze) (†1942)

Archpriest Zakaria Machitadze

Archimandrite Grigol (Peradze) was born August 31, 1899, in the village of Bakurtsikhe, in the Sighnaghi district of Kakheti. His father, Roman Peradze, was a priest. In 1918Grigol completed his studies at the theological school and seminary in Tbilisi and enrolled in the philosophy department at Tbilisi University.

[Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days ]

Venerable Ilarion the Georgian (†875)

Archpriest Zakaria Machitadze

Saint Ilarion the Georgian was the son of a Kakheti aristocrat. There were other children in the family, but only Ilarion was dedicated to God from his very birth. Ilarion’s father built a monastery on his own land, and there the boy was raised.

[Homilies and Spiritual Instruction]

Living the Orthodox World-View. Part 2

Anyone who looks at our contemporary life from the perspective of the normal life lived by people in earlier times — say, Russia, or America, or any country of Western Europe in the 19th century—cannot help but be struck by the fact of how abnormal life has become today. The whole concept of authority and obedience, of decency and politeness, of public and private behavior — all have changed drastically, have been turned upside down except in a few isolated pockets of people — usually Christians of some kind — who try to preserve the so-called "old-fashioned" way of life.

[Homilies and Spiritual Instruction]

Living the Orthodox World-View. Part 1

A talk delivered by Hieromonk Seraphim (Rose) at the St. Herman Pilgrimage, August 1982, St. Herman of Alaska Monastery, Platina, California.

[Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days ]

Great-martyr Mikael-Gobron and His 133 Soldiers (†914)

Archpriest Zakaria Machitadze

In the year 914 a certain prince by the name of Mikael- Gobron distinguished himself in a battle against the Arab Muslim invaders. After they had captured the fortress of Kvelistsikhe in southern Georgia, theMuslims took captive those who remained alive, and Prince Gobron was among them. Deeply impressed by the Georgian soldier’s valor, the emir Abu al-Qasim ordered his army to treat him with respect.

[Orthodoxy Today]

The Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia Interviewed By Odessa Seminary’s St Andrew’s Vestnik

In the reestablishment of ecclesiastical unity, the Lord "gave strength unto His people; the Lord blessed His people with peace . " This peace strengthens us in witnessing Christ, strengthens us in the service of the Church of Christ, in the preservation and dissemination of our Holy Russian ideals both in the Fatherland and beyond its borders. The main thing is to live in peace, help one another and support each other in the work of the Church, showing others the example of love, humility, patience and the good Christian life.

[Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days ]

Great-martyr Constantine-Kakhi (†852)

Archpriest Zakaria Machitadze

Тhe 9th century was one of the most difficult periods in Georgian history. The Arab Muslims wreaked havoc throughout the region of Kartli, forcibly converting many to Islam with fire and the sword. Many of the destitute and frightened were tempted to betray the Faith of their fathers.

[Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days ]

Holy and Righteous Ioane, Stepane, and Isaiah the Georgians

Archpriest Zakaria Machitadze

Among the multitude of saints we remember those Christianswho dedicated their earthly lives to glorifying Godand serving others. In a single lifetime they performed allthe spiritual feats of the venerable and devout fathers, confessors,and martyrs.

[Church History]

Orthodox Christianity in Southern Italy. Part 2

By the middle of the eleventh century the tension between the Churches of Constantinople and Rome, which had begun centuries earlier, had greatly increased. Among the causes for this were exaggerated claims of universal papal authority over the rest of the Churches, the insertion of the “filioque” clause into the Nicene Creed, novelties in some of Rome’s liturgical practices, and disputes over local jurisdiction in the Balkans and Southern Italy. This culminated in the Schism of 1054 and the mutual excommunications of the Byzantine and Roman Churches.

[Church History]

Orthodox Christianity in Southern Italy. Part 1

“The history and the spirituality of the Italo-Greek monks in Byzantine Southern Italy and Sicily is the account of a people faithful to their Orthodox Faith and their Byzantine culture in circumstances that were at times difficult and in territories that were at the extremes of the empire centered in Constantinople.

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