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Friday, January 31, 2020

Saint Nikita the Solitary, Who Had Been Seduced By the Devil and Thereby Became Famous as a Prophet

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St. Nikita of the Kiev Caves, Bishop of Novgorod (Feast Day - January 31) ( Paterikon of the Kiev Caves Lavra , 25) While the venerab...
Monday, January 27, 2020

The Tale of Saint Natalis and the Ossory Werewolves

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Saint Natalis of Ulster (also called Naile) died in 564 A.D. He was a monk, abbot of monasteries in northern Ireland and disciple of Saint ...
Monday, January 20, 2020

Testimony of How a Demon Possessed Monk Was Healed at the Tomb of St. Euthymios the Great

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Life of Euthymios Ch. 50 By Cyril of Scythopolis In this same period a monk called Paul, who came from the village of Tomessus in the fi...
Friday, January 17, 2020

The Church of Saint Anthony the Great in Melnik, Bulgaria - Popularly Known as the Church of Miracles

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They call it the Church of Miracles because it helps those who have lost hope find healing. The church was built in memory of St. Anthony t...
Tuesday, January 14, 2020

The Holy Water and the Magical Potion

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By Manolis Melinos A priest in Russia, after the Sanctification of the Waters on Theophany, was filling bottles of Holy Water for his pari...
Thursday, January 9, 2020

Why Orthodox Churches Sanctify Water at the Beginning of Each Month

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It is a tradition mostly in Greek Orthodox churches to begin the month with the Lesser Sanctification of the Waters ceremony on the first o...
Monday, January 6, 2020

Two Early Christian Testimonies of the Use of Holy Water in an Exorcism

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The first recorded testimony of the use of Holy Water in an exorcism can be found in the Panarion of Saint Epiphanios of Salamis, in his c...