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Wednesday, September 24, 2025

The Holy Myrtle of Paliani and the Continuation of Tree Worship in Crete

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The most characteristic case of tree worship, which has been preserved for centuries in Crete, concerns the Sacred Myrtle of Paliani. By Ele...
Thursday, September 4, 2025

Saint Anthimos the Serpent-Hunter of Kefallonia

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Venerable Anthimos Kourouklis, the Blind Ascetic of Kefallonia, who reposed on September 4th 1782, is also associated with the Greek island ...
Monday, August 11, 2025

Against the Fear of Ghosts (Archpriest Grigory Dyachenko)

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Against the Fear of Ghosts  By Archpriest Grigory Dyachenko "And when the disciples saw [Jesus] walking on the sea, they were troubled,...
Friday, June 13, 2025

Walnut Leaves at Pentecost and the Souls of the Dead

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Popular Belief According to a popular Greek Orthodox Christian folk belief, the souls of the dead in Hades ascend to the upper world every E...
Tuesday, November 12, 2024

The Spiritual World: On the Existence of Demons (17)

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Ivan Nikolaevich Ponomarev ...continued from part sixteen. 15. In “Memories of the Polish Rebellion of 1863” by Mr. I. N. Ponomarev, in the ...
Thursday, November 7, 2024

The Spiritual World: On the Existence of Demons (16)

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Yelets Monastery in Chernigov ...continued from part fifteen. 14 . Mysterious Phenomena in Chernigov in the 1840's* The following took p...
Tuesday, November 5, 2024

The Spiritual World: On the Existence of Demons (15)

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Ponetaevka Monastery   ...continued from part fourteen. 13. Strange Phenomena in a Russian Peasant's Hut A good friend of mine, under wh...