Seraphim Sobolev, Archbishop of Sofia
“I have trusted in you from the womb; from my mother’s womb you have been my guide” (Psalm 70:6). The ancient enemy of our salvation felt his powerful and implacable adversary in […]
Chapter Three: Belonging to the Church through rituals
1- The importance of rituals, their principle, and their nature in the church. We belong to the church by rituals in general, that is, by a set of symbols and movements (from candles, incense, and cycles).
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Ambrosius of Optino Monastery
Alexander Mikhailovich Grinkov (Saint Ambrose) saw the light in the Tambov region of Russia, on November 23, 1812.
Easter greeting
The Easter greeting (“Christ is Risen”) is the greeting that the believer extends to his fellow believer every time they meet, for a period of forty days, i.e.
Saint Seraphim of Sarovsky, the God-bearer
His translators place his date of birth as the nineteenth of July 1759 AD in the town of Kursk in Central Russia. His father, Isidorus, was
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