Our family visited the Grand Canyon a few years ago. It is magnificent and awe-inspiring, but when hiking a trail or standing on an overlook, I recall that you have to pay careful attention because you are often just a few feet away...
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And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart, And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light. And, behold, there...
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(Church calendar - Apr 17) Day of commemoration of myrrh-bearing Women, righteous Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus (movable feast - on the 3rd Sunday of Pascha)
May 17
(Church calendar - May 4) Translation of the relics to...
подробнее...Today is a special day in the life of our great and multi-national Russian Church—we celebrate the memory of all the saints who shone forth in the Russian land.
In speaking about the Russian land, we have in mind not only...
подробнее...On the Feast of Holy Pentecost, the Holy Church commemorates and glorifies the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles in the form of tongues of fire. The name “Pentecost” refers to the fact that this event took place on the 50th...
подробнее...And being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me. For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with...
подробнее...The New Testament describes the familiar account of the "woman at the well" (John 4:5-42), who was a Samaritan. Up to that point she had led a sinful life, one which resulted in a rebuke from Jesus Christ. However, she responded to Christ's stern...
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