In the 13th century, during the dreadful period of the Tartar invasion of Russia, the devastated province of Kursk was emptied of people and its principal city, Kursk, became a wilderness. Now, the residents of the city of Rylsk, which had been preserved from...
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In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
We meet with a very different scene in today’s Gospel than the one with which we ended last Sunday. In the verse just before today’s...
подробнее...Sermon preached by Fr. Antony Hughes on Sunday, November 1, 2009
The Reading of the Holy Gospel according to St. Luke 16:19-31
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подробнее...The parable of the Sower and the other parables, set forth in the 13th chapter of the Gospel according to Matthew and in the parallel places in the Gospels according to Mark and Luke, were spoken by Christ during such a large concourse of people...
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Elder Makary's face was scarred by smallpox, he stuttered and was always poorly dressed, but he was distinguished by a very refined personality. He was born to a landed gentry family, loved music and was a talented violinist. (...
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32 For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for...
подробнее...In the times of the Gospel, a talent denoted a very large sum of money. A talent corresponded to sixty minas. A mina equaled a hundred dinarii. During the earthly life of the Saviour, an ordinary worker earned one dinarius a day.
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Two events in connection with the Honorable Cross of Christ are commemorated on this day: first, the finding of the...
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By St. Theophan the Recluse
The Fifteenth Sunday After Pentecost. [II Cor. 4:6-15; Matt. 22:35-46]
... подробнее...The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son, and sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come. Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them...
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