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Remarks of Bishop Nektarios of Diokeia to His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros
Your Eminence Elpidophoros, Archbishop of America, Exarch of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, Our Spiritual Father and Archpastor in the Lord: Today, we gathered in your Cathedral, and on behalf of all ...
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Exaltation of the Holy Cross
Save, O Lord, Your people and bless Your inheritance; grant victory to the faithful over their adversaries. And protect Your commonwealth, by the power of Your Cross. Kontakion (Fourth Tone) You who ...
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Paul the Confessor, Patriarch of Constantinople
Saint Paul was from Thessalonica. He became the secretary of Alexander, Patriarch of Constantinople (see Aug. 30), a deacon, and then the successor of Saint Alexander in about 337. Because of his ...
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Nektarios the Wonderworker, Bishop of Pentapolis
On January 15, 1889, in the same Church of Saint Nicholas, Nektarius was consecrated Metropolitan of the Pentapolis in eastern Libya, which was under the jurisdiction of Alexandria. Although Nektarius ...
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Learn: Sunday of Orthodoxy
The Sunday of Orthodoxy is the first Sunday of Great Lent. The dominant theme of this Sunday since 843 has been that of the victory of the icons. In that year the iconoclastic controversy, which had ...