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Axion Estin — «It is truly meet»: history, text...
Reading time: 12 minutes In brief: Axion Estin (Greek: Ἄξιον ἐστίν — «It is truly meet» or «It is worthy to bless you») is the great Orthodox hymn to the...
Axion Estin — «It is truly meet»: history, text...
Reading time: 12 minutes In brief: Axion Estin (Greek: Ἄξιον ἐστίν — «It is truly meet» or «It is worthy to bless you») is the great Orthodox hymn to the...
The Holy Belt of the Theotokos (Agia Zoni): his...
Reading time: 12 minutes In brief: The Holy Belt of the Theotokos (Greek: Αγία Ζώνη — Agia Zoni), also known as the Holy Cincture or Holy Girdle of the Virgin...
The Holy Belt of the Theotokos (Agia Zoni): his...
Reading time: 12 minutes In brief: The Holy Belt of the Theotokos (Greek: Αγία Ζώνη — Agia Zoni), also known as the Holy Cincture or Holy Girdle of the Virgin...
Panagia Gorgoepikoos: the icon that hears quick...
Reading time: 12 minutes In brief: The Panagia Gorgoepikoos (Παναγία Γοργοεπήκοος — "She Who is Quick to Hear") is one of the most venerated miraculous icons of Mount Athos, kept...
Panagia Gorgoepikoos: the icon that hears quick...
Reading time: 12 minutes In brief: The Panagia Gorgoepikoos (Παναγία Γοργοεπήκοος — "She Who is Quick to Hear") is one of the most venerated miraculous icons of Mount Athos, kept...
Agni Parthene — the hymn to the Theotokos by Sa...
Reading time: 12 minutes In brief: Agni Parthene (Αγνή Παρθένε — "O Virgin Pure") is a non-liturgical Marian hymn composed in classical Greek by Saint Nektarios of Aegina in the...
Agni Parthene — the hymn to the Theotokos by Sa...
Reading time: 12 minutes In brief: Agni Parthene (Αγνή Παρθένε — "O Virgin Pure") is a non-liturgical Marian hymn composed in classical Greek by Saint Nektarios of Aegina in the...
Morning Prayers for Orthodox Christians: comple...
Reading time: 12 minutes In brief: The morning prayer rule (pravilo in Russian, κανόνας in Greek) is the structured daily practice by which every Orthodox Christian consecrates the beginning of...
Morning Prayers for Orthodox Christians: comple...
Reading time: 12 minutes In brief: The morning prayer rule (pravilo in Russian, κανόνας in Greek) is the structured daily practice by which every Orthodox Christian consecrates the beginning of...
Saint Nektarios of Aegina: life, miracles and c...
Reading time: 10 minutes In brief: Saint Nektarios of Aegina (1846–1920) is one of the most beloved and venerated saints of the contemporary Orthodox Church — Archbishop of the Pentapolis,...
Saint Nektarios of Aegina: life, miracles and c...
Reading time: 10 minutes In brief: Saint Nektarios of Aegina (1846–1920) is one of the most beloved and venerated saints of the contemporary Orthodox Church — Archbishop of the Pentapolis,...