Fr. Vladimir (Guettee) on St. Optatus of Milevis and Rome
(From Fr. Vladimir’s “The Papacy: Its Historic Origin and Primitive Relations with the Eastern Church,” pages 181-183) Another text
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Church History
1902 Encyclical of Ecumenical Patriarchate
PATRIARCHAL AND SYNODICAL ENCYCLICAL OF 1902To their Beatitudes and Holiness’s The Patriarchs of Alexandria and Jerusalem, and to The Most
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ROCOR and its Relations with the Roman Catholic Church
NFTU: It seems as if everything has always been on the precipice, with only short respites before another storm. Relations
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Feast of St. Alban the Protomartyr of Britain June 22 (OS) / July 5 (NS)
The Venerable Priest, St. Bede, in his Ecclesiastical History, Ch. 7, Book I, gives the Passion of St. Alban:
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New Efforts at Restoring 9th Century Bulgarian Basilica
The archaeological restoration of the 9th century Great Basilica in Pliska, capital of the First Bulgarian Empire (632/680-1018 AD) between
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Ecclesiastical Witness Concerning Single-Handed Consecration
by Hieromonk Enoch. A short article concerning the history and practice of single-handed consecrations. The foundation of Orthodox Christian Canon
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In Defense of the Dionysian Authorship
Dionysius the Areopagite and the Alexandrine School St. Dionysius the Areopagite Alexandria became the home of Christian Philosophy, but Athens
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Concerning the Dogma of the Immaculate Conception by A.N. Mouravieff (1806-1874)
November 09, 2015 (Source) INTRODUCTION ABOUT THE AUTHOR AND HIS WORK: A. N. Mouravieff (1806-1874), mistakenly said by Dr. Neale to
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DNA Testing Deepens Shroud of Turin Mystery
October 28, 2015 (Source: http://www.foxnews.com) Is it a medieval fake or a relic of Jesus Christ? A new analysis of DNA
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Tomb of Syrian Monks Who Brought Relics of St. John Baptist to Bulgaria Discovered
October 15, 2015 (Source: http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com) [Originally reported on Oct. 11] The two human skeletons discovered recently in an Early Christian tomb
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