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Our father among the saints Sergius I of Rome was the Archbishop and Pope of the Church of Rome from 687 to 701. He was one of the popes considered part of the Byzantine Papacy. His election ended the schism between the antipopes Paschal and Theodore and led to a papacy that was dominated by his response to the Quinisext Council, whose canons he refused to accept. He is commemorated on September 8.

Much of Pope Sergius' pontificate was involved with the canons of the Quinisext Council of 692, also known as the Council of Trullo. Sergius rejected the Council, and declared that he would "rather die than consent to erroneous novelties".

Enraged, Emperor Justinian II ordered Sergius I's arrest and abduction to Constantinople by his bodyguard protospatharios Zacharias. However, the militia of the exarch of Ravenna and the Duchy of Pentapolis frustrated the attempt. Zacharias nearly lost his own life in the attempt to arrest Sergius I. Rather than seizing upon the anti-Byzantine sentiment, Sergius I did his best to quell the uprising.

St. Sergius died in Rome on September 8, 701.

https://orthodoxwiki.org/Sergius_I_of_Rome

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Venerable Bede, the Church Historian

Saint Bede was a church historian who recorded the history of Christianity in England up to his own time. He was probably born around 673 in Northumbria. We do not know exactly where he was born, but it is likely that it was somewhere near Jarrow. When he…

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St. Bede the Venerable comments on the wicked deeds of Emperor Justinian the Younger, who was deemed a traitor, who called a heretical synod now known as the Council of Trullo, and who attempted to kidnap St. Sergius I, an Orthodox saint who was the pope of Rome in the late 7th century.

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Justinian the Younger, the son of Constantine, [ruled for] 10 years. He made a ten-year peace on land and sea with the Saracens. But the province of Africa was brought under the control of the Roman empire. It had been occupied by the Saracens, and Carthage itself was captured by them and destroyed.

[Justinian], sending out his protospatharius Zacharias, ordered that the Roman Bishop Sergius, of blessed memory, be deported to Constantinople because he was unwilling to approve of and subscribe to the heretical synod that [Justinian] was holding in Constantinople. But the militia of the city of Ravenna and of the surrounding regions forestalled the wicked orders of the emperor and drove Zacharias from Rome with insults and injuries.

The same Pope Sergius ordained the venerable man Willibrord, called Clement, as bishop of the Frisian people. Even now, as a pilgrim for the eternal homeland (for he is one of the people of the English from Britain) he achieves there every day innumerable daily losses for the devil and gains for the Christian faith.

Because he was guilty of treason, Justinian was deprived of the glory of his kingdom, and withdrew to Pontus as an exile.

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The above quote is an excerpt from St. Bede's book, "The Reckoning of Time", translated by Faith Wallis, published by Liverpool University Press (pp. 232-233).

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Moscow Breaks World Record for Most Churches Being Built Simultaneously

For the first time in the history of Christianity, a record number of churches are being built simultaneously in one city, Moscow, as stated by Russian State Duma deputy Vladimir Resin. As Vladimir Resin said, 130 churches have recently been built in Moscow…

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From America to Russia with 250 Dollars and a Dream

After relocating from America to Russia, Ilya tells why he made the move

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Jesus Didn’t Care About Being Nice or Tolerant, And Neither Should You

There are times to use strong language, there are times to cause a scene, there are times to hurt people’s feelings, and there are times when we might need to use physical force

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Join us LIVE online Wednesday, June 19, for an in-depth discussion on one of the most important topics in Orthodox Christianity.

Fr. John Whiteford & Fr. Joseph Gleason have been invited to be guests on Faith Unaltered, where they will discuss the Orthodox Christian doctrine of The Consensus of the Saints. Be sure to watch us LIVE, and to send in your best and hardest questions for the panel to answer!

Wednesday, June 19, 2024
11:00 AM Central / Noon EST / 7:00 PM Moscow

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Eastern Orthodoxy: The Consensus of the Saints

Join Tyler and special guests, Fr. John Whiteford, Fr. Joseph Gleason, and SubDcn. Jeremy Conrad as they discuss the Eastern Orthodox teaching about the Consensus of the Saints!

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Which Churches Didn't Close in Soviet Times (PHOTOS)

Soviet power destroyed and closed a huge number of churches throughout the country. But, there were some that survived and even remained in service all these years. Once in power, the Bolsheviks began an active campaign against religion. Tens of thousands…

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