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Christ Is Risen, Let None Disbelieve!
But at the very time when visible victory was still on the side of the enemies of Christ, Christ in actuality had already overthrown the foundations of hell and freed its captives, had conquered death and risen from the grave.
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Altar part of the Saint Sergius of Radonezh church in Tula, built in the Russian school of the Neo-Byzantine eclectics.
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Let's conclude today's selection with one of the most impressive churches dedicated to the feast - the Metropolitan Cathedral of Iaşi. Built for almost the entire XIX century, the church is dedicated not only to the Purification, but also to St George and Paraskeva of Serbia, and is one of the main monuments of classicism and neoclassicism in Romania.
There is an illusion among many heterodox that “you better relax and don’t worry, God saved you", enjoy. Sounds like devils’ lies to Eve. This illusion is very dangerous, because people being relaxed don’t even notice how quickly sin occupies their heart.
“Sin closes the spiritual eyes; the thief thinks that God does not see; the fornicator, giving himself up to impurity, thinks that God does not see him; the covetous, the greedy, the drunkard, think that they can hide themselves and their sinful passions.”
St. John of Kronstadt
“Sin closes the spiritual eyes; the thief thinks that God does not see; the fornicator, giving himself up to impurity, thinks that God does not see him; the covetous, the greedy, the drunkard, think that they can hide themselves and their sinful passions.”
St. John of Kronstadt
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How can the Paschal night be described? How can we express in words its greatness, glory, and beauty? Only by writing out the Paschal service from beginning to end could it be done. There are no other words fitting for this. How can the Paschal moment be committed to paper? What could be said in order to make it understandable and tangible? One can only unfold his arms in perplexity and point to the festively adorned church—“Come and delight…”
From: Thou Hast Proved Me, O God and Knowest.
The Life of Hieromonk Vasily
Hieromonk Vasily (Roslyakov)
🎥 Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius
From: Thou Hast Proved Me, O God and Knowest.
The Life of Hieromonk Vasily
Hieromonk Vasily (Roslyakov)
🎥 Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius
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Today we commemorate Apostle and Evangelist Mark
Read the account: https://www.oca.org/saints/id/lives/101204
More saints commemorated today: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2025/04/25
Music downloads: https://www.oca.org/liturgics/music-downloads/april
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Read the account: https://www.oca.org/saints/id/lives/101204
More saints commemorated today: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2025/04/25
Music downloads: https://www.oca.org/liturgics/music-downloads/april
#saints #feastsandsaints
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Apostle and Evangelist Mark
The Holy Apostle and Evangelist Mark, also known as John Mark (Acts 12:12), was one of the Seventy Apostles, and was also a nephew of Saint Barnabas (June 11). He was born at Jerusalem. The house of his mother Mary adjoined the Garden of Gethsemane. As Church…
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Многи су хтели да постану бог,
али само један Бог је постао човек.
Једном сам угледао овакву слику са истом поруком и сва иста лица, једино Стаљиново лице обрисано и замењено Бајденом, који Стаљину није био ни до колена у злотворењу и гордости, али стаљинисти, данашње Путинове слуге, воле свог крвавог идола толико да његову сујету скривају тако бедно...
али само један Бог је постао човек.
Једном сам угледао овакву слику са истом поруком и сва иста лица, једино Стаљиново лице обрисано и замењено Бајденом, који Стаљину није био ни до колена у злотворењу и гордости, али стаљинисти, данашње Путинове слуге, воле свог крвавог идола толико да његову сујету скривају тако бедно...