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Not for Ourselves: Holiness in Siberia and Beyond Athos (opens the original)
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A Life Well LivedOctober 1, 2025St. Amphilochios (Skovrtsov), Bishop of Eniseisk and Kransoiarsk, was martyred on this day in 1937.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="480" src="https
Faith, Reconciliation, and Martyrdom: From Rome to Sofia and Manchuria (opens the original)
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Between Faith and Power: A Martyr, a Metropolitanate, and a Mob (opens the original)
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Saint Ludmila of Bohemia:Martyr, Grandmother of St. WenceslausSeptember 16/29, 2026On September 16 (old style), the Church commemorates the holy martyr Ludmila, duchess of Bohemia. She is remembered not only as the grandmother and guardian of St. Wenceslaus, but as one of the earliest confessors of Christ among the Slavs of Central Europe. Her principal… Read more
Tradition Received, Transmitted, and Contested (opens the original)
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The Last Great Byzantine Interpreter of the LiturgySeptember 15/28, 2026On this day Blessed Symeon, Archbishop of Thessalonica, reposed in 1429, only months before the city fell to the Ottoman Turks.<source type="ima
Under the Sign of the Cross: Empire, Exile, and Martyrdom (opens the original)
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Greetings on the feast of the Exaltation of the Precious and Life-Giving Cross!As I noted in yesterday’s account of the feast’s history, the September celebration originated in Jerusalem, where the dedication of Constantine’s Church of the Resurrection and the public veneration of the True Cross formed a single festal cycle. In Constantinople, however, the Exaltation gradually overshadowed the older commemoration of the Jerusalem church’s dedication.The imperial capital receive
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