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February 23 (Eastern Orthodox Liturgics)
February 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics), February 22 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - February 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics), February 24 All fixed commemorations below are observed on ''March 8 (March 7 on leap years)'' by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Julian Calendar, Old Calendar. For February 23rd, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on ''February 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics), February 10''. Saints * ''Hieromartyr Polycarp of Smyrna, Bishop of Smyrna'' (167)February 23 / March 8 Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). Συναξαριστής. 23 Φεβρουαρίου '' ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
July 3 (Eastern Orthodox Liturgics)
July 2 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 4 All fixed commemorations below are celebrated on July 16 by Old Calendar. For July 3rd, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on June 20. Saints * ''Martyr Hyacinth the Cubicularius, of Caesarea in Cappadocia'' (108)July 3/July 16 Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). Συναξαριστής. 3 Ιουλίου '' ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). :* Martyrs Theodotus and Theodota, martyred with St. Hyacinth at Caesarea in Cappadocia (108)Great Synaxaristes: [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Gibbons (bishop)
James Cardinal Gibbons (July 23, 1834 – March 24, 1921) was a senior-ranking American prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Apostolic Vicar of North Carolina from 1868 to 1872, Bishop of Richmond from 1872 to 1877, and as ninth Archbishop of Baltimore from 1877 until his death. He was elevated to the rank of cardinal in 1886. Gibbons was consecrated a bishop on August 16, 1868, at the Baltimore Cathedral. The principal consecrator was Archbishop Martin J. Spalding. He was 34 years of age, serving as the first Apostolic Vicar of North Carolina. He attended the First Vatican Council, where he voted in favor of defining the dogma of papal infallibility. In 1872, he was named Bishop of Richmond by Pope Pius IX. In 1877, Gibbons was appointed Archbishop of Baltimore, the premier episcopal see in the United States. During his 44 years as Baltimore's archbishop, Gibbons became one of the most recognizable Catholic figures in the country. He defended the rights of labo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romanian Orthodox Church
The Romanian Orthodox Church (ROC; ro, Biserica Ortodoxă Română, ), or Patriarchate of Romania, is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox church in full communion with other Eastern Orthodox Christian denomination, Christian churches, and one of the nine patriarchates in the Eastern Orthodox Church organization, Eastern Orthodox Church. Since 1925, the church's Primate (bishop), Primate bears the title of Patriarch. Its jurisdiction covers the territories of Romania and Moldova, with additional dioceses for Romanians living in nearby Serbia and Hungary, as well as for diaspora communities in Central Europe, Central and Western Europe, North America and Oceania. It is the only autocephalous church within Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Orthodoxy to have a Romance languages, Romance language for liturgical use. The majority of Romania's population (16,367,267, or 85.9% of those for whom data were available, according to the 2011 census data), as well as some 720,000 Moldovans, belo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Athos
Mount Athos (; el, Ἄθως, ) is a mountain in the distal part of the eponymous Athos peninsula and site of an important centre of Eastern Orthodox monasticism in northeastern Greece. The mountain along with the respective part of the peninsula have been governed as the monastic community of Mount Athos, an autonomous region within the Hellenic Republic, ecclesiastically under the direct jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, while the remainder of the peninsula forms part of the Aristotelis municipality. Mount Athos has been inhabited since ancient times and is known for its long Christian presence and historical monastic traditions, which date back to at least AD 800 and the Byzantine era. Because of its long history of religious importance, the well-preserved agrarian architecture within the monasteries, and the preservation of the flora and fauna around the mountain, Mount Athos was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1988. In modern Greek, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese Of Italy
The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Italy (and Malta from until the creation of the Exarchate of Malta in 2021), officially the Sacred Orthodox Archdiocese of Italy and Exarchate of Southern Europe ( it, Sacra Arcidiocesi Ortodossa d'Italia ed Esarcato per l'Europa Meridionale), is a diocese of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople with see in Venice. The diocese was created in 1991. The current archbishop and exarch is Polykarpos Stavropoulos. History The Italo-Byzantine Monastery of St Mary of Grottaferrata, 20 kilometers south of Rome, was founded by Saint Nilus the Younger in 1004. After the fall of Constantinople, many Greeks sought refuge in Italy and the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople appointed a series of Metropolitans, who resided in Venice from 1537 to 1797. But it was not until 1539 that the Greek community of Venice was authorised to begin building the church of San Giorgio dei Greci which still stands in the centre of the city on the canal known ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bivongi
Bivongi ( Calabrian: or ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Reggio Calabria in the Italian region Calabria, located about southwest of Catanzaro and about northeast of Reggio Calabria in the Stilaro Valley, at the feet of the Monte Consolino. Attractions include the Cascata del Marmarico, a high waterfall, and the Monastery of San Giovanni Theristis. Sister city * La Plata (Argentina) 2012 See also *Calabrian wine *Vallata dello Stilaro Allaro *Ecomuseo delle ferriere e fonderie di Calabria The Ecomuseo delle ferriere e fonderie di Calabria (Ecomuseum of the iron-works and iron-foundries of Calabria) is an ecomuseum in Bivongi, Calabria, southern Italy. The project was founded in 1982 by the ''Associazione Calabrese Archeologia In ... References External linksBivongi in Locride's site [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Giovanni Theristis
The Monastery of San Giovanni Theristis , is an Orthodox Christian monastery in Bivongi, Calabria ( province of Reggio), southern Italy. It is part of the Romanian Orthodox Diocese for Italy. History Calabria was part of the Byzantine Empire until the 11th century. A Greek monk, St. John Theristus, operated in the Stilaro Valley during the 9th century. His ''aghiasma'' ("holy font") became a popular center of local pilgrimage, and here a Byzantine monastery was founded in the 11th century. After the Norman conquest of southern Italy, it developed as one of the most important Basilian monasteries in southern Italy, maintaining its splendour until the 15th century, with a rich library and numerous art treasures. It lived a phase of decline until 1579, when the founding of the Basilian Order of Italy restored it as the main Basilian center in southern Calabria. However, in the 17th century brigandage damaged the monastery, and the monks decided to moved to a bigger monastery outsid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stilaro
The Stilaro (in antiquity the Elleporus or possibly Elleporos; in Calabrian dialect ''Stilaru'') is an Italian river, which runs through Bivongi, Pazzano and Stilo in the Province of Reggio Calabria, Calabria and, along with the river, gives its name to the Vallata dello Stilaro Allaro, the valley through which it flows. It is 59.17 km long. Along the river there are remains of iron works, which arose with the industrialization of the area, mills and two hydroelectric plants. In 389 BC, the Battle of the Elleporus was alongside the river. Tributaries *Cellia *Melodare *Pardalà *Torrente Ruggero *Torrente Folea Cascata del Marmarico A significant feature of the river is the Cascata del Marmarico which, at 114 metres, is the tallest waterfall both in the region of Calabria and in the Southern Apennines The Apennines or Apennine Mountains (; grc-gre, links=no, Ἀπέννινα ὄρη or Ἀπέννινον ὄρος; la, Appenninus or – a singular with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stilo
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John Theristus
John Theristus ( it, Giovanni Theristis; 1049–1129) was an Italian Byzantine monk, called Theristus or “Harvester”. Despite dying almost a century after the Great Schism of 1054, he is notably a saint in both the Catholic and Orthodox Church. The life of this monk is handed down by legends and popular beliefs. Life John's father, Arconte di Cursano, a Byzantine farmer near Botterio Signore in the territory of Stylus, was killed in a Saracen raid on the coasts of Calabria. His Calabrian mother captured Saracens and brought to Palermo, where she gave birth. He grew up in the Christian faith in a Muslim environment. At the age of 14, he was encouraged by his mother to flee to his native country. He crossed the Strait of Messina in a boat without oars or sail, and reached Monasterace Monasterace ( scn, label=Calabrian Greek, Monaseraci; ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Reggio Calabria in the Italian region Calabria, located about south of Catanzaro and about ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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