The shrine of St. Menas used to be for the Ancient Eastern Orthodox world what Lourdes is for Roman Catholics, a place where thousands of pilgrims would bring their prayers in distress and receive the grace of God in return, through the intercessions of the Holy Martyr.
Though the Shrine of Saint Menas was one of the [...]
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The Akathyst of the Holy Martyr Menas the Wonderworker
March 11th, 2010 No Comments
Tags: agios · akathist · canon · Egypt · eikos · English · Holy · kontakion · martyr · Menas · Minas · oikos · prayer · saint · wonderworker
Theophany – reflections on the baptism of our Lord Jesus Christ
January 6th, 2010 No Comments
The word Baptism comes, to no surprise, from Greek: baptisma, meaning immersion into water. So baptism is linked with water by definition. It is the general understanding that through the baptism the person that is baptized is receiving a blessing. In Christ case however the things are different. John’s baptism was a baptism of repentance for [...]
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