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		<title>Heavenly Crosses &#8211; The Master Yuri Feodorov</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In one of my pilgrimages I happend to arrive at the great Lavra Pecerska in Kiev, Ukraine and there I found in a small flee market, organized at the entrance of the Monastery, a gentlemen who was selling the most beautifull crosses I've ever seen. I liked them so much that I've spent all my money I had with me on those crosses (they were not that expensive and I did not had that much money...). The other day I stumbled upon an article about the master that fashioned those crosses.  Read it bellow and enjoy the pictures. Don't forget to click also on the links at the bottom for some more breathtaking Orthodox creations. 
When a physicist by education becomes an artist by calling, it can be regarded as a <a href="http://dialogues.stjohndfw.info/2009/11/heavenly-crosses-the-master-yuri-feodorov/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Thank God is Monday&#8230;the day honoring the Holy Angels</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<span style="font-size: medium; font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica;"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-905" title="calendar" src="http://dialogues.stjohndfw.info/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/calendar.jpg" alt="calendar" width="297" height="223" />The Seven-Day Commemoration In The Orthodox Church "The Week: A Seven Day Holiday". The Greek Orthodox ecclesiastical year (Indiction), begins in September, and is marked with events and holidays of our religious history. In addition to the annual cycle, the seven-day week...</span> <a href="http://dialogues.stjohndfw.info/2009/09/thank-god-is-monday-the-day-honoring-the-holy-angels/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Why did the People of Israel Crucified Christ?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://dialogues.stjohndfw.info/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/flagellation_duccio.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-364 alignright" style="border: 1px solid black;" title="flagellation" src="http://dialogues.stjohndfw.info/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/flagellation_duccio.jpg" alt="Christ's scourging at the pillar" width="336" height="309" /></a>

Here is an interesting topic that I would like you engaged in as we approach Nativity. If Christ, the Messiah was prophesied in the Old Testament, and the people of Israel knew these prophecies, how come that when He actually came they rather said: Crucify Him?

Here is a stichera from Holy Friday <a href="http://dialogues.stjohndfw.info/2008/12/why-did-the-people-of-israel-crucified-christ/">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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