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Saint Syncletica of Alexandria

Syncletica was a native of Alexandria, the beautiful daughter of wealthy parents. From an early age she thought only of pleasing God. Loving the purity of virginity, she declined to enter into marriage and spent her time in fasting and prayer. After the death of her parents, she distributed her inheritance to the poor and, having accepted monasticism together with her blind sister, she withdrew into one of the crypts belonging to her kin. Word of her ascetic deeds spread quickly throughout the vicinity, and many pious women and girls came to live under her guidance. Saint Syncletica zealously instructed her sisters through both word and action. Her counsels are considered a true spiritual pearl, for she did not attain the heights of wisdom through books, but through suffering, contemplation, and communication with the Divine. In the 80th year of life, she was struck by a grievous illness but bore her ordeal with true Christian endurance and reposed in the Lord in the year 350.

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12 Jan 2024 21:28

Les églises du Kremlin de Moscou par une journée froide et ensoleillée

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11 Jan 2024 23:23

Saint Macaire, métropolite de Moscou

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11 Jan 2024 19:34

Cathédrale de saint Basile à Moscou

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10 Jan 2024 20:49

20,000 Holy Martyrs of Nicomedia

In 302, during the reign of Maximian, the Christian Faith flourished in Nicomedia, increasing day by day. Embittered, the emperor conceived a plan to kill all the Christians. On the eve of the Feast of the Nativity when all the faithful had gathered, soldiers surrounded the church, not allowing anyone to leave. The emperor's herald announced that they were all to immediately offer sacrifice to idols or be burned alive. The archdeacon, inflamed with divine zeal began to encourage the people, reminding them of the Three Holy Youths in the furnace in Babylon. None of the Christians would deny Christ. All the catechumens were baptized and chrismated and everyone was communed with the Holy Mysteries. The soldiers set fire to the church and 20,000 Christians were burned in the flames while singing praises to God. The church burned for five days; smoke with a wonderful and intoxicating fragrance rose from it and a marvelous, golden light shone over the site of the mass martyrdom.

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