Tag: Pavel Svedomsky
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05 works, Today, August 10th, is Blessed Laurence’s day, his story illustrated #222
Blessed Laurence lived at the beginning of the sixteenth century at the distance of 533 meters from old Kaluga, near a forest church in honor of the Nativity of Christ, set upon a high hill. During the period of Tartar raids Kaluga was the western end of the Oka bank defense line… Please follow link…
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05 works, Today, August 10th, is Blessed Laurence’s day, his story illustrated #222
Blessed Laurence, Fool-for-Christ and Kaluga Wonderworker, lived at the beginning of the sixteenth century at the distance of 533 meters from old Kaluga, the name comes from Old Russian kaluga — “bog, quagmire”, near a forest church in honor of the Nativity of Christ, set upon a high hill. During the period of Tartar raids Kaluga was…
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05 works, Today, August 2nd, is Blessed Basil’s day, his story thru art #214
Blessed Basil the Fool-for-Christ is one of the most well-known fools-for-Christ from Moscow. Russians have always venerated fools-for-Christ — those who rejected outward decorum and pretended to be insane so as to hide their abilities and virtues, and condemned the world for lack of the said virtues. They were entitled to judge the world because of their…
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07 Works, Today, February 28th, is Nicholas (Salos) of Pskov’s Day, With Footnotes – #58
Nicholas of Pskov lived the life of a holy fool for more than three decades. Long before his death he acquired the grace of the Holy Spirit and was granted the gifts of wonderworking and of prophecy. The Pskov people of his time called him Mikula the Fool. Even during his lifetime they revered him as…