Saint German of Valaam has a direct link to America because he was a patron saint of St Herman of Alaska.
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- Sat 1 February 2014 12:10 am
- Forum: Liturgics and Mysteries
- Topic: Valaam chants
- Replies: 3
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- Fri 31 January 2014 2:24 am
- Forum: World Orthodox, Heretical, and Vagante Jurisdictions
- Topic: New EP Saints: Sts. Akakios and Damaskinos
- Replies: 14
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Re: New EP Saints: Sts. Akakios and Damaskinos
You are right, Jean-Serge, most of the old saints were never canonized. This is not the official procedure that make them saint. The official procedure may just confirm that they are saints (it was important mostly only in the doubtful cases). I do not know if Akakios and Damaskinos were venerated i...
- Fri 31 January 2014 1:23 am
- Forum: Miscellaneous Issues
- Topic: As the Sun Turns: Solar Minimums and Maximums
- Replies: 963
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Re: Our Sun is active as we are in a Solar Maximum
I can suggest this video for the topic. It shows all the stages. It was done in the town of Apatity in Murmansk region of Russia on January 25, 2012 when the sun was very active. It lasted for 7 hours (this video is a fast making or how it is called), the temperature was -20 C. http://www.youtube.co...
- Fri 31 January 2014 12:00 am
- Forum: Site News
- Topic: an icon as an avatar?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2978
an icon as an avatar?
I have a question. Why most of the people on this forum wear icons as their avatars (user-pictures)? At first I was also planning to take an icon as everybody. But I was stopped by a thought that it is too much to speak with a face of a saint. Then I saw a picture of Father Siluan with his real face...
- Thu 30 January 2014 11:44 pm
- Forum: True Orthodox Christian Churches
- Topic: Theophany in Greece - 2014
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4318
Re: Theophany in Greece - 2014
This is actually one of the Sundays after Pascha (in Russia we have Cross-bearing processions around the church building every Sunday from Pascha before Pentacostia and every day on the Bright Week). But it looks the same as on your video except fro dresses. On Theophany most of Russia is usually in...
- Thu 30 January 2014 4:32 am
- Forum: True Orthodox Christian Churches
- Topic: Theophany in Greece - 2014
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4318
Re: Theophany in Greece - 2014
It looks very Russian!
This is how it is done in our parish near Kaluga:
- Wed 29 January 2014 1:45 pm
- Forum: Liturgics and Mysteries
- Topic: Valaam chants
- Replies: 3
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Valaam chants
Here are the record of Valaam chants. They are very popular here at the North of Russia, while in Moscow and at the south Kiev chant is popular.
http://valaam.ru/en/music_all/
If you do not like it, try to listen it for 2-3 more minutes and you will feel its beauty.