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Tamara joined a convent, despite all persuasion and pleas from her relatives. Over her family's objections, Tamara joined a convent, tonsured as Juvenalia. Some sisters saw a white dove descend on her at her tonsure.
The third Sunday after Pascha is a very special feast day in the Orthodox Church. On this day, we commemorate those brave women that were with Christ after His death and were the first ones to receive the joyous news about His resurrection.
Through art, Scripture, and a sunlit afternoon outside St Paul’s Cathedral in London, the author discovers that the great apostle to the Gentiles is still speaking – directly to every heart.
This introduction connects ancient churches, wells, caves and island cells with the saints who prayed there, giving Orthodox readers rich context for future pilgrimages.
A moving portrait reveals how Saint Luke kept his cassock, his scalpel and his pulpit through interrogation, exile and blindness, offering hope to readers in illness, grief and doubt.
A gentle reading brings comfort to anyone touched by loss, showing Blessed Xenia's path from widowhood to holy foolishness and the quiet joy that love in Christ can give after many tears.
The story of a Serbian prince who chose surrender over bloodshed, chastity within marriage, and accepted his own martyrdom with the words of Abel and Isaac. His relics still work wonders in Tirana.
