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Walking on water

Post author:sfdumitru
Post published:July 31, 2022
Post category:Icon from Within (Jul./Aug. ’22)

In the 9th Sunday after Pentecost, we heard the Gospel reading in which our Lord walks on water and calms the storm. This reading shows us an image of Who…

Preserving the grace from the beginning

Post author:sfdumitru
Post published:July 31, 2022
Post category:Icon from Within (Jul./Aug. ’22)

An image was engraved in my mind when I first read it in the Patericon. A young monk named abba Zacharias, the son of abba Caraion, obtained the grace of…

A document signed by Saint Stephen the Great at Zograf Monastery on Mount Athos

Post author:sfdumitru
Post published:July 31, 2022
Post category:Icon from Within (Jul./Aug. ’22)

There is no monastery or skete on Mount Athos that did not receive support from a Romanian ruler. The name of Stephen the Great is emblematic in all; wherever we…