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Ознака:Maccabean Martyrs

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The triumph of the Cross, the Holy Maccabean Martyrs and the beginning of the Dormition Fast

  • 18 August 2018

This is the most holy Tree – the strong hope of faithful, deliverance from the curse, the joy of all nations is placed before us, revealing the master of evil. Faithful, let us venerate it with joy.   9th canticle…

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Monastery "St. John the Baptist - Bigorski"
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The monastery was founded in the year of 1020 by the first Archibshop of Ohrid John of Debar.

It is built in the honour of the Forerunner and Baptist of our Lord, Saint John, for whom the Lord Jesus Christ himself said that there is no greater among those born by women.

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