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Barbara

I'm bringing this thread bac up, as we arrived at one of the fake - holy days for Matrona, now 5 years after this thread stopped [ due to the Euphrosynos Cafe site not operating.

Just in case anyone wants to read what was written earlier -

Barbara

This is listed as a photo of Elder Michael II. It's rare, if so.
The link to the photo itself doesn't work, I don't think.
But for the historical record, here is the link to view it [on Flickr] :

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ortodox/4830333916/in/photostream/

Barbara

"In the Soviet era Valaam Monastery was for many years under the jurisdiction of the Orthodox Church of Finland, which introduced the new calendar and planned other Church reforms. The monks who refused to accept the reforms were severely punished. The “Old Calendarists” defended the old Julia...

Barbara

See the new thread in Orthodox Synaxarion forum for the text of the Orthodox America story linked to above.

Barbara

https://pravoslavie.ru/sas/image/103073/307322.p.jpg?mtime=1545659373 "In Pskov, Elder Michael continued to serve Liturgy daily. as before. He did not attend the monastery church but would serve alone in his cell at night, commemorating upwards of 8000 names at the, Proskomedia. And these were...

Barbara

Today is the day of repose in 1962 of Hieroschemamonk Michael [Pitkevich], of Valaam and later of the Pskov Caves Monastery, confessor for the Old Calendar. Slightly edited article : "In 1902, Michael entered Valaam Monastery and abandoned the world forever. Behind the ancient stone walls of t...

Barbara

Yes ! Good.

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