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The Columbian11d
Monk keeps faith at Greek cliffside monastery
For more than 50 years, Spyridon Denaxas has prayed, worked and welcomed the faithful in an island monastery carved into a seaside cliff that’s little changed since its founding more ...
National Catholic Register13d
Pope Francis’ Ardent Love for St. Mary Major, His Final Resting Place
In 2023, Pope Francis announced that he would be buried at St. Mary Major; his tomb has been prepared near the Salus Populi ...
The Boston Pilot13d
The history of St. Mary Major, the basilica where Pope Francis will be entombed
Each year on Aug. 5 the church liturgical calendar commemorates the dedication of St. Mary Major (in Italian, Santa Maria ...
The Independent on MSN21d
Meet the monk who lives in the cliffs on a Greek holiday island
On the Greek island of Amorgos, nestled within a cliffside monastery seemingly untouched by time, Father Spyridon Denaxas stands as a steadfast symbol of faith and community. For more than 50 years he ...
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In 50-plus years at a cliffside Greek island monastery, one monk keeps faith and community together
But a few Orthodox Christian monks remain icons of local life — so much so ... the souls of all people,” he said. “This is an ecumenical monastery, open to the whole world.
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How the Virgin Mary Became the World’s Most Powerful Woman
The Feast of the Assumption is a weeklong festival ... It was in A.D. 431, at the Third Ecumenical Council, in Ephesus, that she was officially named Theotokos, Bearer of God.
The Independent21d
Meet the monk who lives in the cliffs on a Greek holiday island
Tradition holds that Byzantine monks fleeing persecution in the Middle East in the 9th century sailed to this mountainous island with an icon of the ... “This is an ecumenical monastery, open ...