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Photo Gallery: From Greek monastery on island cliffside, prayer lift up wonders of the night sky
For more than a millennium, Orthodox Christian monks have woken up in the predawn darkness to start their day with prayer at ...
PHOTO ESSAY: In a Greek island monastery, a monk has kept together faith and community for 50 years
For more than 50 years, Spyridon Denaxas — or Father Spyridon, as he’s affectionately called — has prayed, worked and ...
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Marin's religious events and services
Saturday Festal vigil: presented by St. Nicholas Orthodox Church at 6 p.m. in person at 102 Ross Ave. in San Anselmo. Go to stnicholasmarin.org. Sunday Palm Sunday service: presented by All Saints ...
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Greeks Begin Mass Exodus Ahead of Easter Holidays
Greeks have started leaving the Greek capital for the countryside and the islands, in what is expected to be a mass exodus ...
How often do Western and Orthodox Easters coincide? This year's overlap is getting rarer
Christians around the world will celebrate on the same day this year, a relative rarity. Pope Francis would like to make it ...
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Greek monk keeps faith, community together
Father Spyridon has prayed, worked and welcomed the faithful in a monastery carved into a cliffside high above the Aegean Sea ...
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New Study Finds Health Benefits of Greek Religious Fasting
A study shows that abstaining from animal products during religious Greek Orthodox Easter fasting provides health benefits.
The monk who lives in the cliffs of a Greek tourist island
The monk who lives in the cliffs of a Greek tourist island - For more than 50 years, Father Spyridon has welcomed the ...