On the Feast Day of St Basil the Great in 1990 Metropolitan Petros of Astoria ordained Fr George Poullas to the Priesthood at the Cathedral of St Markella in Astoria, NY. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNO5OlRrlSc
“From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has suffered violence, and the violent take it by force” (Matt. 11:12) Archimandrite Pavlos Stratigeas explains the hard truth of the Gospel message that is for many hard to swallow.
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Paul Azkoul is a traditional Orthodox Christian iconographer. He can be contacted and his work can be seen, and/or commissioned at: TraditionalByzantineIconography.com
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Fr. Pavlos Stratigeas explains the duty and obligation of every Christian.
This program was originally cablecast of June 1, 1989
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The Feast Day of St Markella (July 22/August 4) as celebrated at the then Parish of St Markella in 1962. This Divine Liturgy was celebrated by Archimandrite Petros Astyfides, Fr Eleutherios Moschos, Hieromonk Akakios Mouskos, and Deacon Nikodemos Kalantis. Heard reading the Creed of Faith is Gerontissa Siglitiki. This is the earliest known recording of Divine Services celebrated at the Parish (later Cathedral) of St Markella. The parish was established by Arch. Petros in 1954, eight years before this recording was made, and ten years after he escaped persecution in Greece and came to America. Less than four months after this Divine Liturgy was served (Nov29/Dec12) Archimandrite Petros was ordained to the Episcopacy as Bishop of Astoria. He would later be elevated to the rank of Metropolitan of Astoria. At the time of this recording Arch. Petros was under the omophorion of Bishop Dositheos of New York, who was a Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dositheus_(Ivanchenko)
Fr. Eleutherios, one of the Chian Six, served the Church of St Spyridon in Detroit for many years, and eventually left America and lived on the Holy Mountain until he reposed on April 21, 2020, aged 97. See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-4A9z51pqI The Deacon Nikodemos Kalantis is now an Archimandrite serving the Church of St Mark of Ephesus in Montreal. Gerontissa Siglitiki resides at the Cathedral to this day, with her Sisterhood around her there.
We have left the glitches in the recording intact. What is heard is the distortion of the sound at the point when the old Wollensak reel-to-reel recorder is turned off. This was done periodically to save tape. Unlike digital recording magnetic tape reels were very limited in their available recording time.
The Life of Metropolitan Petros: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V05vMkgfO_w&list=PLCKW16X--kPyz2BwizGTxlFDc3-viRG3Y&index=1&t=10s
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Archimandrite Pavlos Stratigeas (future Metropolitan of N&S America) reads the Gospel for Palm Sunday at the Cathedral of St. Markella in Astoria, NY in 1991. This program is in GREEK with ENGLISH subtitles.
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GOCTV Producer Peter Ilich tells us about his new book:
"Bosnian Phoenix: How Bosnia Saved Europe and Made Possible the Modern Age" by Miljan Peter Ilich.
This historical nonfiction book entitled Bosnian Phoenix: How Bosnia Saved Europe and Made Possible the Modern Age by Author Miljan Peter Ilich is undoubtedly an informative and enthralling read. It defines Bosnia’s role in the defense of Europe from Turkey's menacing invasions for over a century and clarifies the myths that surround that country.
The tale unfolds by highlighting the era of the early 1990s in Bosnia. It was a time when the world was disconcerted by the bloody and bitter warfare that shook the regions of the former Yugoslavia; Bosnia and Herzegovina were the focal areas of this warfare. It narrates that throughout the ages different nations such as the Croats, Serbs, and even the Catholic Church had raged many battles in these regions. Many persons from these nations settled there, and overtime multi-ethnic populations were formed. The Illyrians, an Indo-European people who settled throughout the Balkans was one of such multi-ethnic nations. In the Fourth Century B.C., Bosnia and Herzegovina were captured by the Celts who placed purgative in the food of the Illyrians.
The author also mentions Bogomilism. It was a religion that was strongly established in Bosnia in 1203 when the Bosnians agreed to follow Catholic orders. The religion lasted for three centuries and has provided the foundation for Protestantism and the modern western world.
Portrayed in the book are numerous leaders that played significant roles in the history of the featured countries. One of such persons of renown was Matthew Corvinus. For many years after 1463, it was mainly his leadership that kept much of Bosnia proper out of Turkish hands. However, his feud with the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick III of the Habsburg family made it quite an arduous task. Kulin Ban, son of Boric, is another person of great importance in the history of Bosnia. He ruled Bosnia for approximately 40 years and catapulted that country to great heights. An account is given of how the heir to the Austrian Hungarian throne was assassinated by a young Bosnian which led to the first world war. Suileman, the young new sultan of Ottoman is also highlighted in the book. In 1526, in the conquest of Europe, he had a Turkish victory over Hungary, Bosnia, and Jajce.
The author who has a Ph.D. in history and, a JD in law is also a professor of law and history. He has certainly presented to us an in-depth chronological record of the events regarding Bosnia. The narration is done in the third person, and the mood throughout the book is courage. Because it could only take this great virtue for Bosnia and Herzegonia to defend themselves against th
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Archimandrite Pavlos Stratigeas reads the Gospel of the genealogy of Christ. This program was recorded on the Eve of the Holy Nativity - Dec. 24, 1990 (Jan. 6, 1991 on the civil calendar) at the Cathedral of St. Markella of Chios in Astoria, NYC. This program is in Greek with ENGLISH SUBTITLES.
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A discussion about the miraculous appearance of the Cross over the skies of Athens on September 13/14, 1925.
This program is in Greek with ENGLISH SUBTITLES.
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