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August 31, 2018

The Best of August 2018 by the Mystagogy Resource Center (MRC)


Below is the monthly review for the month of August of the ten most popular articles from the previous month on johnsanidopoulos.com, then all the posts made on the other websites of the Mystagogy Resource Center.

JohnSanidopoulos.com

1. The Canonization of Elder Amphilochios Makris by the Ecumenical Patriarchate

2. The Snakes of the Panagia Have Made Their Appearance in Kefallonia (2018)

3. The Repose of Archimandrite Gabriel Tsafos, the Elder of Joy (+ 2018)

4. The Apolytikion, Kontakion and Megalynarion of St. Amphilochios Makris Chanted in Patmos

5. "They Do Not Believe in My Sainthood" (St. Amphilochios Makris)

6. First Homily on the Dormition of the Theotokos (St. John of Damascus)

7. Saint George the Pilgrim (+ 1916)

8. Saints and Feasts of August 23

9. Saint Kosmas Aitolos on the Island of Kefallonia

10. Beheading of Saint John the Baptist Resource Page


HoneyAndHemlock.com

1. Jonathan Jackson Offers his Emmy Award to Mount Athos Monastery


Bio-Orthodoxy.com

1. Doctor of Physics at Stanford University Becomes Orthodox Monk in Crete

2. The Transplantation of the Western Conflict with Science in the Orthodox East


Eschatologia.com

1. Elder Amphilochios Makris as the Founder of the Convent of the Annunciation in Patmos


Daimonologia.org

1. The Devil and His Wiles (5 of 6)

2. The Devil and His Wiles (6 of 6)


OrthodoxyAndWorldReligions.com

1. When St. Gabriel the Fool Visited a Synagogue, a Mosque and a Baptist Church


Erotapokriseis.com

1. Questions and Answers 45 - 47


NewMyriobiblon.com

1. 11- Book Review: "Prodigal Daughter: A Journey to Byzantium" by Myrna Kostash



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