IL VIDEO DELLA VISITA
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San Gregorio Taumaturgo, Padre della Chiesa del III secolo, è il Patrono di Stalettì, in Calabria. Allievo prediletto di Origene, evangelizzatore del Ponto Polemaico, in Turchia, è riconosciuto dai tre grandi Padri cappadoci, San Basilio, San Gregorio di Nissa e San Gregorio Nazianzeno, come il fondatore della Chiesa nella loro terra. Il suo culto, affermatosi a Costantinopoli nella Basilica di Santa Sofia already in the sixth century, then spread in East and West. In this extraordinary figure of the early centuries of Christianity I have dedicated website www.sangregoriotaumaturgo.it , a "virtual" center of hagiographic and patristic studies that aims to connect the world of scholars and academic research with the places Gregorian worship in Italy and worldwide. In the course of many years of research on the history of the cult of the Healer, I drew a map of "Gregorian places." I went to many of these places, I explored the archives, I have become familiar with their communities, participated in their rituals and their processions, sometimes revealing surprising similarities between apparently distant worlds. A thin, but still visible, it seems to relate some of these centers with Stalybridge, in Calabria, the "original place" of the cult of the Healer in the West. Here, in ancient times, monks rite greek, Christian emigrants from the East, brought the relics of the saint, is still venerated in the ancient Byzantine church dedicated to him. The first of the "Gregorian places", which I presented on the website dedicated to the saint, is the church of San Gregorio Taumaturgo in Moscow. This is the main place of worship dedicated to the saint in the Orthodox world. Always in the hearts of his people, the beautiful church has been very effectively history of the city of Moscow itself remains marked by the tragedies, the contradictions, the joys and the deepest aspirations that have paved the way over the centuries. Closed by the communist regime, was returned to the faithful in 1990, thanks to the intervention of His Holiness Alexy II, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, which almost every year in November, went to the church on the day of the commemoration of Santo. Only yesterday, the sinister symbol of the city's breach, the church lives on today as the Healer bright expression of redemption and a sign of hope. I reconstructed the story about www.sangregoriotaumaturgo.it , referring to official sources Russian Orthodox Church. Now I suggest watching a video documenting a visit by Patriarch Alexy II in Moscow to the beautiful church dedicated to Saint's feast day. Enjoy.
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TO VIEW THE VIDEO HERE AND THEN CLICK ON THE PHOTO REPRODUCED AT THE HEART OF THE NEW PAGE.
His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II during the celebration of Divine Liturgy in the church of San Gregorio in Moscow Taumaturgo
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