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Today's feasts

November 21:

The Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple

The Presentation of the Theotokos into the Temple (one of the Great Feasts of the Orthodox Church); Saint Yaropolk-Peter, prince of Vladimir in Volhynia; Saint Columbanus of Ireland, Abbot and founder of Luxeuil Abbey in France; Saint Gelasios, Pope of Rome



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The V. Rev. Raphael Morgan was a Jamaican-American priest of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, later the founder and superior of the Order of the Cross of Golgotha, and thought to be the first black Orthodox clergyman in America. Having recently been discovered, his life has garnered great interest, but much of his life still remains shrouded in mystery.


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