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Sep 21, 20213 min read

Sep 14 Dom Perignon and monastic wine making

Today in 1715 the Benedictine monk and cellar Master Dom Pierre Perignon died at the age of 77. He did not invent the sparkling white...

Sep 9, 20214 min read

Sep 4 Croatia, Fascism, Catholics & Orthodox

Today in 1941, the abbot of the Sisatovac monastery in Croatia, Rafailo Momcilovic would die, he had been kidnapped by the Ustaše on 25...

Aug 28, 20213 min read

Apr 25 Ivan the Terrible's Monk

Today in 1549, Adrian of Ondrusov, an Orthodox monk died after being killed by robbers. Now venerated by the Orthodox church as a saint,...

Aug 11, 20213 min read

Aug 9 Herman the Wonderworker of all Alaska

Today in 1970, a solemn liturgy at Holy Resurrection Orthodox Cathedral on Kodiak Island, Alaska, glorified St. Herman, as the...

May 18, 20213 min read

May 19 Alcuin of York, innovator of the Capital Letter

Alcuin was one of the greatest minds of the Eight Century. Spearheading the educational reform of the Court of Charlemagne, he advanced...

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