At the Ringing of the Bells - The Paschal Martyrs of Optina service_Moleben/Paraklesis 19th Century

19th Century

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is revered as the Church’s greatest homilist and interpreter of Holy Scripture

by Hieromonk Damascene

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At the Ringing of the Bells - The Paschal Martyrs of Optina service_Moleben/Paraklesis 19th CenturyOn Pascha of 1993, three young monks of the famous Optina Hermitage Hieromonk Vasily, Monk Therapont, and Monk Trophim were brutally murdered by a satanist. These men lived in our world. They went to public schools and universities. They faced the same kinds of temptations and struggles that modern people face. Yet, their saintly lives show that their martyric death was a special gift to them from the Lord, and that it is possible to dedicate one's