The name Mardarios was relatively popular in the past; today we find it only in monasteries and in the Midnight Office service. Perhaps the perfect souvenir for a monastic tonsure or an ordination, but also for guests at our baptism who want to get to know important saints, unknown to most people.
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In the beautiful parts of Montenegro, there is a small village called Kornet. From there, one can see the surrounding hills, the fields, the farmlands, and the Gornje Malo Blato lake. The entire sky is reflected in the waters of this lake. In 1889, during a period unusually calm and peaceful for this very restless region of the Balkans, the village leader, Peter, and his wife, Jela, had a baby boy, who ...
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