<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 22:23:43 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@nikosgeneralov/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[THE ASCENSION OF THE LORD]]></title><description><![CDATA[Δεσποτική εορτή, που αναφέρεται στην ανάβαση του Χριστού στους ουρανούς και θεωρείται στην εκκλησιαστική παράδοση ως η ολοκλήρωση της αποστολής του Χριστού επί της Γης. Εορτάζεται από την Εκκλησία την]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/religion/@nikosgeneralov/the-ascension-of-the-lord</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/religion/@nikosgeneralov/the-ascension-of-the-lord</guid><category><![CDATA[religion]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[nikosgeneralov]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2018 20:52:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/f85of4KXmvsQJy974FRvm9w7ttkZ9K7PZ8JeKKtLWsiCVwfA8FZE9bW9XHNmH4umuhfP8tYusd69rkySyD613g25Nzch5f661haHg89hr85LpwEsCjTWaydmcNipFoeb6DTBVw64HV9YpNNhKABfhrV7nCLWap33QWDrT8Ar5sqneZJm7XNghzdUgdk9wXt3dZpHE8Zo4r?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[SUNDAY OF THE BLIND MAN]]></title><description><![CDATA[Before his meeting with Christ the blind man had never seen anything. Everything was dark, he had to guess at things, to explore them by touch, to use his imagination. He had no clear authentic image of]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/religion/@nikosgeneralov/sunday-of-the-blind-man</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/religion/@nikosgeneralov/sunday-of-the-blind-man</guid><category><![CDATA[religion]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[nikosgeneralov]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 09 Jun 2018 00:11:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/AmRc67RgYaWTCbCd1L4AQP82AFWYYzZC15DpSZWeSYgzVN66cvLxYGSturuQjkM32nD9k7jNoey3atWtHK5u7HAYa7dbATKzXagYLLaRbyFnF3YkQux1emvukqQCSFWe4ktVVhi4m1b6JKDhwVuLHT6ueP8ZoBLa?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[THE HOLY AND GREAT MARTYR GEORGE]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Great Martyr George was the son of wealthy and pious parents, who raised him in the Christian faith. He was born in the city of Beirut (in antiquity - Berytos), at the foot of the Lebanese mountains.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/religion/@nikosgeneralov/the-holy-and-great-martyr-george</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/religion/@nikosgeneralov/the-holy-and-great-martyr-george</guid><category><![CDATA[religion]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[nikosgeneralov]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 08 Jun 2018 00:48:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3uGGCvyenqJmTtJnmjLh2HtRsS3REsgwCYoEshtMb8rpqkwY3gxgWEY4AiUK38izRWfauXWABwwMoGinChNJ1vLf4fUEKTEnUFGb2ow7wZjjh54rHgLkjbyot1qW5RoXS29iXGukFL9CBGoGhHNo1xwTDfSxRUHgoRT2gNTJu5ueFP553smUpRvovf528zbtKMD3Yxkw5o4a?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[ST PHOTINI, THE SAMARITAN WOMAN]]></title><description><![CDATA[The New Testament describes the familiar account of the "woman at the well" (John 4:5-42), who was a Samaritan. Up to that point she had led a sinful life, one which resulted in a rebuke from]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemchurch/@nikosgeneralov/st-photini-the-samaritan-woman</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemchurch/@nikosgeneralov/st-photini-the-samaritan-woman</guid><category><![CDATA[steemchurch]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[nikosgeneralov]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 05 Jun 2018 23:18:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4i88GgaV8qiFU89taP2MgKXzwntUGAvkoQiKU7VxyD37q96KmMS8zKLdfoLogrwoUTwmhwMdpaGvJBsV95F79MwgGckR4mNfXCsxXJAj2fhq75vG5wBp2SWBj4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[SUNDAY OF THE PARALYTIC]]></title><description><![CDATA[On this day, the fourth Sunday after Pascha, we commemorate the paralytic who was healed by the Lord, and we celebrate this as a miracle of our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ. The commemoration of this]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/christianity/@nikosgeneralov/sunday-of-the-paralytic</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/christianity/@nikosgeneralov/sunday-of-the-paralytic</guid><category><![CDATA[christianity]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[nikosgeneralov]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2018 23:34:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/JvFFVmatwWHVQPjDcGkFxELgGtwNAntRtiqDuEyxrGqQeAKVtK6buMmGQ4hxe6sqSnmSKfWBZ3SNegBX98T3KSg9pNPbqUuJqF2tPBj8rQ27x7dL7VmPSmWn2b5HMnYBU6RVLkouZQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[SUNDAY OF THE HOLY MYRRH-BEARING WOMEN]]></title><description><![CDATA[FEAST OF THE MYRRH-BEARING WOMEN, ST. JOSEPH OF ARIMATHEA AND ST. NICODEMUS Since ancient times it was noted by the Holy Fathers and Teachers of the Church of Christ that all four Evangelists do not list]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/christianity/@nikosgeneralov/sunday-of-the-holy-myrrh-bearing-women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/christianity/@nikosgeneralov/sunday-of-the-holy-myrrh-bearing-women</guid><category><![CDATA[christianity]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[nikosgeneralov]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2018 00:36:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/FxX5caie56yqUbvo2DTJv1i6qm8z4ixTabBTrjod7LmGgDDP4Liyvh1WjuSnKMqPivWgJ6Rsn7rYaiNNgH2sd4hXDW9XxzrZTnrQLTZUK6KY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[GREEK  EASTER  FOODS]]></title><description><![CDATA[The most cliché image that comes to mind with Easter in Greece is that of a whole lamb on a spit, roasted to crisp perfection. It is not the only way Greeks enjoy their Pascal lamb, though. The Easter]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/christianity/@nikosgeneralov/greek-ester-foods</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/christianity/@nikosgeneralov/greek-ester-foods</guid><category><![CDATA[christianity]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[nikosgeneralov]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2018 23:58:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/gPCasciUWmF5VZucjWuzmpXUomGMznGBossB7LD2wAr1ZaEB6nLJku5U39WadD43TSQCqCNFry1CZVFyc5qjETFosMG9L7V4qNffxFd7VXPDJAiaSJr76mpSvBPSEm8P1xnj7Vrh6waUJ5Jp5U?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[ST. THOMAS SUNDAY]]></title><description><![CDATA[WHY IS THE SUNDAY AFTER PASCHA DEDICATED TO THE APOSTLE THOMAS? Belief in the great miracle of the Resurrection did not come to the disciples right away. The first witnesses were the myrrh-bearing women.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/christianity/@nikosgeneralov/st-thomas-sunday</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/christianity/@nikosgeneralov/st-thomas-sunday</guid><category><![CDATA[christianity]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[nikosgeneralov]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2018 22:49:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNchGPKLQuxAL7oEwDJ42cT977qXjChSj3dHfwRyYJv9h46NVJUPwPfd6cCqzmst5CkvJ7N6fG17xGFB6pKEH4rhJxMhYB6sq1YFgzAypSmNEr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The holy icon of “Axion Esti” and Holy Easter on Mount Athos.]]></title><description><![CDATA[The icon of the Most Holy Mother of God, called “Axion Esti,” was hagiographied at Constantinople.It was created following the model of the holy icon called the “Virgin of Mercy”, a work of St. Luke the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/christianity/@nikosgeneralov/the-holy-icon-of-axion-esti-and-holy-easter-on-mount-athos</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/christianity/@nikosgeneralov/the-holy-icon-of-axion-esti-and-holy-easter-on-mount-athos</guid><category><![CDATA[christianity]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[nikosgeneralov]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2018 22:36:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8SzwQc8j2KJb4ARrxQxCjX4jizub4U5CAK3WwB89oNvCZrmdPJrD7RLGKRxUG8dNArxgNTY55fBYfSz5PBEZKvd7skQXxW8bCQ9HdJDxW8JQ8ud78x6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[PASCHAL HOMILY OF ST. JOHN CHRYSOSTOM]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Paschal sermon of St John Chrysostom is read aloud in every Orthodox parish on the morning of the Great and Holy Pascha of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. According to the Tradition of the Church,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/christianity/@nikosgeneralov/paschal-homily-of-st-john-chrysostom</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/christianity/@nikosgeneralov/paschal-homily-of-st-john-chrysostom</guid><category><![CDATA[christianity]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[nikosgeneralov]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2018 13:37:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/FxX5caie56yqUbvo2DTJv1i6qm8z4ixTabBTrjodJ41AQNPcgzYZqG8mYuM7S7tUi9apQAfpb27LKhKN6UxWZpPdch2toJoPtu7bhAaRV27g?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[THE BRIGHT RESURRECTION OF CHRIST, PASCHA]]></title><description><![CDATA[All Orthodox Christians once again this year joyously celebrate The Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ and chant: “We celebrate the death of death, the destruction of Hades, and the beginning of another,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/christianity/@nikosgeneralov/the-bright-resurrection-of-christ-pascha</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/christianity/@nikosgeneralov/the-bright-resurrection-of-christ-pascha</guid><category><![CDATA[christianity]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[nikosgeneralov]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2018 17:17:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2FFvzA2zeqoVZ5NRzV2o8MyJEzowAL6rjbt8w3dTGUeu2uBxsE1DC1LiXREk2u2fhbp3fAX3QDSgPa7o15KUSQGaf69g5mNV531g5V7U22PhGyhHEG9gdFLrU99TL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[GREAT AND HOLY SATURDAY]]></title><description><![CDATA[Joseph with Nicodemus took Thee down from the Tree, who deckest Thyself with light as with a garment; and looking upon Thee dead, stripped, and without burial, in his grief and tender compassion he lamented,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/christianity/@nikosgeneralov/great-and-holy-saturday</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/christianity/@nikosgeneralov/great-and-holy-saturday</guid><category><![CDATA[christianity]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[nikosgeneralov]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2018 16:22:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/Zskj9C56UondJxcjVaienfhVaNb7LJVWG6e787gaSUSaik52gvuM6wQxjneT61nEcsnJ6sVashPpStpLTaQA8JdtiLtzpDVZG6C8NLdPZgGek2mwY38J?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[HOLY AND GREAT FRIDAY]]></title><description><![CDATA[On this day, Holy and Great Friday, we celebrate the awesome, holy, and saving Passion of our Lord and God and Savior Jesus Christ—the spitting, the blows with the palm of the hand, the buffeting, the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/christianity/@nikosgeneralov/holy-and-great-friday</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/christianity/@nikosgeneralov/holy-and-great-friday</guid><category><![CDATA[christianity]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[nikosgeneralov]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2018 14:25:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/PB8ro82ZpZP5xqHVTtgzxr9jRnPYTxeDK7ZMexdNjQP38sd72K3emJjow93hGNfMBvo39fDpqvGjF7i46tB67bwv69PMoTVFQFibTruZ1xG1gHkr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[HOLY AND GREAT THURSDAY]]></title><description><![CDATA[On this day, Holy and Great Thursday, according to the order which our Holy Fathers inherited from the Holy Apostles, and the Holy Gospels, we celebrate four events: the Holy Washing of the Disciples']]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/christianity/@nikosgeneralov/holy-and-great-thursday</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/christianity/@nikosgeneralov/holy-and-great-thursday</guid><category><![CDATA[christianity]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[nikosgeneralov]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 08 Apr 2018 23:48:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/JvFFVmatwWHVQPjDcGkFxELgGtwNAntRtiqDuEyxy4zNbQ3pmHarXicJBpgbqeXR7N2q8cZeDBTft5JPfPgsjUcM8xQrRCqaviABKF34Eq1bJiQNhVtdTxxDXXjLETa7XLwWkpGKeN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[HOLY AND GREAT WEDNESDAY]]></title><description><![CDATA[On Holy and Great Wednesday the divine Fathers ordained a commemoration to be kept of the woman who was a harlot and who anointed the Lord with myrrh, inasmuch as this took place a short time before the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/christianity/@nikosgeneralov/holy-and-great-wednesday</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/christianity/@nikosgeneralov/holy-and-great-wednesday</guid><category><![CDATA[christianity]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[nikosgeneralov]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 08 Apr 2018 23:03:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNchGPKLQuxAL7oEwDJ42cT977qXjChTuvT53TCd1bM7LiV6ZsktcUi8zvqcAy1Jm7PxYTut4siCkKYYHV1kfeUSWeS6XGdh2ukFP6vp6ieg6J?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[GREAT AND HOLY TUESDAY.  Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh. Matthew 24:13]]></title><description><![CDATA[On Monday evening, Jesus Christ also tarried in Bethany, and on Tuesday morning he again came to the temple in Jerusalem and taught much in the both inside and outside the temple (Mt. 21:1). The high priests]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/god/@nikosgeneralov/great-and-holy-tuesday-megali-triti-i-n-polla-s-mart-ais-peripeso-sa-gyn-watch-therefore-for-ye-know-neither-the-day-nor-the</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/god/@nikosgeneralov/great-and-holy-tuesday-megali-triti-i-n-polla-s-mart-ais-peripeso-sa-gyn-watch-therefore-for-ye-know-neither-the-day-nor-the</guid><category><![CDATA[god]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[nikosgeneralov]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2018 20:56:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2jNqjhGDgC31cUEEfTe4GBEaeebpFLami1Zwgb5cPzkUBcTnqMUGtNydxvTpRajmUs3kmtYeGHudCtMdopkKQFcepYy14G6b6SsZg3vGcAsm9iy46DGoqJTcJ9Mnsi5VHXQs5DfbHqHyX1fwf4uToJcBWizA6qZnX3hf3u7rUQAThB4rbgmVA7y9dEow7dxDSNYf3hFx6k7HQH4WfrGf1Rua42fGjs7TTeMPzAM2BXpku9D3c?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Αγία και Μεγάλη Δευτέρα: "Ιδού ο Νυμφίος έρχεται..."]]></title><description><![CDATA[Μεγάλη και Αγία Δευτέρα. Η δεύτερη ημέρα της Μεγάλης Εβδομάδας, της εβδομάδας των παθών του Ιησού Χριστού. Η Μεγάλη Εβδομάδα αρχίζει την Κυριακή των Βαΐων, με την περιφορά του Νυμφίου και το τροπάριο]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/religion/@nikosgeneralov/agia-kai-megali-deytera-idoy-o-nymfios-erxetai</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/religion/@nikosgeneralov/agia-kai-megali-deytera-idoy-o-nymfios-erxetai</guid><category><![CDATA[religion]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[nikosgeneralov]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2018 22:14:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/6VvuHGsoU2QD2aHbJiivbVZV6nAA4BJrX2xi1Ybu2EUFF1BBHpDkQizWAers2LGDZJWjukDx1pAp9hPT9xpMCJY5J1QA5LYNasVZTJ5K5MeSikEZHgJhki31QEzmvW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[He Who Comes in the Name of the Lord]]></title><description><![CDATA[Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass's colt. Jerusalem is abuzz… Jerusalem trembles with joyous excitement… So close is the dawn of her rising up, her resurrection in]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/god/@nikosgeneralov/he-who-comes-in-the-name-of-the-lord</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/god/@nikosgeneralov/he-who-comes-in-the-name-of-the-lord</guid><category><![CDATA[god]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[nikosgeneralov]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2018 21:35:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/Zskj9C56UondJxcjVaienfhVaNb7LJVWG6e787gZsZDG5LwdefZfui3qtaPja61WMGsm8pcm5XirbbTTRhY5zxvK1xpnyEpdAjJPTU9kjGZeBwjx1YDc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>