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Saints, Feasts, and Readings for 5/27/2023

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Epistle Reading:

Acts 20:7-12

Gospel Reading:

John 14:10-21

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Spiritual Reading

Grandpa Dobri of Bulgaria - 1914 - 2018:  A Saint?

Tuesday, May 02, 2023

In Sofia, the capital city of Bulgaria, stands one of the largest Orthodox Churches in the world – St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral.  It is not only the cathedral church of the Patriarch of Bulgaria but a national shrine, symbol of the Bulgarian nation and a main tourist attraction.  If you visited the cathedral between the approximate years of 2000 – 2018 you would have been greeted by a poorly dressed, elderly man, holding a plastic cup who seemed to be just another homeless beggar.  This man was Dobri Dobrev, sometimes called “Elder Dobri” or “Grandpa Dobri”.  This simple man walked 12 miles each day from the village of Bailovo to the cathedral to beg money.  Read more...

 

 

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