http://www.mostphotos.com/1714705/Blue-wild-flower
You can download this beautiful picture at full size 4000x3000 from this link.
I took this picture in Romania's mountains
See also:
http://www.orthodoxphotos.com/history.shtml
Thank you!
Vlach artist
Favorite quote:
"
How old is the Orthodox Faith?
If you are a Lutheran, your religion was founded by Martin Luther, an
ex-monk of the Catholic Church, in the year 1517. If you belong to the
Church of England, your religion was founded by King Henry VIII in the
year 1534 because the Pope would not grant him a divorce with the
right to re-marry. If you are a Presbyterian, your religion was founded
by John Knox in Scotland in the year 1560. If you are a
Congregationalist, your religion was originated by Robert Brown in
Holland in 1582. If you are Protestant Episcopalian, your religion was an
offshoot of the Church of England, founded by Samuel Senbury in the
American colonies in the 17th century. If you are a Baptist, you owe the
tenets of your religion to John Smyth, who launched it in Amsterdam in
1606. If you are of the Dutch Reformed Church, you recognize Michelis
Jones as founder because he originated your religion in New York in
1628. If you are a Methodist, your religion was founded by John and
Charles Wesley in England in 1774. If you are a Mormon (Latter Day
Saints), Joseph Smith started your religion in Palmyra, New York, in
1829. If you worship with the Salvation Army, your sect began with
William Booth in London in 1865. If you are Christian Scientist, you look
to 1879 as the year in which your religion was born and to Mary Baker
Eddy as its founder.
If you belong to one of the religious organizations known as "Church of
the Nazarene, Pentecostal Gospel," "Holiness Church," or "Jehovah's
Witnesses," your religion is one of the hundreds of new sects founded
by men within the past hundred years.
If you are Roman Catholic, your church shared the same rich apostolic
and doctrinal heritage as the Orthodox Church for the first thousand
years of its history, since during the first millennium they were one and
the same Church. Lamentably, in 1054, the Pope of Rome broke away
from the other four Apostolic Patriarchates (which include
Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch and Jerusalem), by tampering with
the Original Creed of the Church, and considering himself to be
infallible. Thus your church is 1,000 years old.
If you are Orthodox Christian, your religion was founded in the year 33
by Jesus Christ, the Son of God. It has not changed since that time. Our
church is now almost 2,000 years old. And it is for this reason, that
Orthodoxy, the Church of the Apostles and the Fathers is considered the
true "one Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church." This is the greatest
legacy that we can pass on to the young people of the new millennium.
"
by Rev. Dr. Miltiades Efthimiou
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Chiang Mai Flower Parade Festival 2011 (Marching band only)by sephamt10,638 views
these are in Tahoe around our cabin! very pretty
howltothemoon101 9 months ago