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20: 289: 277: 253: 265: 115:(protection) over the faithful. After this vision, Constantinople was saved when its attackers retreated. That vision and the avoidance of Constantinople's destruction that was attributed to it inspired the creation of one of the most famous Eastern Orthodox holidays: the feast of the 309: 101: 230:
The Greek, tenth-century, vita of Saint Andrew the Fool (BHG 115z) with English translation: L. Rydén, The Life of St Andrew the Fool,
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of Constantinople, while the city was surrounded by enemy troops (by some sources, Muslim Arabs).
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communities on 15 October (2 October old calendar). The earliest manuscript of his Greek
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According to certain sources, Andrew had a vision of the Most Holy
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surrounded by many angels and Saints, praying and extending her
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Andrew and his disciple Epiphanius testified that they saw the
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Index


The Protection of the Mother of God
Tretyakov Gallery
Moscow
Greek
saint
Eastern Orthodox Church
Fool for Christ
Slav
slave
Constantinople
Fool for Christ
Theotokos
Blachernae church
Holy Virgin
Omophorion
Protection of the Theotokos
Eastern Orthodox
hagiography
Life of Andrew the Fool
quire
uncial script
Foolishness for Christ
The Protection of the Mother of God


Orthodox Church in USA
Kazhdan, Alexander
The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium
ISBN

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