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St. Prince Alexander Nevsky (or Nevski) St. Prince Alexander Nevsky (1220/21 – 1263) was the Prince of Novgorod from 1236 to 1251 and Prince of Tver from 1247 to 1252. From 1252 on he was known as the Grand Duke of Vladimir, son of Prince Yaroslav II Vsevolodovich. Alexander was an outstanding Russian military commander and diplomat. Through his victories over Sweden on the Neva river (1240), after which he was given the name of Nevsky, and over the knights of the Teutonic Order (1242) he secured Russia’s north-western borders. Thanks to his clever and skillful diplomacy the burden of...
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St. Agnes, virgin and martyr, is one of the oldest saints of Rome. Her legend is described in the fifth century Acts: St. Agnes was born c. 291 A.D. into Roman nobility, into a Christian family. While a young girl she refused a number of suitors to remain faithful to her vow of chastity. As punishment she was put in a brothel, but her virginity was miraculously preserved – all men who looked at her nakedness became blind; when she was publicly stripped naked, her long hair hid her body (according to another version of the story: an angel covered...
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