In our Orthodox church, the incense is burnt in a metal vessel that hangs on three chains and has a sliding cover that regulates the burning of charcoal. The whole apparatus is called a censer. On the chains are twelve small bells, signifying the Twelve Disciples. The grains of incense are put on burning charcoal […]
Hymn to Love – Apostle Paul (1 Corinthians 13) If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move
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Jesus Christ (5/4 BCE – 31 BCE) is the unique and most famous Person in the history of mankind from whose birth an entire era counts. According to calculations from the birth of John the Baptist and Jesus (Luke 1 and 2), and the schedule of priesthood service (1 Diary 24: 1-19), Jesus was born
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The hand of Saint John with which He baptized Jesus Christ was revered by the first Christians as a great sanctuary. When did the Hand of Saint John the Baptist arrive in Serbia? The hand of Saint John the Baptist has long been in the Russian imperial Romanov family. After the affliction of the imperial
The corrupted Montenegrin Government has united itself with the Montenegro Orthodox Church which is unrecognized by all Christian communities. It appears that the government and the unrecognized Montenegrin Orthodox Church want to confiscate all of the Serbian Churches and Monasteries in Montenegro. Pay particular attention to the excerpts below of the new religious freedom law
St. Nicholai Velimirovich the Serbian This glorious and wonderworking saint was born in Thessalonica of noble and pios parents. Implored of God by childless parents, Demetrius was their only son, and so was raised and educated with great care. Demetrius’s father was a commander in Thessalonica. When his father died, Emperor Maximian appointed Demetrius as
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“As an Orthodox I can not participate in an attack on a brotherly nation,” said Greek captain of Greek Navy’s ship Marinos Ricoudis, two decades ago during NATO bombing of then former Yugoslavia now-day Serbia. Ricudis, then captain of the Temistoclis Ship and Navy Lieutenant, refused orders to participate in the bombing and returned the
Have you ever heard of any of the following statements? Maybe you said one of them yourself. We have listened to such and such claims for years – but they are all wrong or at the very least imply falsehood. Common Atheist or Non-Christian Claims: Science has proven that the Bible is wrong. Evolution is
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According to monks and priests, only people with a pure heart filled with love can experience miracles. So did sixteen-year-old Nikola Ivkovich. His family claims to have witnessed several times inexplicable situations . They consider St. Basil of Ostrog (Sv Vasilije Ostroski) as their saint and protector, because, as they say, he not only preserved
In the twentieth century, the Orthodox Church began an active mission among the indigenous population of Africa. That mission, which has proven to be very successful, continues to this day. In 2002, the Mission Center in Colvezia (Republic of Congo) published a series of testimonies in which our contemporaries, Orthodox Africans, speak of their journey
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