For Orthodox believers, the six-week Christmas fast began on November 28, which precedes the happiest Christian holiday, the Nativity of Christ – Christmas.Preparation for Christmas, which is celebrated on January 7, is complete if the believer approaches the sacred mysteries of confession, repentance and communion at the end of the six-week fast. Fasting is the […]
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On August 27, 1930, the pious parents Zdravko and Milijana Gavrilović from the village of Vidova near Čačak – and with them the entire Serbian family – were blessed by the Lord with the birth of a male child who was named Miroslav at his baptism. He finished elementary school in his native village, and
On Friday, November 20, 2020, at 7:07 am in the Military Kovid Hospital “Karaburma” in Belgrade, His Holiness the Archbishop of Pec, Metropolitan of Belgrade and Karlovac and Patriarch of Serbia Mr. Irinej (Gavrilovich) reposed in Lord. The funeral liturgy began at 9 o’clock, in the central part of the temple of Saint Sava where
Metropolitan Amfilohije was born in Morača, Montenegro on January 7, 1938. He graduated from the Theological Seminary in Belgrade in 1962, and was ordained as a priest in 1968. On June 15, 1973 he was awarded a doctorate from the Theological School of Athens. On June 16, 1985, he was consecrated as Bishop of Banat.
Our Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem was last closed during the Black Plague of the 1300s. Then came the coronavirus pandemic and closes it for the public yet another time on September 18, 2020. It will reopen on October 02, 2020. Click on the video below to virtually experience the most peaceful
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According to reports from clergy of Agios Dimitrios Church in Vyronas, southeast of Athens, an icon of the Virgin Mary miraculously begun streaming tears. The tears were said to have appeared on the icon on September 8, the Feast Day of the Nativity of the Theotokos. (According to the new calender) According to Ekklisiaonline, a nun noticed
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A miracle happened last week in the temple of the Transfiguration of the Lord in Ljubovija. Three icons from the iconostasis released myrrh during the service of the Holy Liturgy, which, in accordance with the prohibitions of gathering, was attended only by the clergy. Icons of the Lord Jesus Christ, the Most Holy Mother of
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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