By God’s will, the Orthodox Church organized holidays during the year, which are aligned with the need of human souls for salvation in the Kingdom of Heaven. However, the servants of hell and the devil, with the help of their subjects, are trying to force the celebration of some “holidays” among people, the whole world, […]
Do you really know what and who you are celebrating on May 1st? Read More »
A criminal, sinful lifestyle brought me to prison. My family was in favor of communism, atheistic, although they dyed eggs for Easter, and even I was baptized at the age of six. In truth, I never went to church again. And I didn’t have any “personal encounter with God”. And in prison, when repentance came,
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It is usually considered that legends and myths are actually fictions and constructions that, true, start from historical events but do not get conveyed factually. However, they carry a spirit and a message that, although seemingly unfounded, contains an ethos that, more than any other fact, influences the formation of ethical and spiritual attitudes in
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Do not think that the word that escapes from the mouth is scattered in the air, and that nothing remains of the word. This is not true. Words are alive, rushing like radio waves, rushing through space and pouring into people’s hearts and minds. Words are a huge force that connects or separates people. The
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Why is God silent? This is a question we are used to asking everyone, not just ourselves. If God is silent, there are certain reasons for that. But what if it’s not about God, it’s about us? Maybe we are the ones who are not able to listen and hear Him? We constantly pray to
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October 31st is the day dedicated to Saint Apostle Luke and Saint Peter of Cetinje. On this day we celebrate these two Saints NOT witches and angels of dark. Click here to learn more about Saint Luke Click here to learn more about Saint Peter of Cetinje Most of us have either recently become Orthodox
Very Reverend, Reverend and Venerable Fathers, Beloved Brothers and Sisters: The Eastern American Diocese is undertaking a special fundraising initiative to help the endangered Greek Nation, which is being ravaged by wildfires, effective Sunday, August 22, 2021. His Holiness, our Serbian Patriarch Porfirije, conveyed his heartfelt brotherly concern to His Beatitude Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens and All Greece, noting
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The United States Catholic bishops have joined the Greek Orthodox Church in proclaiming July 24 a day of “mourning and manifest grief” over Turkey’s decision to recommission the church of Hagia Sophia as a mosque. On Tuesday, the U.S. bishops (USCCB) tweeted out an announcement of the Day of Mourning, embracing an invitation by the Greek Orthodox
During the war, thousands of children from Republic of Srpska, Serbia and other parts of our country lived in Greece, where they were placed with families that provided them with shelter and warmth. The connections that were then established still last. This is a fragment of the story about them. In the winter of 1995,
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By the decision of the State Council of Turkey, and on the initiative of the Turkish authoritarian president Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople became a mosque again after 89 years. Despite numerous appeals from Orthodox countries, Europe and the world not to do so, the Turkish authorities have decided to turn this
