With the blessing of the Bishop Dr. Irinej of Backa, the first fifty cooked meals were distributed to the users of the People’s Kitchen of the Diocese of Backa on the feast-day of the Holy Great Martyr Demetrius of Thessalonica and the Holy Martyr Nestor, on November 9, 2020. The meals were taken to the…
The history of the oldest Serbian cemetery in America is related to the construction of the first Serbian Church on American soil and the important role of Archimandrite Sebastian Dabovich. St. Sava Church in Jackson, California, is recognized as the first consecrated Serbian Orthodox Church and cemetery on the North American continent. Serbian miners and…
With the blessing of His Grace Gerasim, Bishop of Gornji Karlovac, painting of the church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul in Smiljan started. The Serbian archpriest Milutin Tesla, father of one of the greatest scientists Nikola Tesla, served in that church as a parish priest. Nikola Tesla himself was baptized in that church…
His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel on Saturday night expressed his condolences to the families of those who died in a fire that broke out at a hospital treating COVID-19 patients in Piatra Neamț. Patriarch Daniel’s message: full text We learned with great sorrow about the tragedy caused by the fire in the Intensive Care Unit at…
On the first day of the Nativity Fast, Sunday, November 15, 2020, Patriarch Daniel explained that we should use his fasting season as a time for preparing our souls to become a luminous cave in which Christ the Lord will be mystically born. “To the merciful love of God Who sent His only Son in…
November 15, 2020 Ascension Greek Orthodox Cathedral, Oakland, California Beloved Brothers and Sisters in Christ, On this Sunday of the Good Samaritan, I rejoice to be with all of you in this historic community. My visit to Oakland coincides with the ordination to the episcopacy of one of the most distinguished clergy of your Metropolis,…
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill’s book entitled ‘Think about the Future of Humanity’ has become available to Serbian readers. Its Russian version came out in April 2018 in Moscow Patriarchate Publishers. The translation for publishing by the Moscow Representation of the Serbian Orthodox Church was made by Bishop Anthony of Moravici, rector of the representation and…
On November 6, 2020, the Church celebrates the Icon of the Mother of God ‘Joy to All the Afflicted’. On this day, the Divine Liturgy in the church in Bolshaya Ordynka in Moscow, in which this miracle-working icon is kept, was celebrated by the head of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for External Church Relations, Metropolitan…
Metropolitan Anthony (Pakanich) speaks on who is most susceptible to fear and what consequences of fear and panic can there be. Take a look around. What’s happening? Fear controls people. Fear grips a person’s soul in its tenacious paws. A person overcome with fear ceases to be a human being, ceases to feel compassion and…