The Federation of the Circle of Serbian Sisters for the Eastern American Diocese celebrated the patronal feast of the Dormition of the Mother of God at St. Nicholas Serbian Orthodox Church in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. With the Archpastoral Blessing and presence of His Grace Bishop IRINEJ, Bishop of Eastern America, the celebration was held on August…

With the blessing of His Grace Bishop Irinej and the efforts of our talented parish priest, Fr. Dragan Goronjić, the parish of Akron, St. Demetrius Serbian Orthodox Church, is a place of constant spiritual and building renewal. Without a break, there is a detailed renewal of the church, church hall, Sunday school and the haven…

  His Grace was concelebrated by Archimandrites Rafailo (Golusin), Damaskin (Grabez) and Serafim (Misic) and many other priests of the Diocese. His Grace was born on March 10, 1978 in Vrsac, as Milomir Glavcic. He finished primary school in his birthplace in 1993, and from there, upon the blessing of the then Bishop Hrizostom (Stolic)…

His Grace was concelebrated by Archimandrite Isaija (Krgovic) and brothers of the monastery of Djurdjevi Stupovi protosynchellos Evstatije (Dragojevic) and hierodeacon Evtihije (Kecman), and in prayerful gathering the faithful people participated.   spc.rs

UDABNO, Georgia (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Standing near an ancient monastery perched on a rocky ridge in southeast Georgia, armed border guards keep a watchful eye over tourists visiting the site, stopping those who venture too far uphill. On the ridge’s opposite slope – where the tourists are headed – sit mountain caves with 1,000-year-old…

The earliest known Marian prayer, like the Gospels themselves, is written in Greek. That is why, in it, the Virgin Mary is called Θεοτοκος, “theotokos,” the “Birth-Giver of God,” “the Mother of God.” That in such early prayer the Virgin Mary is already referred to with this title is quite important, both from a historical…

Myrrh appears to seep from the “Miraculous Myrrhstreaming Icon of the Mother of God” at St. John the Baptist Orthodox Christian Church in Post Falls, Sept. 1, 2019. The letter paper-sized icon, which was brought to Idaho for the first time on Sunday, is believed to be a holy miracle and travels around the world….

There are two basic ways of a cure. The first is for a person to abandon “wealth” of the mind. In speaking of poverty, Saint Niketas Stethatos maintains that poverty is not only the renunciation of material goods, but is also the denial of the “wealth” of the mind. Moreover, I can add that “spiritual…

One of the biggest noblemen from Gaza asked Saint Zosimas, “How can you say that you are nothing? You make miracles, you heal people, you are a saint!” Saint Zosimas told him, “I don’t know but, in the way I see myself, I am really nothing.” While the noble made a gesture of disbelief, Saint…