Spirituality
Holy Saturday: Between Crucifixion of our Lord and His glorious Resurrection
Introduction On Great and Holy Saturday the Orthodox Church commemorates the burial of Christ and His descent into Hades. It...
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Great Friday: The ineffable mystery of Christ’s death
On Great Friday the Church remembers the ineffable mystery of Christ's death. Death tormenting, indiscriminate, universal - casts its cruel...
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Great and Holy Thursday
Introduction On Thursday of Holy Week, four events are commemorated: the washing of the disciples' feet, the institution of the...
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Holy Thursday: “Today, He hangs upon the Cross”
"Today, He hangs upon the Cross". Today, the offering of love is completed, with the deafening movement of God towards...
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Healing through Holy Unction
*By Shannon Sakellariou We have begun our journey through Great Lent, and soon it will culminate with the services of...
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Weekly Meditation: Holy Week and Pascha
By Thyateira Youth Dear friends, following the celebration of Palm Sunday - Christ’s humble entry into Jerusalem (Matthew 21:1-11) welcomed...
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What do we celebrate on Holy Wednesday
On Holy Wednesday, the Church commemorates the sinful woman who anointed Jesus before his crucifixion. The Divine Liturgy of the...
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The Troparion of Kassiani from the Greek Byzantine Choir (VIDEO)
The Troparion of Kassiani is performed by the Greek Byzantine Choir under the direction of Archon Protopsaltis Grigorios Papaemmanuel at...
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What do we celebrate on Holy Tuesday
On Holy Tuesday the Church calls to remembrance two parables, which are related to the Second Coming. The one is...
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Holy Monday, first day of Orthodox Holy Week
Introduction Beginning on the evening of Palm Sunday and continuing through the evening of Holy Tuesday, the Orthodox Church observes...
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Bishop of Covasna and Harghita: The pandemic could not darken the Day of Resurrection
Bishop Andrei of Covasna and Harghita stressed that “the pandemic could not darken” the Resurrection of the Lord, “this...
Patriarch of Antioch met with the Diocesan authorities and agents of Aleppo
On Tuesday evening, May 4, 2021, Patriarch John X of Antioch met with the Diocesan authorities and agents of...
Largest Orthodox iconostasis: Romania’s National Cathedral sets world record
The Romanian People’s Salvation Cathedral, also known as the National Cathedral, an Orthodox cathedral under construction in Bucharest, Romania,...
Easter Sunday at the Metropolis of Singapore (VIDEO)
This year Easter in South Asia was different. Due to the pandemic, everything had to fit into the measures...
Putna Monastery’s Abbot: Our holy ancestors speak to us this year and urge for a national resurrection
On Easter night, Archimandrite Melchisedec Velnic spoke about the ancestors’ call for a national resurrection. But “a resurrection of...
Memory of Saint Seraphim of Mt. Domvu
Our Church celebrates the memory of Saint Seraphim of Mount Domvu. Saint Seraphim came from the community of Zeli...
