The tiny Greek orthodox parish of St. Nicholas is finally celebrating. The terror attack of September 11 destroyed the church that sat in the shadows of the Twin Towers.
Сегодня день церковной памяти священномученика митрополита Серафима, в миру Леонида Михайловича Чичагова. В историю русской святости митрополит Серафим вошел как мужественный исповедник и священномученик. Каков же путь его в Царствие Небесное? (MP3 файл. Продолжительность 18:25 мин. Размер 8.9 Mb)
Мы поздоровались, через мгновение я увидел необыкновенный свет вокруг головы старца Иосифа четверти на полторы высоты, а также широкий луч света, падающий на него сверху, как бы потолок келии раздвинулся.
There is a strong possibility that Greek Patriarch Theophilos III will try to reconcile leaders and members of the Ukrainian Church that have been split foryears.
On December 8, 2011, the Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia marked the 60th anniversary since it was granted canonical autocephaly by the Russian Orthodox Church. On that day, solemn celebrations devoted to the anniversary took place in Prague.
In the words of St. Simeon of Thessalonica, “The forty days of the Nativity fast is an image of the fast of Moses, who having fasted for forty days and forty nights, received the words of God inscribed on stone tablets. But having fasted for forty days, we gaze upon and receive the living Word from the Virgin, inscribed not on stones, but incarnate and born, and we partake of His Divine flesh.”