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Hieromonk Job (Gumerov)
The custom of adorning the church with tree branches, flowers, and grass goes back to ancient times. The Old Testament Pentecost was the feast of the first harvest (Ex. 23:16). People brought the first fruits of their harvest and flowers into the court of the Temple. In New Testament times, the trees and other plants in the church symbolize the renewal of people through the power of the Holy Spirit which has descended.
Hieromonk Pafnuty (Fokin)
“Simply going to see batiushka, just seeing him somewhere, glancing at him—it was impossible to leave unconsoled after that."
One day, in the ruins of a house, I picked up a book in the trash. I began to read it and felt something so dear and sweet to my heart. It was the Gospel.
On this day, the Synaxis of the Saints of Diveyevo Monastery, we present a collection of photographs and pictures of this extraordinary spiritual center, founded in Russia’s Nizhny Novgorod region.
Archpriest Gregory Dyachenko
God’s wrath, which at Elisha’s word destroyed the children who mocked the holy elder-prophet, gives us, brothers, cause to talk to you today about why we must show honor and respect to our elders and people in general who are older than us.
