Alexandra Kalinovskaya
“Ah, my beloved child, if you only knew how much I want to save you! I would endure everything for you. I have no greater concern than to bring you to the Lord, and there’s no more serious matter on earth than the salvation of the soul.”
Hieromonk Seraphim (Panich)
Dear brothers and sisters, today we celebrate the Beheading of the great and holy Prophet of God John the Baptist. And we call this day a little Holy Friday.
Before he killed his brother, Cain knew that fratricide was evil.
Why is this great mystery from God and this cruel death given to us?
Metropolitan Athanasios of Limassol
The Evangelist says: “And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth.”