April 17, 2025 Gathering food donations at the ROCOR cathedral in London. Photo: orthodox-europe.org As we move towards Holy Pascha, Orthodox Churches across Europe are intensifying their philanthropic activities to help the needy during this sacred season. These charitable initiatives reflect the heightened emphasis on almsgiving and compassion that characterizes the Orthodox Lenten journey…
Robert Leinweber. Peter’s denial. Photo: wikipedia.org And they that had laid hold on Jesus led Him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled. But Peter followed Him afar off unto the high priest’s palace, and went in, and sat with the servants, to see the end. Now…
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life (Jn. 3:16). In these words, St. John the Theologian addresses us so that all of…
A recent conversation I had with a colleague at work was steered towards the topic of visiting. She said she’d like to visit one of her pupils who had been ill and absent from school for almost a week. “You know, as the teacher, I want to show the parents that they are in my…
Bucharest, April 18, 2025 basilica.ro The Darvari Skete in Buachrest has received a fragment of the relics of St. Matrona of Moscow, which were placed for veneration following Bridegroom Matins on Holy Tuesday. According to the abbot, Archimandrite Arsenie (Irimiea), who has a personal connection to St. Matrona, the saint chose the Darvari Skete…
April 18, 2025 17th-century Epitaphios, Nizhny Novgorod State Art Museum, Russia. Wikipedia On Holy Thursday evening, during the service of Matins for Holy Friday, one of the Church’s most beloved and moving hymns, the 15th Antiphon, is chanted: Today is suspended on a tree He Who suspended the earth upon the waters.The King of…
