Photo: monastery.ru In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit! As we celebrate the forefeast of the Nativity of Christ today, the holy Church presents us with images of the righteous figures from the Old Testament who spent their lives anticipating the coming of Christ the Savior. They…
Let’s begin our conversation about the Nativity of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ with a reaffirming statement: “God exists.” God didn’t merely exist in some moment or location far removed. He is present today. The Lord did not remain confined to the tenth century during the lifetime of Venerable Simeon the New Theologian, who…
Message for Christmasfrom His Holiness Patriarch Kirillof Moscow and All Russiato the Archpastors, Pastors, Monastics, and All Faithful Childrenof the Russian Orthodox Church Your Graces, esteemed archpastors, honored presbyters, deacons, beloved monks and nuns, dear brothers and sisters, Offering glory to God, who is exalted in the Trinity, and sharing the joy of this festivity…
Dear esteemed brother-archpastors, honorable fathers, Beloved brothers, sisters, and children in Christ! With great joy in the Newborn Christ, I extend my greetings to my brother-archpastors, esteemed fathers, monastics, and all the devoted faithful of the Russian Church Abroad on the occasion of Christ’s Nativity, a moment of salvation for the world, along with the…
Vatican, Rome – Opening the Holy Door of the oldest Marian shrine in the Western world, Cardinal Rolando Makrickas prayed that the world would entrust itself to Mary, “the door to heaven.” “Let us offer our prayer to the Father so that, like Mary, we may be pilgrims of hope who bring Christ into the…
