Sunday of the Blind Man – At the end of Chapter 8 in Gospel of Saint John, the Savior was disputing with the Pharisees in the Temple during the Feast of Tabernacles. He told them,…
Holy Martyr Isidore of Chios He lived during the III Century on the Island of Chios, and was a native of Alexandria. During the first year of rule of the emperor Decius (249-251) there was…
Saint Pelagia of Tarsus in Cilicia (southeastern Asia Minor) She lived in the third century, during the reign of Diocletian (284-305), and was the daughter of illustrious pagans. When she heard about Jesus Christ from…
A 1,500-year-old Greek inscription bearing the name “Christ, born of Mary” was unearthed in northern Israel, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) announced, The Jerusalem Post reports. The archaeologists discovered the inscription engraved at the entrance…
“Children are faces of light cultivated through faith and love,” Patriarch Daniel notes. This can be better observed when children are there where they have to be – in the church – close to God…
At the end of the Great Blessing of Waters on Saturday, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel told the faithful that the feast of the Theophany ‘reveals the renewal or the update of Christ’s Baptism, but also…
Romanian Patriarch Daniel addressed the faithful present at the Patriarchal Cathedral for the Divine Liturgy on the Feast of the Theophany, Jan. 6 that life in the Heavenly Kingdom begins on earth once with Holy…
Before presenting His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel with the icon of Saint Matrona of Moscow, Stavrophore Eldress Theophania, the abbess of the Intercession Monastery, gave a speech in which she expressed her joy for the Divine…
In his Tuesday homily delivered at the Divine Liturgy, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel urged the faithful to follow the example offered by the Mother of God as for the preparation to receive Christ in their…
Homily by Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and all Russia during the Divine Liturgy celebrated on the feast of Saint Demetrius the New, 27 October 2017. Your Beatitudes, Your Eminences and Your Graces, Reverend fathers, beloved…