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Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee
Let Your Light Shine Let us flee the proud speaking of the Pharisee and learn the humility of the Publican, and with groaning let us cry unto the Savior: Be merciful to us, for Thou alone art ready to forgive. Today we celebrated the birthday of two very special people in our parish! Happy 29th…
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St. Sava Celebration 2023
Himna Svetom Savi Uskliknimo s ljubavljuSvetitelju SaviSrpske crkve i školeSvetiteljskoj glavi.Tamo venci tamo slavaGde naš srpski pastir Sava. Pojte mu Srbi, Pesmu i utrojte Blagodarna Srbijo,Puna si ljubaviPrema svome pastiruSvetitelju Savi.Celo Srpstvo slavi slavuSvoga oca Svetog Savu. Pojte mu Srbi, Pesmu i utrojte! Da se srpska sva srcas tobom ujedine,sunce mira, ljubavi,da nam svima sine.Da…
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Feast of the Theophany of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
Today You have shown forth to the world, O Lord, and the light of Your countenance has been marked on us. Knowing You, we sing Your praises. You have come and revealed Yourself, O unapproachable Light.
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THEOPHANY SWIMMING FOR THE HOLY CROSS
When You, O Lord were baptized in the Jordan the worship of the Trinity was made manifest for the voice of the Father bore witness to You and called You His beloved Son. And the Spirit, in the form of a dove, confirmed the truthfulness of His word. O Christ, our God, You have revealed…
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NEW YEAR BEGINS WITH LITURGY AT NEW MARCHA MONASTERY
The Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great was celebrated at Midnight on January 14, 2023 in honor of his Feast Day and the Circumcision of the Lord at the New Marcha Holy Archangel Gabriel Monastery in Richfield, Ohio. With the blessings of His Grace Bishop Irinej, visiting spiritual father, the Venerable Protosyngelos Sava (Vukajlovic)…
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Protomartyr and Archdeacon Stephen
The Holy Protomartyr and Archdeacon Stephen was the eldest of the seven deacons, appointed by the Apostles themselves, and therefore he is called “archdeacon.” He was the first Christian martyr, and he suffered for Christ when he was about thirty. In the words of Asterias, he was “the starting point of the martyrs, the instructor…
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The Nativity of our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ- Christmas
The Nativity is before you, before me, before us, brothers and sisters: God is born as a man, “so that we would receive life through Him” and thus be filled in soul and body with God. And this is most readily acquired by prayer and fasting. They cleanse and purify the body and the soul,…
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Christmas Eve
“I behold a strange and most glorious mystery,” the Church sings with awe, “Heaven, a Cave; the Virgin the Throne of the Cherubim; the Manger a room, in which Christ, the God Whom nothing can contain is laid.” (Irmos of the 9th Ode of the Nativity Canon). An angel of the Lord (Saint Cyprian says…
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THE NATIVITY ENCYCLICAL OF THE SERBIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH 2022
The Serbian Orthodox Church to her spiritual children at Christmas, 2021 PORFIRIJE By the Grace of God Orthodox Archbishop of Pec, Metropolitan of Belgrade Karlovci and Serbian Patriarch, with all the Hierarchs of the Serbian Orthodox Church to all the clergy, monastics, and all the sons and daughters of our Holy Church: grace, mercy and…
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NATIVITY ARCHPASTORAL WORD
BY THE GRACE OF GOD BISHOP OF EASTERN AMERICA Most beloved clergy and monastics, sons and daughters, faithful children of the Eastern American Diocese of our Most Holy Serbian Orthodox Church: GOD’S PEACE — CHRIST IS BORN! “Made flesh by the Holy Spirit, Made man of the ever-virgin Mary, You have filled all creation with…
Saint George Serbian Orthodox Church, Lorain, OH 