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Events

Twenty-five years since the monasticism of our Elder Parthenius

For many years to come, our Bishop Parthenius, our father in Christ! Twenty-five years ago, on the 5th of August 1995, at the Evening Vespers in honour of the Holy Martyr Christina of Tyre, in the glorious temple of the…

Spiritual subjects

How we shall stand before God (Part 2)

What, then, my dear friends, should our stance be in view of this paradise, which is both within us, and of which we are a part? How does one live in paradise? Naked, but not ashamed (Gen 2.25). And what…

Services and Sacraments

(video) Three monastic tonsures at the monastery feast in Rajchica

While celebrating the Holiday of all holidays which came to us as a spiritual spring  and a lavish source of grace - the bright and glorious Resurrection of the One Who is the Path, the Truth and the Life Itself…

Services and Sacraments

(Video) Monastic tonsure in the Precista Monastery

Is there anyone who loves God more than the One, whose Birth we celebrate today? But is there someone who has been beloved by God more than she is? What other divine creature is more pure than Her, or equal…

Services and Sacraments

Monastic tonsure in Rajchica, on the eve of St. George’s day

A graceful outburst of joy marked the eve of the Holy Great Martyr, St. George the Triumphant. This joy and tremor affected an especial angelical soul because that was the night of her Divine wedding to the sweetest and eternal…