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Services and Sacraments

Celebration of the Lord’s Circumcision, the Remembrance of Saint Basil, and the New Year of the Lord

With devotion, humility, and profound gratitude, we celebrate today the exalted moment when the Most Benevolent Lord, our Creator of the entire universe, showed us His unparalleled humility. What an immeasurable act of love it is that He brought salvation…

Services and Sacraments

Patriarchal blessing for the New Year of the Lord

Imperial name, imperial priesthood, imperial dignity: Saint Basil the Great. The memory of the righteous is praised, especially the memory of such a fiery pillar of the Church of Christ, who with his prayers strengthens the Christians. The Lord revealed…

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A Reflection on the New Year: Christian or Secular?

New Year! What, in fact, are we celebrating on December 31st / January 1st? And what does it mean when we speak of a civic or secular New Year? It is the moment when the entire world enters into the…

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Is There Anything in Common Between Carnival and Christianity?

Throughout its entire history, the Orthodox Church has resolutely and unwaveringly fought against the soul-destroying remnants of pre-Christian pagan rituals and practices. As a result of this, over time, such senseless pagan rituals have been almost entirely eradicated globally, except…