TEXTS IN ENGLISH

St. Nicholas followed the words of our Lord, Lay up treasure for yourself in Heaven, by saying his prayers every day, by fasting, and by performing many good deeds. God was so pleased that He worked many miracles through him. Because he was able to calm storms on the sea he became known as the patron saint of sailors. Because he protected children (he even raised 3 children from the dead!), he is also a patron of young people.

Then, one night, the mother fell to her knees and began to pray fervently to Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker, begging him to take the place of her daughter’s father and to save her from an evil destiny.The old woman said that never in her life had she prayed so fervently. She felt the presence of the Saint next to her, and she spoke to him, pouring out all the pain in her heart that she had been suffering for the sake of her daughter. And Saint Nicholas heard her.

Permission to receive the sacraments in the Orthodox Church has nothing to do with hospitality, although some may see it that way.

What is the meaning of the feast of the Nativity of Our Lord in our family life? How can we live through the preparatory period of Advent as a Christian family? Can this meaning be truly and naturally, unpretentiously, embodied in the experience of a family, a home with children, teenagers, adults and old people?

Pray without ceasing”, St. Paul writes to the Thessalonians (I Thess. 17). An in other epistles, he commands: “Praying always with all supplication in the spirit (Eph. 6:18), continue in prayer and watch in the same” (Col.4:2), “Continuing instant in prayer” (Rom. 12:12).

Sermon delivered by Bishop Nikolai (Velimirovic)
Pascha, 1934; Ochrid

St. Nikolai of Zhicha
‘This is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith’ (I Jn. 5:4).

2,700 YEARS OF GREEK CULTURE IN SOUTHERN ITALY
by George Alexandrou

Is your name Zoya?” asked Natalya. “Yes.” “They are looking for you, you need to go, somebody has betrayed you…” Zoya looked at Natalya (they were of the same age) and said, “Where am I to go? The small ones can’t walk a long distance, and we’ll be recognized.” And then from being just a neighbor Natalya became what the Gospel calls one’s ‘neighbor’.

Biografia Archimandrite Gabriel (Vuckovic)

LET'S HELP THE RENOVATION OF LEPAVINA MONASTERY