Lent

Lent
Matthew 6:14-21 The Great and Holy Lent is about to start. The Cheesefare Sunday is the day of forgiveness. It is an old Orthodox custom to meet and greet one another on this day, to forgive all offenses and make peace, in order that we may begin the fast cleansed and lightened. Our Lord Jesus ...

It is good to praise the LORD and make music to your name, о Most High

It is good to praise the LORD and make music to your name, о Most High
(Ps. 92:1) “I will sing to the Lord all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.” (Ps. 104:33) This is – or, rather, it should be – the motto of any church choir singer, as the fundamental purpose of singing in a church choir is to praise God. ...

Come on time to church

Come on time to church
In a wide variety of published works of our church, a number of booklets came out recently containing the instructions on how to behave in a church, the house of God. But I want to focus on how to behave before we come to this Holy temple; and what we need to do to make ...

The Unbaptized and Church

The Unbaptized and Church
Many topics and dilemmas that once were far beyond our sight are catching up and coming down on us with their currency. Older pastoral generations, in their time, could save themselves, in their contacts with their parishioners, from at least one question that nowadays we cannot avoid in any way.  In the old days, whoever ...

Birth

Birth
The Holy Church, our Mother, follows her every child from birth to his/her death and continues to take spiritual care of her children even after they pass away. Here you will find the necessary answers to practical questions related to the Church’s spiritual care about her children. Thus, when tackling the Holy Sacrament of Baptism, ...

Marriage

Marriage
In order to get married in North America, where the priest performs the Holy Sacrament of Marriage both for the church and civil wedding, the bride and groom are obliged to obtain a MARRIAGE LICENCE. As for the Marriage License, one of them applies with the authorities in the municipality where he or she has ...

Funeral

Funeral
Funeral is an inevitable, sad fact of life. A part of this event is a job that needs to be done and it must be well organized and executed, that is the reason why when there is a death in the family, the best thing to do is to select a business minded person from ...

Serbian Slava

Serbian Slava
There are many texts and articles about St. Patron Day, a tradition unique to Serbs. My intention is to focus on the most frequent misapprehensions and misconceptions about Slava. It can often be heard that one does not celebrate Slava, because “his father did not hand it down to him”. That is absolutely wrong understanding, ...