In a message published on the first day of Lent, His Grace Bishop Macarie of Northern Europe called Great Lent “a blessed opportunity for inner retreat from our daily distractions and wanderings.” The Romanian bishop…
“The Lenten season is conducive to using digital media as sparingly and wisely as possible. I insist on this because, in this hyper-technological world in which we live, nothing creates addiction as technology does,” Bishop…
After officiating the Great Canon of Saint Andrew of Crete at the chapel of the Patriarchal Residence, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel said that “this rich hymn in the guise of the Church’s prayer urges us…
“The Saviour teaches us that we must show through fasting that we love God, the Giver of life, more than the gifts He offers us and that we love heavenly spiritual gifts more than limited…