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The Venerable Daniel the Stylite, of Constantinople (489) |
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The NATIVITY FAST
A time for preparation!
May our spiritual efforts bring us renewal in Christ!
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Reflections and Daily Inspiration |
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He who receives experiences human joy. But he who gives experiences divine joy. Divine joy comes to us by giving.
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Christmas Gift-Giving
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Why is gift-giving such an important part of Christmas? What does it have to do with our lives as Christians?
Be the Bee #13
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Press release of the Holy Synod of Bishops
Forty-Day Memorial Service for Serbian Patriarch Irinej of Blessed Repose
The Holy Synod of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church, at its session on December 24, 2020, made a decision that the Conciliar Holy Liturgy for the dead and a forty-day memorial service for Serbian Patriarch Irinej of blessed repose to be served on December 29, 2020 in the Cathedral church of Saint Sava in Vracar. The Holy Liturgy will begin at 9 a.m., and the memorial service will be served after the Holy Liturgy, around 11 a.m.
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Christmas Greeting of the Information Service of the Serbian Orthodox Church
24. December 2020
The Information Service of the Serbian Orthodox Church sends greetings on the feast of the Birth of the Divine God-Child to believers and clergy of the Christian Churches which celebrate Christmas according to the Gregorian calendar and greets them with the traditional greeting:
CHRIST IS BORN! - HE IS BORN INDEED!
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SCHOOL PACKAGE HELP TO CHILDREN FROM KOSOVO AND METOHIJA
With the blessings of His Grace, the Right Reverend Irinej, the Bishop of Eastern American Diocese, the Department of Christian Education of the Eastern American Diocese, is organizing a mission of collecting two thousand (2000) backpacks with school supplies as help for children in Kosovo and Metohiya.
Gifts are being accepted through the end of December.
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2020 Winter Youth Retreat
The 2020 Winter Youth Retreat, “Hearing God’s Voice in a Noisy World”, will be held from December 26th to December 30th. This is a VIRTUAL RETREAT ONLY.
The fee for the retreat is $15.00 or however much you can afford.
Completing this form does not guarantee your participation. Participation will be limited to 100 participants. In 2-5 days after your submission of this form, you will receive an email with your status. If you are accepted, you will receive an email with instructions on how to pay the registration fee and further details about the retreat. If you have any questions, please email youth@newgracanica.com.
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SAINT OF THE DAY
DECEMBER 24 / DECEMBER 11
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The Venerable Daniel the Stylite, of Constantinople (489)
Daniel was born in the village of Bethara near the city of Samosata in Mesopotamia of Christian parents, Elias and Martha. Through her tearful prayers, his barren mother received him from God, and as an only son, he was dedicated to God from early childhood. Daniel embraced the monastic rank at the age of twelve, visited Simeon the Stylite, and was blessed by him. Desirous of solitude, Daniel left the monastery and withdrew to an abandoned pagan temple on the shore of the Black Sea. There he endured countless assaults from demons, but he conquered them all by perseverance, prayer, and the sign of the Cross. Afterward, he climbed up on a pillar. There he remained until his death, enduring both heat and cold, and attacks from both men and demons. Many disciples gathered around his pillar, and he directed them to eternal life by his example and his words. God rewarded His faithful servant with abundant grace while in this life, and he performed many miracles beneficial to men and prophesied future events. People from all parts crowded beneath his pillar, seeking help and counsel from the saint of God. Emperors and patriarchs as well as ordinary people came to him. Emperor Leo the Great brought his foreign guests, princes, and nobles, and showed them St. Daniel on the pillar, saying to them: “Behold, the wonder in my kingdom!” Daniel foretold the day of his own death, instructed his disciples as a father to his sons, and took leave of them. At the time of his death, his disciples beheld angels, prophets, apostles, and martyrs above his pillar. Having lived for eighty years, this holy angelic man entered into rest and took up his habitation in the Kingdom of Christ in the year 489.
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