COVID-19 CATECHESIS
ST. SIMEON THE BAREFOOT
An     ALMSGIVING     Opportunity
to help those impacted by Covid-19

Reflections and Daily Inspiration

God was the reason of true faith and good behavior and of the knowledge of technology among people.

While people continually felt God above them, before them, and around them, in the same way air and light is felt, they attributed and dedicated all their technological works and handiwork to Him, their Lord and Creator.

When the feeling of God’s presence became dulled and spiritual vision darkened, that is when pride entered into tradesmen and technologists, and they started to give glory exclusively to themselves for their buildings, handiwork and intellectual works, and began to misuse their work that is when the shadow of cursedness began to fall on technology.

- St. Nikolai (Velimirovic)
TODAY'S RECOMMENDATION
 The Throne of Saint Sava
A cartoon for children and youth made in honor of the 800 years since our Serbian Orthodox Church became self-governing, in Serbian with English subtitles.
Commemorating the 800th anniversary of the autocephaly of the Serbian Orthodox Church.
FROM THE NEWS
Interview with the Patriarch of Jerusalem, Theophilos III,
by the World Council of Churches

On Monday, April 14/27, 2020, His Beatitude the Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos III was interviewed by the World Council of Churches (WCC). The interview follows below;

WCC questions posed to His Most Godly Beatitude Patriarch Theophilus III of Jerusalem

National, religious and ethnic borders are of no relevance to the COVID-19 virus. As we watch its effect on the entire world, we are reminded of the interconnectedness of the entire human family. In the next few weeks, Christians, Jews and Muslims will participate in central aspects of their ritual calendars; normally a time for festive gatherings, all are struggling to find a way to celebrate given the precautions we must take to protect ourselves, our loved ones and our communities. Christians, Jewish, and Muslim communities are responding to all the challenges of this unprecedented time: fighting hate and bigotry that has emerged because of the pandemic, providing frontline services to those in need, maintaining community, and seeking creative alternatives for observing and celebrating in a world of social distancing and quarantine.
SAINT OF THE DAY
MAY 2 / APRIL 19

The Venerable John of the Ancient Caves in Palestine (8th c.)

John lived a life of asceticism in the so-called Ancient Caves or Lavra of Chariton the Great, in Palestine. Having loved Christ the Lord with all his heart, with all his soul, and with all his mind, John, at an early age, began to travel to the holy places, listening to the instructions and counsels of the holy men. Finally, he settled in the Caves of Chariton. There he gave himself to rigorous asceticism, spending days and years in fasting, prayer and vigils, continuously meditating on death, and teaching himself humil- ity. As a well-ripened fruit, he was plucked by death and took up his habitation in Paradise. He lived and died in the eighth century