COVID-19 CATECHESIS
THE HOLY APOSTLE AND EVANGELIST
JOHN THE THEOLOGIAN
An   ALMSGIVING   Opportunity
to help those impacted by Covid-19 in Serbia and the USA

Reflections and Daily Inspiration
The Church, through the temple and Divine service, acts upon the entire man, educates him wholly; acts upon his sight, hearing, smelling, feeling, taste, imagination, mind, and will, by the splendour of the icons and of the whole temple, by the ringing of bells, by the singing of the choir, by the fragrance of the incense, the kissing of the Gospel, of the cross and the holy icons, by the prosphoras, the singing, and sweet sound of the readings of the Scriptures.

- St. John of Kronstadt
TODAY'S RECOMMENDATION
Why Do We Sing in Church?
(with Dr. Grammenos Karanos)

We've already explored why Orthodox Churches have a distinctive look. They also have a distinctive sound. Why do we sing in our Church services?

Be the Bee #123
FROM THE NEWS
What COVID-19 Means for Singing in Church
by Robin J. Freeman

The Orthodox Church is a singing church. We express our faith through song. For weeks or months now, many of us have been unable to attend services because of the COVID-19 pandemic. We miss hearing our hymns, and singing them—praying them—together. We yearn to enter our churches once again and lift our voices in song. But singing together may not be possible for some time—even after our churches reopen.
SAINT OF THE DAY

 MAY 21 / MAY 8
The Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian (ca. 101)

The feast day of this great apostle and evangelist is celebrated on September 26. This day (May 8) commemorates the miracle which occurred at his grave. When John was over one hundred years old, he took seven of his disciples, went outside the town of Ephesus, and ordered them to dig a grave in the form of a cross. Then the elder went down alive into this grave and was buried. Later, when the faithful opened John’s grave, they did not find his body. On May 8 of every year, dust rises up from his grave, by which the sick are healed of various diseases.