The candidates had undergone systematic catechesis instruction led by local priests before receiving Baptism and their first Holy Communion.
The program addresses a critical need for children experiencing economic insecurity, poverty, and homelessness.
Hundreds of protest messages have flooded the Greek Orthodox publication Vima Orthodoxias following its report on violent seizures of monasteries and churches in Ukraine by forces supporting the Zelensky government and the schismatic “Orthodox Church of Ukraine.”
The monastery was founded around 1225 when, according to tradition, a monk named Arsenije Bogdanović came from Hilandar Monastery on Mt. Athos and established Mesić Monastery with the blessing of St. Sava, the first Archbishop of Serbia.
Fr. Matthew Francis of Holy Apostles Mission in Chilliwack, BC, described the weekend celebration as a “prairie Pascha,” referring to the unity and joy reminiscent of Orthodox Pascha celebrations.