Selected hymns from the Divine Liturgy and Lazarus Saturday chanted by the famous Tronos Choir of the Romanian Patriarchate are now available on Spotify.
Alexandra Gripas
While in the coma, it was as if I saw the faithful in the church, watching and hearing how they were praying. Suddenly a large black cloud started rushing towards me. I was scared, and I shouted: “Most Holy Theotokos, help!”
With deepest sensibility, the Holy Monastery of St. Catherine of the God-trodden Mount Sinai announces that today, Cheesefare Sunday (March 1) of 2020, the venerable, ascetic and esteemed Archimandrite Pavlos Bougiouras, a distinguished member of the ancient Sinai Brotherhood, was translated to the Lord after a long and devastating illness, which he underwent with evangelic endurance, fortitude, silence and meekness.
The rule of distributing Holy Communion to the clergy and believers from the same Holy Chalice remains unchanged, and the priests will explain to all believers that this way of partaking of the Eucharist has never been for anyone a danger and will not be to them either.
Patriarch Bartholomew, Orthodox Archbishop of Constantinople-New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch, will deliver the principal address and receive an honorary degree at the University of Notre Dame’s 175th commencement ceremony May 17.