Hundreds married in mass Georgian Church weddings yesterday, thousands to march in Family Purity Day today

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Marriage and Family

Rating: 8.9|Votes: 37

Hundreds married in mass Georgian Church weddings yesterday, thousands to march in Family Purity Day today

The services were held with the blessing of His Holiness Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II of Georgia. The organizational work was undertaken by the Society of Chokhonetsev of Georgia, founded by the Georgian Patriarchate with the purpose of strengthening the institution of the traditional family.

Pascha Is Coming. A Story

Elena Gaaze

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Education

Rating: 9.4|Votes: 17

Pascha Is Coming. A Story

Elena Gaaze

I still keep this joy in my soul. Can you answer me, where did it fall on me (like a bolt from the blue) from?! I believe God gave it to me then as a deposit so that I would not lose heart. And He can give it to anyone. All we need to do is ask: ‘I am yours, O Lord! Please, never abandon me. I want to rejoice in You and don’t need anything else!’

Romanian priest organizes Paschal gifts for more than 4,000 children from poor Moldovan families

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Orthodoxy Around the World

Rating: 10|Votes: 20

Romanian priest organizes Paschal gifts for more than 4,000 children from poor Moldovan families

The joy of Pascha was shared with thousands of children from poor Moldovan families this year through the Paschal campaign “Grains of Paschal Light 2019.”

Our Grandmothers, Mothers, Wives, Sisters, and Daughters

On the high calling of women

Priest Dimitry Shishkin

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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

Rating: 8.1|Votes: 20

Our Grandmothers, Mothers, Wives, Sisters, and Daughters

On the high calling of women

Priest Dimitry Shishkin

Although the author of this article lives in a country that celebrates “International Women’s Day” in March, it is also apropos to the American tradition of Mother’s Day, celebrated in May. This year the Sunday of the Myrrbearers coincides with Mother’s Day, and we wish our readers who are mothers a happy one.

Archbishop of Greece visits 8-year-old girl shot by stray bullet on Pascha

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Marriage and Family

Rating: 8.9|Votes: 8

Archbishop of Greece visits 8-year-old girl shot by stray bullet on Pascha

A young girl was rushed to the Aglaia Kyriakou Children’s Hospital in Athens after she was struck by a stray bullet while playing in her yard in the afternoon on Pascha Sunday.