On the eve of Easter, many children go to their first Confession and Communion. What should a child know to be confessed and receive Communion? At what age should one first confess? Is it appropriate to dress children elaborately for this occasion? Undoubtedly, personal relationships with God should be, or at least should become, the […]
Today, I have an unpleasant conversation, primarily with my fellow priests, but also with all concerned church members and those who call themselves Christians. Here is what I want to talk about. Recently, the excessive focus on apples during the Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord has turned a pious folk tradition into a […]
Photos and video made by CHRIS PEDOTA, NORTHJERSEY.COM – USA TODAY NETWORK, Jan. 7, 2022 https://www.northjersey.com/picture-gallery/ https://www.northjersey.com/videos/
Summer is no reason to stop our charity work. Kindness has no holidays; it takes place year around. During the summer, our community continued to collect necessary items that were shipped to Ukraine. Twice this season, we sent rather large packages. Everyone already knows that our parcels are intended, as usual, for children deprived […]
Ukrainian Orthodox at Ukrainian Orthodox Holy Ascension Church, in Clifton, and around the world, celebrated Christmas, Monday, January 7, 2019. North Jersey Record CLIFTON — The Ukrainian Orthodox Holy Ascension Church has been holding a divine liturgy for Orthodox Christmas for nearly 100 years. This year’s service, held on Monday in accordance with the Julian […]
Father Oleksii Holchuk, leads the Divine Liturgy service at the Ukrainian Orthodox Holy Ascension Church, in Clifton. Ukrainian Orthodox, who follow the Julian calendar, celebrated their first Christmas independently from the Russian church. Monday, January 7, 2019. Photographer – Kevin R.Wexler/NorthJersey.com https://www.northjersey.com/
In a momentous statement at the observance of the 1030th anniversary of the baptism of Kyivan Rus in which the Slavic Peoples were Christianized through the missionary work of Saints Cyril and Methodios sent by Ecumenical Patriarch Photios in the 9th century, His Eminence Metropolitan Emmanuel of France, representing His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, declared that His All-Holiness “will not leave his […]
Mercy is a tremendous force that binds and unites people. Mercy makes blood kinship stronger and friendships more dedicated. Only mercy can close the eyes to the physical defects and bad character of people. And mercy can be greeted with every living creature only because it is the creature of the Creator. Mother Teresa One […]
When it seems that people are cruel and unjust to you, look at these pictures. For each photo is the story of the lives of wonderful people. Sometimes we let ourselves forget how beautiful the world is. This does not mean that the problems we encounter every day are not important. Sometimes we just need […]
Salvation, as well as the spiritual life of every Orthodox Christian, is unthinkable without his participation in the Divine Liturgy, and especially without the communion of the Holy Mysteries of Christ. By communion with the Holy Body and Blood of Christ, believers mysteriously unite with Christ the Savior, form One Body – His […]
