The Triumph of Orthodoxy - Patriarch Pavle

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Today, brothers and sisters, we are celebrating the first Sunday of the holy and honorable Great Lent, which is known as the Sunday of Orthodoxy. In the ninth century, in 852, when Orthodoxy defeated Iconoclasm, it was decided that this Sunday would be the feast of the Triumph of Orthodoxy.

You know, there were kings, and bishops, and other people who believed that icons were not befitting of the Orthodox Church. Perhaps these bishops and kings wanted to remove the icons from the Church to easily attract Muslims, who had no icons, and Jews to Christianity.

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A Letter of St. Nikolai Velimirović to an English Noble Charles B., who asked about the meaning of the person of Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948), the preeminent leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India.

Although written many decades ago, the letter proves to be relevant to this day. As a man of faith, you are troubled by the thought -- what will Providence do with Gandhi? And what is the meaning of the appearance of this strange person among the statesmen and politicians of our time?

Why did she leave the Water Jar?

Why did she leave the Water Jar?

Delivered at Annual Retreat with Dr. Despina Prassas co-sponsored by Holy Trinity Philoptochos and St. George Ladies Aid Society.