The Unbaptized and Church

The Unbaptized and Church
Many topics and dilemmas that once were far beyond our sight are catching up and coming down on us with their currency. Older pastoral generations, in their time, could save themselves, in their contacts with their parishioners, from at least one question that nowadays we cannot avoid in any way.  In the old days, whoever ...

The Earth is the Lord’s and all its Fullness

The Earth is the Lord’s and all its Fullness
On the metropolitan streets of this world we will see people with masks on their faces or linen over their mouths. When passing alongside the forest of Europe and America the “lungs” of the nearby cities, one sees a sad picture of dried up leaves yellowed even before they could turn green finished of a ...

Saint Nicholas

Saint Nicholas
Identity and essence of Saint Nicholas is true Christian love and Christian virtue of mercy, fortified and proven with sacrifices. Love and mercy-that is Saint Nicholas. Therefore, to talk about Saint Nicholas means to talk about Christian virtue of mercy. I tell you, Saint Nicholas is, to our knowledge of him and to Christian church ...

Saint John

Saint John
Saint John is the greatest saint ever, born to man and woman.  He bridges two human existences: Judaic and Christian. People picture him the way the Holy Scripture describes him-he had his raiment of camel’s hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; (Mt. 3, 4) and his meat was locusts and wild honey. (Mt. ...

Birth

Birth
The Holy Church, our Mother, follows her every child from birth to his/her death and continues to take spiritual care of her children even after they pass away. Here you will find the necessary answers to practical questions related to the Church’s spiritual care about her children. Thus, when tackling the Holy Sacrament of Baptism, ...

Marriage

Marriage
In order to get married in North America, where the priest performs the Holy Sacrament of Marriage both for the church and civil wedding, the bride and groom are obliged to obtain a MARRIAGE LICENCE. As for the Marriage License, one of them applies with the authorities in the municipality where he or she has ...

Funeral

Funeral
Funeral is an inevitable, sad fact of life. A part of this event is a job that needs to be done and it must be well organized and executed, that is the reason why when there is a death in the family, the best thing to do is to select a business minded person from ...

Serbian Slava

Serbian Slava
There are many texts and articles about St. Patron Day, a tradition unique to Serbs. My intention is to focus on the most frequent misapprehensions and misconceptions about Slava. It can often be heard that one does not celebrate Slava, because “his father did not hand it down to him”. That is absolutely wrong understanding, ...