St John Chysostom’s ear, in which St. Paul spoke to him, inspiring St. John's commentaries of the Epistles, remains incorrupt to this day and is visible on his Sacred Head, a treasure of the at the Vatopaidi Monastery on Mount Athos.

O All Holy Trinity, have mercy on us!

☦️ St. Gregory of Nyssa

Among the 318 bishops who gathered at the First Ecumenical Council (7th Sun. of Pascha) were many confessors who bore the marks of torture upon their bodies. At Nicea, they would confront not the instruments of physical torture, but the speading heresy of Arianism.

Examine me, O Lord, and prove me; Try my mind and my heart.

Countdown to Holy Liturgy …Friday, Caturday, Sunday!

☦️ St. John Chrysostom

Holy treasures from mount Athos arrive in Belgrade for the 850th anniversary of Saint Sava's birth Marking 850 years since the birth of Saint Sava, visitors at the SANU Gallery from May 15 to July 19 will be able to see some of the most important relics and masterpieces of Serbian medieval spirituality from the Hilandar Monastery, including: ☦️ The mosaic icon of the Virgin Hodegetria before which Saint Simeon passed away ☦️ The icon of the Virgin Milk-Giver ☦️ The famous Christ Pantocrator icon from 1260 ☦️ The 15th-century icon of Saint Sava and Saint Simeon ☦️ Replicas of the Hilandar abbot’s staff and the staff of Saint Sabbas the Sanctified ☦️ The Karyes Typikon from the 13th century ☦️ A replica of the iconic Three-Handed Mother of God A rare opportunity to witness treasures that shaped Serbian spiritual and cultural history.

Love your Mother. Happy Mother’s Day.

Elder Ephraim of Arizona

The Angel cried to the Lady, full of grace: Rejoice, O pure Virgin! Again, I say: Rejoice, your Son is risen from His three days in the tomb! With Himself He has raised all the dead. Rejoice, O ye people! Shine, shine, O new Jerusalem! The glory of the Lord has shone on you.

☦️St. John of Shanghai and San Francisco

The Myrrhbearing Women “were the first to see Jesus; and the sex that was most condemned first enjoys the sight of the blessings; this sex shows its courage the most. And when the disciples had fled, these were present...” ☦️St. John Chrysostom, Homily LXXXVIII on Matthew XXVII

One day after the commemoration of Saint George, who famously put a serpent (or dragon) in its place, Saint Elizabeth the Wonderworker of Constantinople (Apr 24) did the same— not with a sword, but simply by the power of her prayer.

Holy Great Martyr George (Apr 23)

The devil seeks to trap us into dwelling on our past sins. St. Joseph the Hesychast reminds us that the “wrongdoings of the past are corrected only by good repentance and a change of life. So rejoice in the Lord and see to it that you spend the rest of your life in repentance.”

Thomas touched Your life-giving side with an eager hand, O Christ God, crying out, "You are my Lord and my God!" By the intercessions of Thine Holy Apostle Thomas, O Christ our Lord and our God, have mercy on us!

“How can we know that we are not lying when we say 'Christ is Risen' … We are taught by the last hymn ‘It is the day of the Resurrection. Let us shine brightly … Only Christ the Resurrected One illuminates us, by helping us to understand His will." —Fr. Claudiu Melean