Friday, December 29, 2023

Vianočné zvyky v Tichom Potoku - Рождественны звыкы в Тихім Потоці

A fascinating look at Rusyn folklore of the Christmas season in the form of a one act play.

Wednesday, December 27, 2023

Ο Πατρ.Αλεξ/αςκαι Πάσης Αφρικής Θεόδωρος υποδέχεται τον Πατριάρχη των Κ...Patriarch Theodoros II receives Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II

On 25 December 2023,His Beatitude Patriarch Theodoros II of Alexandria and All Africa received His Holiness Pope Tawadros II of the Coptic Orthodox Church,his namesake,at their traditional Christmas encounter in Cairo,Egypt.After cordial statements were made,gifts were exchanged,followed by a kiss of peace.Pope Tawadros gave out Coptic Orthodox calendars as a souvenir to the Greek Orthodox attendees.The Egyptian press covered the occasion.

Sunday, December 24, 2023

Christmas Kontakion - Today the Virgin gives birth / Nektaria Karantzi - i parthenos simeron - tone 3 - poem by St.Romanos the Melodist

Today the Virgin gives birth to the transcendent one, amd the earth offers a cave to the unapproachable one. Angels with shepherds glorify Him. The wise men journey with a star since for our sake the eternal God was born as a little child.

Conoce al joven artista que se ha hecho viral por su asombroso retrato a la princesa Leonor

A Spanish painter painted a portrait of Princesa Leonor de Asturias,heiress to the Spanish throne.It portrays her on the day she swore an oath to the Constitution.It impressed people he showed it to.

Saturday, December 16, 2023

Προσευχόμαστε μαζί | Μικρό Απόδειπνο | We pray together - Small Compline - Holy Monastery of the Holy Trinity - Sparmos Olympos,Greece

The monastery is a stavropegeal institution,directly under the Ecumenical Patriarch.It is located on the Western slope of Mount Olympos,near the village of Sparmos.Tt dates back to at least the 14th century,and has its own museum.The katholikon,or monastery church,is in the center of the complex.There are also chapels outside the property.In the second decade of the 20th century,the monastery was abandoned for about 80 years,until,in 2000,Metropolitan Vaseilios of Elassona initiated reconstruction and new monks moved in.

Sága krásy - Rusínske piesne z Jarabiny. - Rusyn songs from Jarabina village

The songs are performed by the Polana ensemble.Jarabina is in Stara Lubovna District,Presov Region,Northern Slovakia.

Tuesday, December 12, 2023

Panorthodox Synod : ADDRESS BY ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH AT THE WCC TOWN-H...

Panorthodox Synod : ADDRESS BY ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH AT THE WCC TOWN-H...:   World Council of Churches Address by His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew at the WCC Town-Hall Discussion on Interfaith Dia...

Thursday, December 7, 2023

HANKA SERVICKA- Ja sobi divca

Anna Servitska sings the beautiful song "I am a girl like a rose".Note:I had to correct her name when I saw it in Cyrillic.

Vyroslam Divočka - Hanka Servicka

Anna Servitska was born in the Bardejov District of Northeastern Slovakia in 1962.She performs with a variety of instrumental ensembles and is a lovely representative of Rusyn culture in Slovakia.She also sings Marian songs in a more spiritual vein.

Friday, December 1, 2023

Μέγας Αρχιερ. Εσπερινός Αγ. Πορφυρίου | Ι.Ησυχ. Μεταμορφώσεως του Σωτήρο...Great Archieratical Vespers of St.Porphyrios,Holy Monastery of the Transfiguration of the Saviour,Milesi Attiki,Greece

St.Porphyrios of Kavsokalyvia was a 20th century hieromonk and hospital chaplain for 33 years at the Polyclinic Hospital in Athens.He also founded the Holy Monastery of the Transfiguration of the Saviour in Milesi Attiki,Greece.His Beatitude Archbishop Ieronymos II of Athens and All Greece presides at the Great Archieratical Vespers.