Veľká sobotňajšia večerňa z Osadného, 30.11.2024. - YouTube - Great Vespers of St.Platon of Ancyra from the village of Osadne,Snina District,Presov Region,Slovakia

Orthodox Church of the Ascension of Our Lord*Priest:Father Peter Soroka*The opening bells are called the Zvon (all bells).*How beautiful the Carpatho-Rusyn chant is!I am Carpatho-Rusyn on my mother's side.*His Beatitude Metropolitan Rastislav (Gont) of the Czech Lands and Slovakia is Carpatho-Rusyn.*The little boy appears to have a vocation to the priesthood.Bless his pure heart.*At the Great Entrance of Great Vespers:Premudrost,Prosi:Wisdom,Let us attend.Mir sfem:Peace be unto all.Priklonim:Bow your heads to the Lord.A petition at Vespers:A Christian ending to our life,painless,blameless and peaceful,let us ask of the Lord.Grant this,O Lord.*Muchanika Platon:Martyr Platon-The holy Martyr St.Platon of Ancyra,now the capital of Turkey with 5.1 million people,was born in the city and was the brother of holy Martyr St.Antiochus the Physician.While still a youth,he left home and went through the cities,preaching the Word of God and amazing his audience with the presuasiveness and beauty of his speech,and his profound knowledge of Greek learning.Because of his preaching,he was brought for trial to the temple of Zeus before the governor Agrippinus.After many inducements to profess paganism,he was tortured,imprisoned and beheaded.*Source:The Orthodox Church of America and edited by Andrew Taylor

ΕΣΠΕΡΙΝΟΣ ΕΟΡΤΗΣ ΑΓΙΟΥ ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΟΥ ΑΝΔΡΕΑ - Great Vespers of the Holy Apostle St.Andrew the First-called

At the readings of Great Vespers:Sofia,Proskomen (Wisdom,Let us attend).Klinomen:Bow your heads to the Lord.Chant at the blessing of the loaves:Rich men have gone begging,but those who trust in the Lord shall not lack any good thing.*Members of the Russian expatriot community in Cyprus attend this parish.*Irini pasi:Peace be unto all.

Ο Οικουμενικός Πατριάρχης κκ Βαρθολομαίος στον ΙΝ Αγίου Ανανίου στη Σπάρ...Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew Visited New Church in Sparta

On 26 NOV 2024,His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew visited the newly-built Church of the new Orthodox Saint,St.Ananias Lampardis,Ethno-Hieromartyr who was Metropolitan of Lacedaemonia.The Church was built near the Administration Centre of the Regional Unit of Laconia.HAH lit a sacred oil lamp in the Church to mark the occasion.The visit was made under tight security.The hymns during the ceremony were chanted well by the Byzantine Music School Petros the Lacedaemonian of the Holy Metropolis of Monemvasia and Sparta,Greece,under the direction of the Head of School and Protopsaltis of the Metropolitan Church of Panangia Evangelistria of Sparta,Mr.Panagiotis Chronis.*In his brief address,His Eminence Metropolitan Efstathios of Momemvasia and Sparta thanked HAH for the decision to canonise the saint by the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate on 14 JUN 2022.In response,HAH noted that it is a blessing of God that new saints exist in the Orthodox Church.*Children of Geraki presented HAH with symbolic gifts from their village.As well,a placque commemorating HAHs' visit was unveiled in the courtyard of the Church and an olive tree was planted by HAH,the Green Patriarch.*Panagiotate:Your All-Holiness*Material by The Orthodox Times

Večerňa z Osadného v predvečer Roždestvenskeho pôstu, 27.11.2024. - Vespers on the Eve of the Christmas Advent Fast from the village of Osadne,Snina District,Presov Region,Slovakia

Orthodox Church of the Ascension of Our Lord*Priest:Father Peter Soroka*The opening bells are called the Zvon (all bells).*I love the Carpatho-Rusyn chant.I am Carpatho-Rusyn on my mother's side.*His Beatitude Metropolitan Rastislav (Gont) of the Czech Lands and Slovakia is Carpatho-Rusyn.*The Beatitudes are chanted.*Mir sfem:Peace be unto all.Priklonim:Bow your heads to the Lord.

NATO Secretary General with the Prime Minister of Greece🇬🇷 Kyriakos Mitsotakis,26 NOV 2024

Veľká večerňa z Osadného v predvečer zosnutia sv. Jána Zlatousteho, 25.11.2024 - YouTube - Great Vespers of St.John Chrysostom from the village of Osadne,Snina District,Presov Region,Slovakia

Orthodox Church of the Ascension of Our Lord*Priest:FaTher Peter Soroka*The opening bells are called the Zvon (all bells).*How beautiful the Carpatho-Rusyn chant is!I am Carpatho-Rusyn on my mother's side.*His Beatitutde Metropolitan Rastislav (Gont) of the Czech Lands and Slovakia is Carpatho-Rusyn.*The little boy apparently has a vocation to the priesthood.Bless his pure heart.*Premudrost,vonmem:Wisdom,Let us attend (at the readings of Great Vespers).*Mir sfem:Peace be unto all.*Muchanika:Martyr (St.John Chrysostom died in exile after many sufferings).

Ιερός Καθεδρικός Ναός Θείας Αναλήψεως | Κατερίνη | Αρχιερατικός Εσπερινό...24.11.24 - YouTube - Panegyric Archieratical Vespers of St.Katherine - Cathedral Church of the Ascension of Our Lord,Katerini,Central Makedonia,Greece

The Holy Metropolis of Kitris,Katerini and Platamon is one of the New Lands of Greece that belong to the Ecumenical Patriarchate but,for practical reasons,are administered by the Church of Greece.Still,there is an enduring tie to the Ecumenical Patriarchate.The service is presided by guest hierarch Metropolitan Prodromou.The ruling hierarch,His Eminence Metropolitan Georgios (Chrysostomou),is seated opposite Metropolitan Prodromou.*Katerini is a city of 82,000 and the capital of Central Makedonia.*After-feast of The Entrance of the Most Holy Theotokos into the Temple*St.Katherine of Alexandria the Greatmartyr (3rd century) - According to tradition,when she was beheaded,angels flew her body to the top of Mt.Sinai Monastery that now bears her name and interred her in the chapel there.Some of her relics were on display in the Cathedral Church for the faithful to venerate.

ΕΣΠΕΡΙΝΟΣ ΚΥΡΙΑΚΗΣ ΚΒ΄ (ΙΓ΄ ΛΟΥΚΑ) - YouTube - Vespers of the Thirteenth Sunday of Luke and afterfeast of The Entrance of the Most Holy Theotokos into the Temple

Members of the Russian expatriot community in Cyprus attend this parish.*Sofia,orthi:Wisdom,Let us attend (at the Great Entrance of Vespers)*Irini,pasi:Peace be unto all.Klinomen:Bow your head to the Lord.

Večerňa z Osadného, 22.11.2024. - YouTube - Vespers from the village of Osadne,Snina District,Presov Region,Slovakia

Orthodox Church of the Ascension of Our Lord*Priest:Father Peter Soroka*Correction:The opening bells are called the Zvon (all bells).*I love the Carpatho-Rusyn chant.I am Carpatho-Rusyn on my mother's side.*His Beatitude Metropoltan Rastislav (Gont) of the Czech Lands and Slovakia is Carpatho-Rusyn.*The little boy appears to have a priestly vocation.Bless his pure heart.*Mir sfem:Peace be unto all.Priklonim:Bow your head to the Lord.*The Beatitudes are chanted at Vespers.*Muchanika:Martyr

King Charles Meets Global Scientists and Business Leaders at Reception - YouTube - The Royal Family Channel - 21 NOV 2024

HM King Charles III joined scientists,business and indigenous leaders to celebrate the launch of the Circular Bioeconomy Alliance as a registered UK charity (2023) at St.James's Palace.The initiative was established in 2020 and aims to have a positive impact,building sustainable value chains which transform land,food and health.Report by Louise Kennedy and edited by Andrew Taylor

1st and 3rd Hour Doxastica of the Royal Hours of the Nativity of Christ

ΜΕΓΑΣ ΕΣΠΕΡΙΝΟΣ ΕΙΣΟΔΙΩΝ ΤΗΣ ΘΕΟΤΟΚΟΥ - YouTube - Great Vespers of The Entrance of the Most Holy Theotokos into the Temple

Members of the Russian expatriot community in Cyprus attend this parish.*Sofia proskomen:Wisdom,Let us attend (at the readings of Great Vespers)*Irini pasi:Peace be unto all.*Klinomen:Bow your heads unto the Lord.*Chant at the blessing of the loaves:Rich men have gone begging,but those who trust in the Lord shall not lack any good thing.

Aposticha Verse and Stichera 3, and the Kontakion of the Nativity of Christ

Večerňa z Parihuzoviec, 19.11.2024. - YouTube - Vespers from the village of Parihuzovce,Snina District,Presov Region,Slovakia

Orthodox Church of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos*Priest:Father Peter Soroka*How beautiful the Carpatho-Rusyn chant is!I am Carpatho-Rusyn on my mother's side.*His Beatitude Metropolitan Rastislav (Gont) of the Czech Lands and Slovakia is Carpatho-Rusyn.*Priklonim:Bow your heads to the Lord.Mir sfem:Peace be to all.Muchanika:Martyr

Correction:Wrong patron saint

Dear Readers, I incorrectly stated that St.Arsenios is the patron saint of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of New Jersey.In fact,it is St.Iakovos of Evia.* Andrew Taylor

Megalynaria of the Advent Paraklesis - YouTube

Katavasias of the 1st Canon of the Nativity of Christ - YouTube - choral version

Veľká sobotňajšia večerňa z Osadného, 16.11.2024. - Great Vespers of St.Ioannikios the Great from the village of Osadne,Snina District,Presov Region,Slovakia

Orthodox Church of the Ascension of Our Lord*Priest:Father Peter Soroka*The opening bells are called the trezvon.*I love the Carpatho-Rusyn chant.I am Carpatho-Rusyn on my mother's side.*His Beatitude Metropolitan Rastislav (Gont) of the Czech Lands and Slovakia is Carpatho-Rusyn.*Premudrost,Prosti:Wisdom,Let us attend (at the Great Entrance of Great Vespers)*The little boy appears to have a vocation to the priesthood,bless his heart.*Everything is chanted in the East Slavic tradition.*St.Ioannikios the Great the Venerable,Wonderworker was a tonsured monk in Asia Minor,Turkey in the eighth to ninth centuries.He was an itinerant monk who had the gift of healing.He ultimately took the side of the icons in the iconoclast controversy.He reposed at the age of 94.

Katavasies of Christmas - 1st Mode - YouTube

Gun Salutes Ring Across London to Mark King’s 76th Birthday - YouTube - 14 NOV 2024 - The Royal Family Channel

A 41-gun salute was fired by The King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery in The Green Park,London to mark HM King Charles III's 76th birthday.* Report by Faith Ajagbe and edited and augmented by Andrew Taylor

Μητροπολιτικός Ναός Θεσσαλονίκης | Πανηγ. Αρχιερατικός Εσπερινός 13.11.2024 - YouTube - Panegyric Archieratical Vespers of St.Grigorios Palamas,patron saint of the Holy Metropolis of Thessalonikif t lalamas,patron saint of the Holy Metropolis of Thessaloniki (13th-14th century)

Presided by His All-Holiness Metropolitan Filotheos of Thessaloniki,Metropolitan Church of St.Grigorios Palamas,patron saint of the Holy Metropolis of Thessaloniki*St.Grigorios Palamas was himself Archbishop of Thessaloniki in the 14th century and a renowned theologian.*Located in Central Makedonia,Greece,Thessaloniki is one of the New Lands of Greece that belong to the Ecumenical Patriarchate,but,for practical reasons,are administered by the Church of Greece.Still,there is a special tie to the Ecumenical Patriarchate.*The service is profoundly emotional with the saint's relics being in the church.Revision:A Metropolitan Filaret is seated to Metropolitan Filotheos' right. *Sofia,Proskomen:Wisdom,Let us attend (at the readings of Great Vespers)

King Charles Welcomes King of Bahrain at Windsor Castle with Royal Salute - YouTube - The Royal Family Channel - 11 NOV 2024

HM King Charles III welcomed King Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain to Windsor Castle,London.King Hamad and King Charles inspected the troops of the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards.Then they marched past the reviewing stand in a royal salute.Story by Matt Blair,edited and augmented by Andrew Taylor

NATO Secretary General with the President of France 🇫🇷 Emmanuel Macron, 12 OCT 2024

Commentary:NATO needs to Trump-proof itself as he is likely to cut Ukraine aid and appease Putin.

Večerňa z Osadného, 11.11.2024. - YouTube - Vespers from the village of Osadne,Snina District,Presov Region,Slovakia

Orthodox Church of the Ascension of Our Lord*Priest:Father Peter Soroka*I love the Carpatho-Rusyn chant.I am Carpatho-Rusyn on my mother's side.*His Beatitude Metropolitan Rastislav (Gont) of the Czech Lands and Slovakia is Carpatho-Rusyn.*The bells at the beginning are called the trezvon.*The little boy appears to have a priestly vocation.Let us pray for him.*Priklonim:Bow your heads to the Lord.*Muchanika:Martyr*Proroka:Prophet

King Charles leads Remembrance Ceremony at the Cenotaph in London - YouTube - The Royal Family Channel - 10 NOV 2024

HM King Charles III (Royal Navy) has led a remembrance ceremony at the Cenotaph war memorial in Whitehall,in recognition of service members who died in conflicts dating back to World War I.The King laid the first wreath followed by HRH William Prince of Wales (Royal Air Force) and HRH Princess Anne the Princess Royal (Honourary Royal Navy) and Prime Minister Keir Starmer.HRH Katherine Princess of Wales stood beside HRH Sophie Duchess of Edinburgh watching from a building at the Foreign,Commonwealth and Development Office building in London.Report by Louis Etimadi and edited and augmented by Andrew Taylor*Veterans Day/Remembrance Day was origunally called Armistice Day,marking the end of World War I.

ΕΣΠΕΡΙΝΟΣ Κ ́ ΚΥΡΙΑΚΗΣ (Η ́ ΛΟΥΚΑ) - Vespers of the 8th Sunday of Luke and St.Arsenios the Venerable of Cappadocia,Archimandrite and Wonderworker (19th-20 century)

Members of the Russian expatriot community in Cyprus attend this parish.*Sofia,Proskomen:Wisdom,Let us attend (at the readings of Great Vespers)*Klinomen:Bow your heads to the Lord*Chant at the blessing of the loaves:Rich men have gone begging,but those who trust in the Lord shall not lack any good thing.*St.Arsenios was born in Cappadocia,Asia Minor,Turkey.He was tonsured into monasticism in a monastery,but served on a parish.He baptized St.Paisios the Elder of Mt.Athos and became his spiritual father.Towards the end of his life,he relocated to the island of Corfu as part of a population exchange with the Turks.He died at age 84 and was canonized by the Ecumenical Patriarchate in 2015.St.Arsenios had the gift of healing.Correction:St.Arsenios is not the patron saint of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of New Jersey.

Veľká večerňa z Hostovíc v predvečer sviatku sv. Dimitrija Solúnskeho, 7.11.2024 - Great Vespers of St.Dmitry of Thessaloniki with Litiya from the village of Hostavice,Snina District,Presov Region,Slovakia

Orthodox Church of the Protection of the Most Holy Theotokos*Priest:Father Peter Soroka*The opening bells are called the trezvon.Premudrost,Vonmem: (Wisdom,Let us attend) at the readings of Great Vespers*I love the Carpatho-Rusyn chant.I am Carpatho-Rusyn on my mother's side.*His Beatitude Metropolitan Rastislav (Gont) of the Czech Lands and Slovakia is Carpatho-Rusyn.*Priklonim:Bow your heads to the Lord.*Muchanika:Martyr

THEOLOGICAL LEGACY AND ECUMENICAL VISION - YouTube - In memory of Metropolitan John of Pergamon

Metropolitan John of Pergamon's participation in the Ecumenical movement is discussed.

THEOLOGICAL LEGACY AND ECUMENICAL VISION - YouTube - A conference in memory of Metropolitan John D. Zizioulas of Pergamon - Grand Hyatt Hotel Istanbul 5-7 NOV 2024

The video is mostly in Greek.There's some English at 3:12:57.Biography:John D. Zizioulas,Metropolitan John of Pergamon (Ecumenical Patriarchate),was born in Katafygio,Velventos,Greece on 10 JAN 1931.He studied at the Universities of Athens and Thessaloniki,with further study at the Ecumenical Institute of Bossey,Switzerland (World Council of Churches).He is considered to be one of the world's most influential Orthodox theologians of the 20th and 21st centuries.Between 1960 and 1964,he did doctoral research under the Russian Orthodox theologian Father Georges Florovsky and was a Fellow at Dumbarton Oaks Center of Byzantine Studies in Washington,DC.He received his doctorate from the University of Athens.*He began his teaching career as assistant professor of Church History at the University of Athens,then was professor of Patristics at New College,Edinburgh.He moved to the University of Glasgow where he held the chair in systematic theology for 14 years.In 1986,he was elected titular Metropolitan of Pergamon.The same year he began a full-time teaching position as professor of dogmatic theology at Thessaloniki University School of Theology.In 1993,he was elected to the Academy of Athens,serving as chairman in 2002.*Metropolitan John's theological work centered on the twin themes of ecclesiology and theological ontology (personhood).His work reflects the infuence of Russian emigre theologians such as Nikolai Affanassieff,Vladimir Lossky and his teacher,Father Georges Florovsky.His work was also influenced by St.Archimandrite Sophrony of Essex,founder of the Stavropegial Monastery of St.John the Baptist in Essex,England.Metropolitan John's ecclesiology was first developed in his doctoral thesis,publishe in English as "Bishop,Eucharist,Church."In it,he emphasised the role of the bishop as president of the Divine Liturgy and eucharistic community.He also worked on the theology of personhood based on the work of Sts.Irenaeus of Lyon and Maximos the Confessor.He argues that full humanity is achieved only so the person may participate in the Trinitarian life of God.He claims that Baptism constitutes a change in the human,making him or her an eccesial hypostatsis (person).Such an eccesiology is eschatological,meaning it is paradoxically new,but not yet.The completion of this rebirth from above is the Day of Resurrection,when the body transcends death.This work was published in English as "Being as Communion."He published several other books in English,culminating in "Remembering the Future:an Eschatological Ontology"(2012).*Metropolitan John died of COVID-19 at the age of 92 on 2 FEB 2023 in Athens,Greece.

Večerňa z Parihuzoviec, 5.11.2024. - Vespers from the village of Parihuzovce,Snina District,Presov Region,Slovakia

Orthodox Church of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos*Priest:Father Peter Soroka*How beautiful the Carpatho-Rusyn chant is!I am Carpatho-Rusyn on my mother's side.*His Beatitude Metropolitan Rastislav (Gont) of the Czech Lands and Slovakia is Carpatho-Rusyn.*Priklonim:Bow your heads to the Lord.Muchanika:Martyr

NATO Secretary General with the Chancellor of Germany 🇩🇪 Olaf Scholz, 04 OCT 2024 - YouTube - Berlin,Germany

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Όρθρος και Θεία Λειτουργία Κυριακής Ε’ Λουκά - Orthros and Divine Liturgy of the 5th Sunday of Luke - Consecration of the Church of St.George the Greatmartyr and Trophy-bearer at Ioppa,Lydda Palestine yr

Members of the Russian expatriot community in Cyprus attend this parish.

Veľká sobotňajšia večerňa z Osadného, 2.11.2024. - YouTube - Great Vespers from the village of Osadne,Snina District,Presov Region.Slovakia

Orthodox Church of the Ascension of Our Lord*Priest:Father Peter Soroka*I love the Carpatho-Rusyn chant.I am Carpatho-Rusyn on my mother's side.*His Beatitude Metropolitan Rastislav (Gont) of the Czech Lands and Slovakia is Carpatho-Rusyn.*The little boy appears to have a priestly vocation.Let us pray for him.*In the East Slavic tradition,everything is chanted.*At the Great Entrance of Great Vespers:Premudrost,Prosi-Wisdom,Let us attend*Priklonim:Bow your heads to the Lord.*The bell-ringing at the beginning is called the trezvon.