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.