Monthly Archives: January 2012

Below is taken from a homily delivered by His Holiness Patriarch Pavle of blessed repose on the feastday of St. Sava the first archbishop of Serbia, which is commemorated today 14/27 January: “….our people have been celebrating the feast of … Continue reading →

“There are many who would laugh at the idea of a novelist teaching either virtue or nobility, – those, for instance, who regard the reading of novels as sin, and those also who think it to be simply an idle … Continue reading →

We’ve been having some very strange weather this winter season. After a day of spring like rain yesterday I came outside in the late afternoon to take this picture of a rainbow. It was 54 degrees. Typically, these days between … Continue reading →

On why we should be thankful for the dirt that others may throw our way A farmer’s donkey fell into a well. The farmer was thinking that it would be less expensive to bury the donkey there, than to bring … Continue reading →

Today, at the Theophany celebration in Belgrade, His Holiness Patriarch Irinej greeted all those gathered for the blessing of the waters with the Serbian festal greeting, “God has appeared. Indeed He has appeared.” “Today,” he continued, “every river is the … Continue reading →