Apostle Paul appeals to us through the Bible (Romans ХІІ:6-14) with such words: “Brothers! Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them...” And we, dear brothers and sisters, have a chance to think over: “What gifts do we have?”
In the morning of January 7, 2014, in Kyiv, Ukraine, in theTemple of Transfiguration of the Lord, Vasyliy, Bishop, in concelebration with Bishop Mykolai celebrated the solemn Divine Liturgy in honor of the Nativity of the Lord.
We can see in the Gospel and in the Romans that a lot of people think they live righteously. They think that their attitude towards life, people, living circumstances are right…
On Christmas Eve, January 6, 2014, with the blessing of Archbishop Alexander, the clergy and the faithful of the Orthodox Community of the Transfiguration of the Lord put moving theatrical performance "The History of the nativity of Jesus the Savior" based on the stories of the Holy Gospel.
The people, who follow God’s road, devote their lives to serve God also have angels near themselves, which are blessed by God. Angels help in life and give God’s healing…
On Christmas Eve, January 6, 2014, in the Transfiguration of the Lord Temple, Bishop Vasyliy in concelebration with Bishop Nicholas made the solemn thanksgiving service, during which five loaves, wine, oil, wheat, kutia (sweet grain pudding, Ukrainian traditional Christmas dish), fish and other gifts of God were blessed to celebrate the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ. At the end of prayer bishops, priests and faithful bowed before nativity scene thanking to the Lord for His birth in this world for the salvation of the mankind.
I want to stop on one topic. There is a soul of a man and there is a soul of our Motherland Ukraine. We all form one big soul of Ukraine. What is the soul of our Ukraine? It is our Orthodox faith, our history, traditions, mode of life, which people have been keeping since Cucuteni-Trypillian civilizationя...