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(Russian) Приходские образовательные беседы о православном богослужении проведенные в нашем приходе.

(Russian) В Свято-Троицком Русском Православном Храме г. Ванкувера в ноябре 2012 – феврале 2013 о. диаконом Георгием Жариковым были проведены образовательные беседы по богослужению для прихожан нашего прихода. К беседам прилагается дополнительный материал по литургике и последованию богослужений. Continue reading

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(Russian) К ИСПОВЕДУЮЩИМСЯ В ПЯТНИЦУ ПЕРВОЙ НЕДЕЛИ ВЕЛИКОГО ПОСТА.

(Russian) Многих пришлось сегодня исповедать. Спрашиваеш: «А вы молитесь?» Отвечают серьезно: «Что вы. Да у меня времени нет, я занят. Утром мне некогда, спешу на работу, а как я могу молиться вечером, когда я ослаб от трудов, падаю от усталости и сна». Серьезно все это говорится. Многих, которые приходили ко мне сегодня, спрашиваеш: «Сколько вы спите?» – «Часов 7 – 8». А сколько вы работаете? Что же, 16 – 17 часов? А для Бога что же? Неужели для Бога, для молитвы, вы не можете уделить несколько времени? Continue reading

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New Testament – Gospel of Saint John

1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2 The same was in the beginning with God.
3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. Continue reading

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THE MEANING OF THE GREAT FAST: The True Nature of Fasting

‘We waited, and at last our expectations were fulfilled’, writes the Serbian Bishop Nikolai of Ochrid, describing the Easter service at Jerusalem. ‘When the Patriarch sang “Christ is risen”, a heavy burden fell from our souls. We felt as if we also had been raised from the dead. Continue reading

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New Testament – Gospel of Saint Luke

1 Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us,
2 Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word;
3 It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus,
4 That thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou hast been instructed. Continue reading

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New Testament – Gospel of Saint Matthew

1 The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
2 Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren;
3 And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram; Continue reading

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New Testament – Gospel of Saint Mark

1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God;
2 As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
3 The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. Continue reading

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(Russian) Слово протоиерея Димитрия Смирнова в день Попразднества Богоявления Господня.

(Russian) Прекрасная проповедь московского батюшки о крещении как о просвещении Светом Христовой Истины для современного поколения русских людей живущих в России и Заграницей. Continue reading

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Parish Yolka at Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church 2012/2013

Christmas celebration at Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church in Vancouver, B.C. This is our “Parish Yolka”, our Children’s Christmas pageant, presented by the parents and children of our parish. Continue reading

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