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22, April, 2025
Tuesday
Bright Tuesday. Easter Week

Sunday Gospel John., XX:19-31

Jesus Appears to the Disciples. Jesus and Thomas. The Purpose of This Book

Heavenly sign for unbelievers

Annually on the first Sunday after the Easter in all the orthodox churches is read the Gospel of John, in which we see how the resurrected Christ appeared to his disciples. Apostle Thomas was absent at that time, that is why he did not believe in the resurrection of Christ: "Unless I see in his hands the mark of the nails, and place my finger into the mark of the nails, and place my hand into his side, I will never believe!" He disbelieved, although he saw many wonders in the time of Jesus' life: how Jesus turned water into wine, fed the 5 thousand people, walked on water, numerous healings of people according to their faith.

Details: Written by Super User; Category: 2013; Published: 02 December 2013; Hits: 1902

Joint prayer for God's care of Ukraine

On Sunday, December 1, 2013, in the Cathedral of the Lord’s Transfiguration, the clergy and church community prayed for all those injured in Kyiv's Independence Square on the night of November 30, for the Ukrainian people, for God's care of Ukraine for the welfare of future generations.

Details: Written by Archpriest Maksym Bykov; Category: Articles; Published: 30 November 2013; Hits: 2467

Archpriest Maksym (Bykov)

Ukrainian people have one favorite saying: "If I knew where I fell down, I would put some haulm there". It is one of the main national features of Ukrainians, as the famous Ukrainian writer Ostap Vyshnya considered. "If we knew that this building fell down, we would put it in another place" - wrote the humorist in one of his works So, if people knew about their souls a bit more, knew about that traps, which were chasing them in the invisible spiritual world, they would not make their lives more and more complicated. They would not think so much where to look for rescue. They would not visit psychologists, psychotherapeutists, extrasensory perception adepts, sorceress and witches, creating only more problems.