A message from the Custos of the Holy Land thanks those who have contributed to the Good Friday collection that supports schools, parishes, charitable works, social projects and emergency interventions.
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Pope Leo XIV presides over the solemn liturgy of the Lord's Passion on Good Friday in St. Peter's Basilica, and Fr. Roberto Pasolini, OFM Cap, the Preacher of the Pontifical Household, underscores in his sermon that by walking the Way of the Cross, the Lord learned the most difficult obedience: that of love for the other, even when the other appears as an enemy.
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St. John, who served as a hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad and reposed in San Francisco in 1966, is beloved both in America, where he spent the final years of his earthly life, and in Russia, making him a living bond between Orthodoxy on both sides of the ocean and throughout the Orthodox world.
The Russian Home for the Elderly, located on the grounds adjacent to the cathedral, also suffered significant damage, including a partially collapsed roof. Elderly residents continue to live at the facility as dependents.
Metropolitan Chrysostomos of Mani of the Orthodox Church of Greece has strongly criticized the recent decision by Greece’s Council of State upholding the constitutionality of gay civil marriage and adoption, raising theological, legal, and social objections to both the ruling and the underlying legislation.
Non Nobis Domine Non Nobis Sed Nomini Tuo Da Gloriam
