Tag: charity
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“Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful”! (Luke 6:36)
Be merciful! – This means: have hearts filled with mercy. To whom? – To others, to people, their neighbors and their own kind! Mercy is a great thing – it warms and gives life like the Sun, heals like balm. What is life without mercy? Cruelty is something devilish, uncharacteristic of the destiny of the…
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Christian charity
Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 7:33: Be generous to every living soul, and be gracious to the memory of the dead. [Good News Bible Catholic Edition (GNBDK)] Usually people live in societies. The relationship between them is permanent and must be settled anyway. The regulating principle in Christianity is self-love (Gal. 5:14). Manifestations in love, depending on the…
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Hospital ministry service courses in Moscow
With the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill, on April 19, 2021, at the Hospital of St. Alexis, a 5-day course for clergy began on organizing spiritual assistance to the sick in medical institutions. Classes have been led by the chairman of the Synodal Charity Department, Bishop Panteleimon of Verey, representatives of the Hospital Ministry…