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«Родиться русским – слишком мало… Им надо быть. Им надо стать!»
И. Северянин

In a historic reversal of decades-long trends, younger Americans are now more likely to attend church than their parents, according to new data from the Barna Group. The research, part of Barna’s ongoing “State of the Church” project with Gloo, shows that Millennials and Gen Z have overtaken Boomers and Elders as the most frequent churchgoers — signaling renewed spiritual interest among younger adults.

“The fact that young people are showing up more frequently than before is not a typical trend,” said Daniel Copeland, Barna’s vice president of research. “It’s typically older adults who are the most loyal churchgoers. This data represents good news for church leaders and adds to the picture that spiritual renewal is shaping Gen Z and Millennials today.”

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«Родиться русским – слишком мало… Им надо быть. Им надо стать!»
И. Северянин

JYOUTH SUNDAY, on 11/2/25, when in the Divine Liturgy at 10AM, we’ll hear the wonderful story of two healing saints,
Cosmas & Damian,
doctors who not only gave medicines, but also prayed for their patients, and never took money for their medical skills and services.

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«Родиться русским – слишком мало… Им надо быть. Им надо стать!»
И. Северянин

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И. Северянин

Through teaching,
through understanding,
through compassion,
through example.

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И. Северянин

"I always tell people that if they want to avoid calamities in their life, they should stop working on Sundays and feast days.

Work schedules could be arranged to keep these days free. Where there is spiritual sensitivity, everything is possible; solutions can be found. That’s really the issue here.
Even if a particular solution is to our disadvantage, and we suffer a loss, in the end we’ll be twice blessed. But so many people fail to understand this. They do not even attend Divine Liturgy. The Divine Liturgy sanctifies. If a Christian will not go to Church on Sunday, how will he be sanctified?"

St Paisios the Athonite +1994

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«Родиться русским – слишком мало… Им надо быть. Им надо стать!»
И. Северянин

Amen

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Saint Jonah, Archbishop of Novgorod
Jonah was born in Novgorod and was orphaned early. A certain God-fearing widow took him and educated him. Seeing him as a child, Michael, the fool-for-Christ of Klops said to him prophetically: ``Ivanushka, study diligently, for you will become archbishop in Novgorod the Great.'' And indeed, following the death of Archbishop Euthymius, Jonah was chosen and consecrated in his place.

Jonah was devout and merciful to a rare degree for a mortal man. He built churches and monasteries and cared for his flock as a true good shepherd. He was offered the throne of Moscow as Metropolitan but declined, excusing himself because of his age. He entered into rest peacefully on November 5, 1570, and settled in the joyful heavenly habitations.

One hundred years following his death there was a great fire in Novgorod. The relics of this saint did not burn in the furious flames, but on the contrary, from then on manifested healing power and emitted a wonderful fragrance.

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«Родиться русским – слишком мало… Им надо быть. Им надо стать!»
И. Северянин