Visit to Mexico City
Mexico City, Mexico, May 12, 2013 - His Grace Bishop Maxim of Western America made his second official visit to the Orthodox faithful in Mexico, May 8- 12, 2013, together with V. Rev. Blasko Paraklis. They arrived in Mexico City on Wednesday, May 8, 2013. During this visit, Abraham, a native of Mexico and a graduate of the St. Tikhon's Academy, served as their guide. The pastoral-episcopal responsibility of the bishop of Western America to the Serbian residents living in Mexico is expressed in the decisions of the Holy Assembly of Bishops. Our fellow Serbs living in this city and the surrounding areas were informed that the Divine Liturgy would be served in the coming days in Holy Trinity Russian Monastery where Bishop Maxim served on Saturday with Hieromonk Nektarije, fr Blasko and in the presence of a number of Serbians and the Monastery brotherhood. On Sunday there was another Liturgy at the OCA cathedral with Archbishop Alejo and his clergy. More information upcoming!
Bishop Maxim speaks at the Nebojsa Tower on the Danube River Bank
On Wednesday, May 15th, 2013 His Grace, Bishop Maxim gave a presentation as part of the program for 1700 years of Edict of Milan at the historical "Nebojsha Tower" on the Danube river bank. The title His talk was, "The Concept of Holiness and the Sanctity of Serbian rulers." - Source
A Message from His Grace, Bishop Maxim on Great & Holy Friday
On the afternoon of Good Friday, we conduct the service of the Great Vespers with great solemnity. This Vesper service concludes the remembrance of the events of the Lord's passion, and leads us towards watchful expectation as we contemplate the mystery of the Lord's descent into Hades, the theme of Great Saturday.
In popular language the Vesper Service of Great Friday is often called the Apokathelosis, a name derived from the liturgical reenactment of the deposition of Christ from the Cross. The service is characterized by two dramatic liturgical actions: The Deposition or Apokathelosis (literally the Un-nailing); and the Procession of the Epitaphios (the icon depicting the burial of Christ encased within a large embroidered cloth.)
On Good Friday evening the Orthodox Church celebrates the Orthros Service for Holy and Great Saturday.
On Great Saturday our focus is on the Tomb of Christ. This is no ordinary grave. It is not a place of corruption, decay and defeat. It is life-giving a source of power, victory and liberation.
Great Saturday is the day between Jesus’ death and His resurrection. It is the day of watchful expectation, in which mourning is being transformed into joy. The day embodies in the fullest possible sense a joyful-sadness, which has dominated the celebrations of Great Week.
Great Saturday is the day of the pre-eminent rest. Christ observes a Sabbath rest in the tomb. His rest, however, is not inactivity but the fulfillment of the divine will and plan for the salvation of humankind and the cosmos. He who brought all things into being, makes all things new. The recreation of the world has been accomplished once and for all. Through His incarnation, life and death Christ has filled all things with Himself. He has opened a path for all flesh to the resurrection from the dead, since it was not possible that the author of life would be dominated by corruption.
Alhambra, CA - On Great & Holy Friday, May 3rd, 2013, His Grace, Bishop Maxim officiated at the Orthos Service for Holy & Great Saturday at the Saint Steven's Serbian Orthodox Cathedral in Alhambra, California with the Clergy, V. Rev. Nikola Ceko, Cathedral Dean, V. Rev. Ilija Dajkovich, Rev. Norman Kosanovich, altar boys, myrr bearers, choir, and many Orthodox faithful.
BISHOP MAXIM CELEBRATES HIS KRSNA SLAVA
LAZARUS SATURDAY
Alhambra, CA - His Grace Bishop Maxim celebrated his Krsna Slava, Lazarus Saturday, on Saturday, April 27, 2013. Bishop Maxim officiated at the Holy Hierarchical Divine Liturgy with the clergy from Saint Steven's Cathedral and a few hundred Orthodox faithful. The festal Slava Service was held in the main hall and was followed by a delicious luncheon prepared by the Diocesan Kolo Sprkih Sestara. Many Clergy from neighboring churches arrived after having served Lazarus Saturday services in their own parish.
A very joyous and Sretna Slava to His Grace. Eis polla eti despota!
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