lord, teach us to pray - St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Church

HERALD OF THE ST. SAVA· SERBIAN ORTH.
FEBRUARY
1996
CHURCH OF BOSTON
LORD,
TEACH US TO PRAY
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Hen. CAllA" .
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OFI30STON
33 W. Water Street, Wakefield, MA 01880
Phone:
617-246-9663
Raspored Bogosluzenje - Schedule of Services for February
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Sunday, February 4 - Divine Liturgy 10:00 a.m.
Sunday, February 11 - Divine Liturgy 10:00 a.m.
Monday, February 12 - Synaxis of the three Hierarchs 9 a.m.
- Sveta Tri Jerarha
Thursday, February 15 - Meeting of the Lord in the Temple
- Sretenje Gospodnje 9 a.m.
Saturday, February 17 - Memorial Saturday 9 a.m.
- Zadusnice
Sunday, February 18 - Divine Liturgy 10 a.m.
Sunday, February 25 - Divine Liturgy 10 a.m.
Sunday, February 25 - Vespers of Forgiveness 3 p.m.
- Poklade - Pocetak posta
Friday, March 1 - presanctified Liturgy 7 p.m.
- Predjcosvecena Liturgija
ATTENTION:
Lent begins on February 26th and ends on Easter,
April 14th
Uskrsnji post pocece 26 Februara i traje do 14.
Aprila-Vaskrsenje Hristovo
Svake subote uvece u 6;00 bice Veternje bogosluzenje.
Veronauka za odrasle odrzavace se petkom uvece posle
Liturgije.
fAt\CHHK
(GLASNIK) is a monthly pUblication of
St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Church of
Boston
33 W. Water St. Wakefield, MA 01880
Tel./ Fax (617) 246-9663
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npaurra 6nUAILCM CBOMC. 3aTO ce aaaac oeaj aau IIa3HBa
IIc caMO noxnanaua aero U opo'fKaMa. Crapa aaponua
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onpaurra. lfOBjCK l"palKH onponrraj, Bora PallH U cnaceaa
pallH H EOjKHjc U 6paTCKC n.y6aBu paJlU. 3a nO'fCTaK
CBeTOra DOCTa n03BaHU CMO Jla onpoeruao jCJlHH JlpyrHMa
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rOCnOAH>U- , y-.eerByj npeKo nOCTa y XplleroBoM pacnehy.
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puje'lH, OA CBaKe rpewllc nOMHcnll. CacHjeuaj y ce611 CBe
OHO -WTO npn.a TBojy AYWy II TBoj yM, anlf 'lIlIlU TO ca
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H nocr HAY 3lljeAHO. jeAHo ca ApyrHM. 3aTO y TOKy noera
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no 33noBHjecTHMa EO)l(HjUM. AP»:elill ce OHora WTO Je
rocnoA 3anoBHjeAllo H WTO cy CBeTH EO)l(lIjl1 n.YAIl HaMa
OCTaBHnu KaO 6naroA3THIl Aap H3wera AyxoBHor
ycaBpwasau.a H H3wera npenopoAa.
HeK3 je AaKne 6JIarOcnoseH oBaj nO'IeTaK CBCTord. H
lfacHora u BenllKora noCTa. KOjll je H3W3 npllnpeMa Aa
AO'leKiu.lo AOCTojHO CBCTO XplleroBo BacKpceu.e. Jep caMO
Aywa Koja BacKpcue. a MO)l(e BacKpcHJTIl npawTau.eM II
DOCTOM U o'luwhetLe~l. C:lMO OHa Mo»:e HerHHcKH A3
A0»:IIBH BCJ1I1KY II CBby pa,ltOCT XplleroBor BacKpcelt.a lie
Kao HeWTO WTO cc HCKaAa AoroAllno ueKOMC. Hero Kao
HeWTO WTO CC Aora~a y HaMa ca~U1Ma, y Hawoj AywlI. Jep
KaA JlYWa BaCKpcHC OHAa ce cnU'lIlO CnU'lIIllM npen03Hajc.
JI.ywa Koja je BaCKpcna ocjeTuhe OrpOMll1f II 'IYJlCCIfIt It
'lYAOTBOpUII 3Ha'laj XplferOBor BaCKpeett.a Ha CC61t, Kp03
CBoj conCTBCHII OOlIT. OcjCTllbcw II CXB3TItt.c:W Aa jc:
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He6y. Aa jc BaCKpeCtbC' ucHTap n.yAcKe lIeropllje. Xp"CTOBO Bac.:pectbC je 0113 ocOBIIHa 01:0 Koje ce OKpelic: H
npownOCT H callawlLOCT H 6YAyhIlOCT. al:o Xplleroc ullje
laCKpcao, OHJla jc panYA Bjcpa Hawa, panYA jc U AhdOT
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(;UA.:Hja KPO) IIjCKOBC. TaJ 1IPC-Ik>PUJ~ 'y :I0 ... 1I11IC:IC
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(jO~HjIlM. llpll<diH ce 13Koita:"Eo>oKHjc-r;nOIUTYjy.hK
npanrraae H nourryjyhu nocr, npeo6palH:te: noxajane..
npey~lIlJ1c. OC!106011Il!1C 011 CBcra·-1J10~·~IHJa H ceor a
3!IOpaI)Clba. H xoje cy ce sparune Focnoay. KaJ H'~ ce
Focnoz Bp3T110. Bpanlne cy ce jenae A~yrHM3 H :IOlKIlBJem:
csaxor 'tOBjcKa xao caora 6p3Ta II RJC'1I10r cafipara.
TaKBR :l>yilll nO'III",y na npaBIl H.a'tHR .:ta
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npcMa TBopeBllHR OKO cefie, Jla }e oCJ.eliaJY. na JC
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CBeTlI",)" csaxora 61l1ia: e:BeTII",y x;1>C6a KOjll jeny, CBCTllIbY
6nlllKtbCra ca KOjllM ce cycpehy, CBCTlflbY Re6a H eynua
xoje nx rpaje II CBeTH",y caaxora crsopeaa. Jep Kp03
Bacxpceae Xpncroao CBe A061lja 1I0BII CMllcao.nOB)' cnary.
1I0By csjernocr, HOBY cuny, HOBO aaaseue, a npll~e csera
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aesuua BaCIlOHe, xao aajcaapiuennje EO)Kllje CTBOpeu.e
oaaje aa 3eM!bll. 3aTO Focnony CC nOMOJ1llMO A3 HaM
nonapn Aap caerora nocra, panocnor nocra, na 6nCMO
nocrehn rjenecao Il nyxosao ce sacrehn, AO'leK3JlR Il
CBeTO XpllCTOBO Bacxpcen,e npocnaarsajyha Focnona Bora
Oua II JeJlIlHOpOllHor IbcrOBor CilHa Il Ayxa CacTora y CBe
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nOCTOM, OHce Ha311Ba cBlljeTnllM noerOM. OHCC jow Ha3IlBa
nOCTOM Y:JajaMHor nOMHpeu.a Me~y n.YAIIMaR nOCTOM
Hawcr nOMHpelba C8: EorOM. noer. KojH BaCKpcaB~ AYwy,
KOjH ocn06a~a oA. poncTBa rpllJcxy. nOCT .KOJIl npe06pll)l(aBa. noCT KOJII 6YJlH. nOCT KOJH ce YBIIJCK H3HOBa
nOHama y TOKy rOAIUle. Y TOKy CBHX rOAHna Hawer
)KIIBOTa H npeKO Kora .OHH KOjH ce llerHRCKH y IbeMy
ynpa»:",aBajy. npH6~II)I(yjyCC Eory H npH6nll)i(Jjy ~ jeJlHIl
JlpyrHMa H OTKpllBaJY BeJ1HKy CBeTIUbY )l(HBOTa KOJIlM Hac
je Eor 06AapHo. CBC MOJ1l1TBC OBora CBeTOra noera cy
npeAHBHe H TO je Haj60raTHjH ncpHoA ~pKBeHor
6orocny»:Clba y TOKy rOAHHe. C~ Te Mo.nHTBe Mc~yrH~
Morne 611 Aa ce ca6epy y oue PHJC"H KOJe CMO lIa KpaJY
BC'lCpu.e 113rOBOpIlJ1H y oHoj MonHTBH CBeTOra Jeeppe,:,a
CllpjaHllHa BeJ1lIKOr H JlIlBHOr CBeTor o1(a UpKBC EO»:RJe,
OHe plljC'l1l Koje mace "rocnoAe Jl BnllllllKo )KIIIOT3
Mojera AYX nlljclloerll, '13MOTlUa.e 0AIIOCIIO T)'rOMOpe,
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cxa YJlBHUje, MB 68 TO npeseax ca rHoHnOCT. AaKne AYX
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60nyje 'IoBjeqaHCTBO 601IecT xoja ce TonHKO ,qaHac acnonnoaa HC AOHOCU.
Jl,31!a y caBPfMeROM csnjery H xoja ce KpBaBO nnaha
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paroaaaa na CBHM 3CMHHM MeplfARjaHHMa Ita CBO H KO,q
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nac BlOKanoCT. TO je ra 60JIecT anaeronytirsa, PaAR snacra
xoja ey cMjepliora Ayxa". xoja ey CMHpeHOYMBU, jep je
lbYAH ry6e 06pa3. 6paT ry6R 6paTa, PaAR anacra raae ce
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nocra AYWC U TBjCfla. H 3aT~ ce AalUlc MOJt~MO Aa BaM
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TpIIJLCILa H .n.y6aBK. TplIJLCe.e, BpnHBaBaJTC~ AI!- ce
Aieqc,aKO cyJl.jeqa BJt3CTOn,y6RBa ORa o6ecBehyjy cueTH~Y
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cy ymna Y OBaj Jl(HBOT, aKO ey sn3CTOn,y6RBH rpaljaHH Y
U Tpnu R opau.e H KOlIae.e 8 cuJae.e, TpIlB B BCBPHJCMC,
jC,qROM rp~ R1IR cen.aqR YjCAHOM ccny OHAa jc TO H3BOP
B K8WY H cHujcr, anB 1Cap; cue TO npeTpD8 3CMJLa, oHAa
scnRKRX accpeha H BeJlHKHX HCBOn,a. 3aTO ce n MonHMO
lic 83 e.e Aa jl3lfHIaIC npaB8, '1UCTB MOA, TalCO n,YACKa
Eory Y OBOj MOnRTBU Aa Hac Bor ocnO~OAR OA snaCToAYWa. H' OHa jc 3CMn,a Koja jc BOroM AaTa Aa 6u ce
n,y6n.a, Te .0IIaKC 60necrn, a Y HCTO BPliJCMC. Aa .Hac Eor
YJopana, Aa 6H ce 06plll{IIJIa B Aa 6u ce Y o.y 3aClll{uJtO
ocn060AH nplOHocnoma. KonHKo npa3HRX PUJC'IH loin
npaBO cjCMC. t1jC'{BO cjCMC H Aa 6K OHAa H3 Te AYWc. Kpo3
H3roBOpRMO OA yjYTpY AO yue'lc. n plOHC eycue ORC pnjc'In
TpIUJ:ClLC H TPIIe.n.HBOCT H CSC Apyre BpnHHC, Aa 6H M~rJIO
y HaMa Kojc calepnjeMo OA Apymx n,YAn, H CBC ORO WTO
TO CJeMC KOJC Je EoroM 3aCHJaHO U pyKOM BOJKHJOM,
RC roBopn y HaMaHBaR Rac0 A06py. 0 Bory. 0 CBeTIlILli.
YPOAIfTII npaBHM 8 llCTIIUCKIlM MOAOBIlMa. }Jyx n,y6aBB,
Caejc TO Itp33HO, CSC TO jc 6ccnlIOAHO, a TO npa'JHocnoan.e
HCTHHCKC npasc n,y6aBH, Koja jc Boron,y6n.e H 6paToTpyjc; CBaKa onaKa pRje'l, CBaKa IICOBKa cue JC TO npa3HO.
n,y6n.e, MOryhC jc caMO 3aA06HTIl OHAa KaAa ce 3aA06ujc
PRjC'l Koja Tpyje U OHora KojR jc R3roBapa n rpYJC ORC
~ 3ApaBoywLa. CMHpeHOyMn,a H TpIIJLCHoa.
Kojn cy oKoJto &.era.TonnKo jc ~ltaCHO TO npaJH~Oan.e
H Ha Kpajy H OHa Tpelia npo36a CBeTora Jcct>peMa
lelll{KaJKC JCBaH1jen.e AahCMO 3a CBaJC)' nplORYpRJC'I AaTR .
CHpjaH8Ha tIna, rOcnoAe u.llpe, Allpyj NH All (iYAeM
oAroBopRa CrpawnoM C)'Ayt- llITlllic TCK 61ml C BaMa
cBjecratlllJlljexoaa caojux H AaHe ~yjeM (ip:na elOra"_
1C0ju RCDp:KRAHO.DaAaM<?, CBR KOJIRKO Rac.HMa Orpe31IRX
u TO Hac nOAcjeha ua jeAHY BenuleY UCTBBY Ha TparH'lBY
Y nj rpBJCX np33H~okn.a, npa3RRX pIfJ?qn, wynn,nx
UCTHHY uamer lb)'ACICOr :It:IfBOTa. Aa ChlO hllt n,)'AU Haj'lemlic
pRjCqH, 6e3nnoARRX pnJC'IH, a YTomuco npnJc YKOlIliKO ey
cnpehlHH A46aI{UMO KaMCH Ha61I1OKe.era CBora,Aa BHAUMO
TO 31IC pujC'lU,ODUC pRjC'IR, 8.!'0 ey T? nco~JC?, aKO ey
Tplf Y OKy6'paTa CBora, a Aa HC BllAUM~ 6pBBO Y OKY CBOMe;
TO pyxuc psjC'IB,aKO. ey TO PRJC'IR KOJC y6nJaJY Apyror
Aa BuAUMO ry~c rplljcxc H Aa ucnpelCllAHO 0 TUM 't)'I)HM
qOBjen nopeABael A RRarraTaKO HC MO:lt:C y611TH KonRICO
rpHjcculola rOBopUMO H Aa ce TpYAHMO HcnpeKHAHO APyre
ODua B sna pRjeq Jcoja R31IlOR B3 'IoBjeICoBnx yen. ETO
jla DOnpaBJI>3t.10 a A3 336C?paSUMO ce6e H Aa HC BUAIl~~
AaKJlC 3anITO MOJIIITBa CBCTOr Ject>peMa AaHac Eor y TOICY
WTa ce TO cae ca Hat-la Aora~a. WTa 10m TO IllolaMO Y CBOJ?J
A}1ll11 WTa je TO WTO jc Hac nopo6uno II WTO Hac JC
. OBor nocracaqyua OA TOr npa3R0CJ10BJLll.
na lCuceNO Y1'pa~o 0 OHRM ApyntN A)'60KRM HCTn-
4
3aTpOUJlO. OTy:xa Hj nO:lCjCTIlIIK uauioj :IyWH y TOI;Y
oaora DOC'Ta KcnpeKIIJl.KO. jcp jc TO t.lO:lllTe.. t'.0j-' CC
CTaJlllO nosaena csaxo jyrpo K CBaKO BC'IC )" TO~Y oeora
Bcnaxora nOC'Ta. a npeKo aera TO aac noncjeha II aa cae
It:IlBOT Jla npaje CBCraHIl3HaJl cscra C;C Hay-usMOJ!a6pCMO
cejccKIl CBOjllX COnCTBeUllX rpajexoaa Jla rnCAaMO c;c6c aa
npBOM Mjecry, Aa 6KCMO OKJla Mornll npexo Tora II AP}TIlMa Jla nouorueuo. 3aTO II Ka:tCCMO "J].:a., Focnoae Llape
P.3pyj MH Jl3 6y,ilCM CBjCCT3H rpHjcxoa3 CBojHX H jl3 HC
ocy~yjeM 6paT3 CBOca". CBaKIl KOjH ocy!)yjc 6pan csora
OH CYJlIl BKOHH EO"'Hjojo Jep KO CMO MH Aa 6YJlCMO cyp.ujc
OHHMa Kojll HMajy eaora Focnoaal uaKOM 'IOBjCKy je
rocnOA rocncaap, HHject.fO MU rocaonapa U OHAa je Bor
ouaj xoja HMa npaBO Aa 6YAC jCAUHH cyp.Kja H Aa CYAH
n.YAHMaaa If>HXOBa A06pa Aiena II sa If>HXOBa p~aBa Aicna.
a MIl TpC6a Aa rneAaMO CBOje rpajexe Aa 6YAeMO CBjCCHH
CBOjHX rpajexcaa H Aa C;C KCDYH>yjCMO BpnHHOM na lic n
BpnHlIa 68TH uaj60n.K MeTOA II uaj6on.e CpeACTBO Jla
aOMorHcMO OHIlMa ApyrHMa OKO c;c6e Kojil xohe Jla
npaeraay Aa ce H OHK nonpaae H Aa H OHHAopacry y npaBy
Mjepy n.YACKor AOCfojaucna.
ETO TO je KpaTKa MOnHTBa. yKpaTKO 06jawH.eH.a,
C8eT0r Ject>peMa CKpjaHHHa xoja je cyurraua caora CIlCTora noera. OHa ce HcnpeKHAHO nOHaBJDa y TOKy osora nOCTa
K Hac IlCnpeKIfAHO noacjeha ua OCIIOBIIC uaurc o6allG oJC
xpauihaucxe, uawc OCHOBHC Ay"ACIIOC'T1l xojux Tpe6a aa C;C
llplt:llt.lO '(ltTaBOr aaurcr l4i:KBOTa a.norOTOBO ~Oj!;lM 'rpefia
A3 ce Y'(llt.lO Y TOKy oeora Benaxora II CBCTOr'l noera. A
npBo H OCIIOBHO WTO saxrajeea UpKBa OA uac y OIlG J!aKC
CBCTora nOC'Ta TO jc Aa onpocrauo jCllHII IIp)TKt.la lla 6K
Bor KaMa cnpcerac. 3aTO C;C osaj llall Ka31lBa It • npo'(KaMa·
HC casso nOKn3JlaMa jcp ce II nraua OJ! nTHUC y ropa
on~wTa no aapoauoj nocnoeuua, a KaMO nil '(OBjet; on
,(08jeU, 6par OA 6paTa, npujaren, OJ! npujaren,a. 3aTO
yna3Chll y ny'(ltHY Jl\l8\10ra Il Cserora Bcnuxora YCKpWtLer
nOCTa JaTp<tA;IlMO onpourraj jCAUIl OA npyrux Ail 61l OUII
II Bor llaMa onpccruo.
~rpHjcl;lJllMO C;C. CBIl ce orpajeunoao cBjCCIlO IlJlIt
K~8jCCHO JCJlHIl 0 npyre IInH plljC'Ijy HnH nOMI{WJLY KJIK
J1jeJlOM. HJlU XOTHMItItC HJI~ HCXOTHMIUJ,C. 11 3aTO je BCOI.fa
~HO Jla 3anO'lHcMO OHaJ AIIBHK nocr ynpaao THM paJaMHHM npaWTaH.eMooTaKO KOJlHKO je TO HaMa n.YAK~fa
Morylic Aa ce AOCTOJHO npHnpeMI1MO Jla npocnaaaac H
CBCTO XOUCTOBO Bacxpcea,e; Aa Kp03 ccncrseao AyxOBHO
aacapcaaaae y'lCCTByxCMO y njHIi Benaxoj XpHCTOBor
Bacxpceaa, Bacxpceaa He6a H 3eMJLe. Backpceua CBlfX
MpTBHX aOKOJLeH.a H CBHX OHlfX ICOjH lie Aa )KUBC ua OBOj
3CMJDHo. AMIlIf!
Let us receive with joy, 0 faithful, the
divinely inspired announcement of
Lent.
Like Ninevites of old, like harlots a.nd
publicans who heard John preachtng
repentance through abstinence, let us
prepare for the Master's communion
performed in Zion.
Let us wash ourselves with tears for its
divine pliri fication.
Let us pray to behold the fulfil~ment of
Pascha the true Revelation.
Let us pr~pare for adoring the Cross and
Resurrection of Christ our God! .
Do not deprive us of our expectatIon,
o Lover of Man!
(Cheese-Fare Week, Tuesday Vespers, Apostikha)
5
Alexander
Schmemann
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LENT: THE JOURNEY
TO PASCHA
When a man leaves on a journey, he must know where
he is going. Thus with Lent. Above all, Lent is a spiritual
journey and its destination is Easter, "the Feast of Feasts."
It is the preparation for the "fulfillment of Pascha, the true
Revelation. " We must begin, therefore, by trying to understand this connection between Lent and Easter, for it reveals
something very essential, very crucial about our Christian
faith and life.
Is it necessary to explain that Easter is much more
than on~ of the feasts, more than a yearly commemoration
of a past event? Anyone who has, be it only once, taken
part in that night which is "brighter than the day," who
has tasted of that unique joy, knows it. But what is that
....-loy about? Why can we sing, as we do during the Paschal
liturgy: "today are all things filled with light, heaven and
earth and places under the earth"? In what sense do we
celebrate, as we claim we do, "the death of Death, the
annihilation of Hell, the beginning of a new and everlasting life ... "? To all these questions, the answer is:
the new life which almost two thousand years ago shone
forth from the grave, has been given to us" to all those
who believe in Christ. And it was given to us on the day
of our Baptism, in which, as St. Paul says, we "were buried
with Christ ... unto death, so that as Christ was raised
from the dead we also may walk in newness of life"
(Rom. 6:4). Thus on Easter we celebrate Christ's Resurrection as something that happened and still happens to us.
For each one of us received the gift of that new life and
the power to accept it and to live by it. It is a gift which
radically alters our attitude toward everything in this world,
including death. It makes it possible for us joyfully to affirm:
"Death is no more!" Oh, death is still there, to be sure,
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and we still face it and someday it \vill come and take us.
But it is our whole faith that by His own death Christ
changed the very nature of death, made it a passage-a
"passover," a "Pascha"-into the Kingdom of God, transforming the tragedy of tragedies into the ultimate victory.
"Trampling down death by death," He made us partakers
of His Resurrection. This is why at the end of the Paschal
Matins we say: "Christ is risen and life reigneth! Christ
is risen and not one dead remains in the grave!"
Such is the faith of the Church, affirmed and made
evident by her countless Saints. Is it not our daily experience,
however, that this faith is very seldom ours, that all the
time we lose and betray the "new life" which we received
as a gift, and that in fact we live as if Christ did not
rise from the dead, as if that unique event had no meaning
whatsoever for us? All this because of our weakness,
because of' the impossibility for us to live constantly by
"faith, hope, and love" on that level to which Christ
raised us when he said: "Seek ye, first of all, the Kingdom
of God and His righteousness." We simply forget all this.. s9 busy are we, so immersed in our. daily preoccupations-and because we forget, we fail. And through this forgetfulness, failure, and sin, our life becomes "old" againpetty, dark and ultimately meaningless-a meaningless
journey toward a meaningless end. We manage to forget
even death and then, all of a sudden, in the midst of
our "enjoying life" it comes to us: horrible, inescapable,
senseless. We may from time to time acknowledge and
confess our various "sins," yet we cease to refer our life
to that new life which Christ revealed and gave to us.
Indeed, we live as if He never came. This is the only
real sin, the sin of all sins, the bottomless sadness and
tragedy of our nominal Christianity.
If we realize this, then we may understand what Easter
is and why it needs and presupposes Lent. For we may
then understand that the liturgical traditions of the Church,
all its cycles and services, exist, first of all, in order ,to
help us recover the vision and the taste of that new hie
which we so easily lose and betray. so that we may repent
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LENT: THE JOURNEY TO PASCHI'.
and return to it. How can we love and desire something
that we do not know? How can we put above everything
else in our life something which we have not seen and
enjoyed? In short: how can we seek a Kingdom of which
we have no idea? It is the worship of the Church that was
from the very beginning and still is our entrance into, our
communion with, the new life of the Kingdom. It is through
her liturgical life that the Church reveals to us something
of that which "the ear has not heard, the eye has not seen,
and what has not yet entered the heart of man, but which
God has prepared for those who love Him." And in the
center of that liturgical life, as its heart and climax, as
the sun whose rays penetrate everywhere, stands Puscba.
It is the door opened every year into the splendor of
Christ's Kingdom, the foretaste of the eternal joy that
awaits us, the glory of the victory which already, although
invisibly; fills the whole creation: "death is no more!" The
entire worship of the Church is organized around Easter,
and therefore the liturgical year, i.e., the sequence of seasons
and feasts, becomes a journey, a pilgrimage towards Pascha,
the End, which at the same time is the Beginning: the end
/' of all that which is "old"; the beginning of the new life, a
constant "passage" from "this world" into the ·Kingdom
already revealed in Christ.
And yet the "old" life, that of sin and pettiness, is
not easily overcome and changed. The Gospel expects and
requires from man an effort of which, in his present
state, he is virtually incapable. We are challenged with
a vision, a goal, a way of life that is so much above our
possibilities! For even the Apostles, when they heard their
Master's teaching, asked Him in despair: "but how is this
possible?" It is not easy, indeed, to reject a petty ideal
of life made up of daily cares, of search for material goods,
security, and pleasure, for an ideal of life in which nothing
short of perfection is the goal: "be ye perfect as yo~r
Father in heaven is perfect." This world through all Its
"media" says: be happy, take it easy, follow the broad ay.
Christ in the Gospel says: choose the narrow way, fight
and suffer, for this is the road to the only genuine happiness.
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LENT: THE JOURNEY TO PASCHA
And unless the Church helps, how can we make that awful choice, how can we repent and return to the glorious
promise given us each year at Easter? This is where Great
Lent comes in. This is the help extended to us by the
Church, the school of repentance which alone will make it
possible to receive Easter not as mere permission to eat,
to drink, and to relax, but indeed as the end of the "old"
in us, as our entrance into the "new."
In the early Church, the main purpose of Lent was to
prepare the "catechumen," i.e., the newly converted Christian, for baptism which at that time was performed during
the Paschal liturgy.' But even when the Church rarely
baptized adults and the institution of the catechumenate disappeared, the basic meaning of Lent remained the same. For
even though we are baptized, ·what we constantly lose and
betray is precisely that which we received at Baptism.
Therefore Easter is our return every year to our own
Baptism, whereas Lent is our preparation for that returnthe slow and sustained effort to perform, at the end, our
own "passage" or "pascha" into the new life in Christ.
.If, as we shall see, lenten worship preserves even today
----- its catechetical and baptismal character, it is not as
"archeological" remains of the past, but as something valid
and essential for us. For each year Lent and Easter are,
once ag~in, the rediscovery and the recovery by us of what
we were made through our own baptismal death and resurrection.
A journey, a pilgrimage! Yet, as we begin it, as we
make the first step into the "bright sadness" of Lent, we
see-far, far away-the destination. It is the joy of Easter,
it is the entrance into the glory of the Kingdom. And it
is this vision, the foretaste of Easter, that makes Lent's
sadness bright and our lenten effort a "spiritual spring."
The night may be dark and long, but all along the way
a mysterious and radiant dawn seems to shine on the horizon.
"Do not deprive us of our expectation, 0 Lover of man!"
9
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CBETH MY4EHHK DOPOE KP ATOBAU
(11. ¢>e6pyap)
3a Cy.n6HHy xpaurhascxax HapO.na sa 6anKaHy, aa O.nHOCe MebyIby.nHMa
Hnyxosaa onpenerse-sa y npBHM .neUeHHjaMa XVI aexa, HeMa pe4HTHjer cnyxa]a ct:
My4eHHwTea Mna,nOr KyjyHuHje H3 KpaTOea, reoprHja (hopba).
l-beroBo >t<HTHje je je.naH 0.0. perxax npHMepa uenocpense caenouce
oxeaaua H Y4eCHHKa. CeeWTeHHKa ("non'l neja, .nyxOeHHK H .nOMa1lHH KyjyHuHje
bopria, 6HO je y CO¢>HjH caenox 4HTaee HCTpare HMY4eHH4Ke CMpTH bopbeee. OH
Myje O.nMax H CaCTaeO >t<HTHje Hcny>+<6y sa Kym WTO l1e ce nOTOM O.np>t<aTH Kp03
4eTHpH CTOTHHe ronsaa no HaWHX nasa Hy Cp6HjH HY6yrapcKoj.
YKpaTKO, HCTopHja My4eHHwTaa ca. borna xac na noaaersa crapa
"MY4eHHja" H3 npeax aexoea xpaumaxcraa, Ka.na ce He3Ha60>t<a4KH PHM OKOMHO Ha
cflOMHje H>HXOBO y6ebeH>e, «ole • cnar',npee, Mane upxaeae 3aje.nHHue.na
Kope4HBHM 06ellaH>HMa, Koje· npeTH>OM, MyKaMa Hy6HCTBOM. Y weCHaeCTOM BeKy
ce HnaK <1>opMHpao je.naH THn "My4eHHja", Ha ccsoey HOBHX HCKycTaBa y lYPCKHM.
MycnHMaHCKHM nporoaaua. >f<HTHje ca. reopnqa HOBor, uauiera boptia KpaTOBua.
KapaKTepHCTH4HO je y TOM norneny,
bopbe je H3 KpaTOBa, a >t<HeH Hpa.nH y CO<1>HjH (Openau ). O.n ManeHa je
Y4HO KyjYHUHjCKH (MaTapCKH) 3aHaT, H>KHaeO 6H y caOM MaflOM KpaToBy MHpHO H
pa.nHHO.na HHje 6HO oenapea TaKeOM nenOTOM HCHarOM na ce ocjao na ra TYPUH He
o.o.ByKYy JaHH4ape. Y CO<l>Hjy jet aanpaao, nooerao He 6H nH H36erao 3nyjaHH4apcKy
cy.o.6HHY. Y ceojy Kyhy npHMa ra non neja. MH TYPUH ra H oane 3ana>+<ajy, jep je
H>eroay nenory nparana HepnHHa. BH.nenH 61'!:-:' pano Kao MycnHMaHa •Hnoxyuraaaly
.na ra npH.o.06Hjy aa HCn3M. MH ce bopbe onvnupe. Kana ra oxneaerajy npen Ka.nHjoM
najencosao MycnHMaHcKyaepy, OH ce Ha cy.o.y nojaalbyjepeweH.na 6paHHXpHcToay
aepy no CMpTH. naMeTaH, y eepy je nocpo ynyheH, 6paHH ce 6e3 nonyurra-sa. To ra
BO.o.H y TaMHHUY, a nOTOM HaMyKe. npe rora non nej a ycnesa na ce BH.nH CH>HM Hna
no.o.p>t<H H>eroay peuresocr na onona caHM HCKyweH>HMa no ueHy MY4eHH4Ke CMpTH.
HCKyweH>a cy aenaxa, 3aHHMlbHaO [e aa TYPUH. no >t<HTHjy. HCKpeHo >t<ane
osor Mna.nor. ocavsaecrorcnauneer MOMKa. H noxyuiaaajy aa ra npH.n06Hjy
06e1laeajyhH My cse onaroner« [enaora noenaumeaor nonoxcaja. Cy.nHja My 4aK
oeeriaea na 1le ra nOCHH.fTH, re na tie bopne .nenHTH yrne.n HHacne.nCTeo Ka.nHjuHo
nocne H>eroae CMpTH ca CHHOM je.nHHueM KanHj.1HHM. HH TO He nOMa>t<e. boone ce
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He MOH:<e np~1.o06trrH. OH TP~H na ra ocr aae Ha MHpy, na 6y.ne xpHwllaHHH no eOfbH
CBOjHX or aua, jep je y6eheH na Je xpHwllaHcKa eepa - npaea H 60fba aepa. OH l.laK
npenna-se Ka.nHjH - na npH3Ha npenuocr xpaurhaacraa Hna ce KpCTH. AKo Bell Hellena r a ocnocon«, osna HeKa r a OCy.oH Ha CMpT, jep ce OH CMpH He 60jH.
hopehe je ocyne« xa CMpT Hcnarse« Ha nOMallH 1515. rozia-re. OCTao je
HenOKone6fbHB .00 cave CMpTH. nOTOM cy caropen« OCTaUH hopbeea KpHWOM noxynfbeHH H caxpa-seaa y UpKBH MylleHHue MapHje y CO¢HjH.
Boaana ce y n-rreparyp«, je.oHo speve. pacnpaea OKO HaUHOHanHe
npHna.nHOCTH caercra MylleHHKa bopba. OH je H3 KpaTOBa, H npeva naaaunso]
eTHH4Koj CHT'jauHjH Morao je 6trr\o1 MaKeAOHau. >t<HBeo je HeKO epewe y CO¢HjH.
crpanao y CO¢Hj\o1, Morao je, 3HallH, 6HT\o1 HByrapaa. Ay pYKon\o1CHMa ca opHrHHaJlOM
>+<HTHja H clly>t<6e Ha3Haa ce - CP6HHOM. H3 ..cpncxor «opeaa". Orau My ce asao
AHMHTpHje, MajKa - Capa. WTa je y CTBapH 6HO - caM 60r 3Ha. n03HaTo je na nenKa
narpajapun-ja nocne csor 06HaBfbaH>a 1557. ooyxsara He cave xparoacxy 06naCT
Hero H aenocpeasy 6nH3HHy CO¢Hje (CaMOKOB, Ha npHMep!). AAH TO OBAe HHje
Ba>t<HO. Myl.leHHWTBO CB. hopha KpaTOBua ynpaao rosopa 0 TOMe KaKO cy HeKe
npyre CTBapH y >+<HBOry Ba>+<HHje 0.0 caera WTO Hac aeayle aa 3eMlbY, pOA, nopexno.
~ HeMa Beller ancypna Hero ce OTHMaTH OKO raxsor Y4eHHKa KaKaB Ie 6HO bopoe:
OH je XpHCTOB, crpana HyMHpe sa xpacra, rberOBH HAeanH HHCy HaUHOHaJlHH y OHOM
cMHcny KaKO ce TO nasac MHCJlH. Hseroea ceecr je xpaurhaacsa, npasocnaeaa,
yHHBep3anH8 y TOMe, a HHje ycsa HaUHOHanHa CBeCT. bopbe HHr..ne H He nOMHtbe H
He roaopa 0 TOMe WTa je - OCHM na je xpHwllaHHH. 3ap TO He noaceha aa OHe
KnaCH4He H3jaBe npBHX xpauihaaa HMy4eHHKa aa CYAY: aa CBa nara-sa 0 nopexny,
3eMlbH, HapOAY, POAY, onroeapana cy jeAH8Ko ..xpHwnaHHH caa". JeAHHO 06eJle>t<je
aaHAeHTH¢HKauHjy: ..XpHwllaHHH caa", Ba>t<HHje 0.0 caera, H3HaA MajKeHoua, H3Ha..n
Kparoaa HJlH CO¢Hje, H3HaA Hnpe CBaKe 3eM8JbCKe eeae jecre sa bopba -XpHCTOC.
y l1"i1janory ca KaAHjoM, CO¢HjCKHM TYPuHMa, OH He nOMHtbe HH Cp6Hjy HH 6yrapcKy
HH MaKeAoHHjy Bell roaopa 0 uapcrsy 60>t<jeM, 0 06ellatbHMaKoja cy nara BepHHMa,
o eacxpce-ey Hn06eAHHaACMplly. WTa rpeoa bopby nacow cHnywHHx 3eM8JbCKHX
06naCTH KaA je OH rpabaHHH He6a. XpHwnaHHH je aasne: H Cp6HH H 6yrapHH H
MaKel10HaU, HJlH [enao 0.0 rora a H CBe l1pyro y HCTH Max, H HHWTa on rora, jep je
ca OHHM KOjH CBe OBO cnaja • KOjH yjel1Htbyje pa3jel1HtbeHO H MHpH cyK06lbeHe H
aaaanese IbYAe >t<pTBOM y HMe eepe H lby6aBH. raxo ce 1515. rOAHHe, y CO¢HjH,
uapcrao 60>t<je noxaav-o cTBapHHjHM 0.0 CHOBa 0 06HaBlbatbY MonHHx cpeatbeBeKOBHHX HMnepHja.
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CBETH CHMEOH MHPOT041-1BH
(13. 4>e6pyap)
Kynr CTe4>aHa HeMaH>e, caeror CHMeOHa MHpOT04HBor, CTBOpHflH cy
HeMaH>HHH CHHOBH, CB. Caaa H KpaJb CTe<1>aH npBOBeH4aHH. CBaKH H3 csojax
paanora. Je.naH xao npea cpncsa apxaenscxon H CBeTHTeJb, a .npyrH xao snanap,
6aWTHHHK HeMaH>HHor .np>t<aBHor nena.
To WTO je CTe4>aH npBoeeH4aHH 3a.nHBJbeH .np>t<aeoTeopHHM .ne110M
ceora oua, HWTO MO'h HeMaH>HHy craan,a y cny>+<6y cpncxe 3eMJbe H nocne oveee
CMpTH, HHje HHKaKeo 4Y,l10. To je H3pa3 3axeanHOCTH y O,l1HOCy Ha HeMaH>y. a
nOnHTH4Ke My.npOCTH y O.nHOCy Ha norpeoy CMHpaeaH>a, yje,l1HH>eH>a H HanpeTKa
3eMJbe. HeMaH>a je y CBaKOM clly4ajy, sa Hawy HCTOpHjy, po.noHa4enHHK je.nHe
.nHHacTHje Koja lle 6HTH C npaaou noacroeeheaa ca cpnCKOM cpen-seeexcesov
ilp>.t<aeOM HtbeHHM YllaCKOM y CBeT BH3aHTHjcKe Heeponcse Kyrrrype. Y CTBapH, HCTa
nopo.nH4Ha 1103a ananana je PaWKOM H npe HeMatbe, allH je HnaK TeK HeMatba
03Ha4HO HCTOpHjCKH n04eTaK Cp6Hje, xao je.nHHCTBeHor HKyrrrypHor 6Hlla Koje lle
H8ll>t<HBeTH cpe.ntbH ee« H.nyra epeuesa OCMaHflHjcKe enanaeuae.
DaOM npHllHKOM, HnaK, rpeoano 6H cKpeHyrH n8>t<tbY HS HeWTO npyro.
SHwe Hero CTe4>aH npeoeeH4aHH, raopau je Kynrs ceeror CHMeOHa HeMatbe ce.
Caea, ceerorcpcxu MOHax H cpncxa apxaenacxon. OH My je cacraeso >t<HTHje H
clly>+<6y, H po.nOHa4ellHHKa cpncxe ,I1HHacTHje, [ensor eellHKor >t<ynaHa, crparera H
enanaoua, oneaao pe4HMa eH3aHTHjcKHX cny>t<6H npeno.n06HHMa. Y TOMe Ie H3eecTaH napaaoxc, Hra] napaaoxc 3aCfly>t<yje na ce HatbeMy 3a,l1p>t<HMO, jep ce H3 tbera
MOry H3eyhH nanexocesore noyse.
CeeTH Casa je pcznrrers cpncxe ayroxeoanae upxae HtberOeH nornena
Hcrasosa HaHeKH Ha4HH 06pa3yjyTY upxey, 4HHe n01183HyT84Ky Ho.npebyjy npaeau
tbeHOra nyra Kp03 HCTOpHjy. saro je BeOMS e3>t<HO CXBSTHTH y 4eMy cy nooyne ce.
CSBe 3S creapa-se Ky11TS cs. CHMeoHa, KaKO je OH ra] KYnr CTBOpHO, K8KO je y TOM
KYrrry H8CllHK80 ce. CHMeOHa, KaKO [e TYMa4HO tberOB llHK, 4HMe je OH 6HO ocsojea
y llHKY ceeror oua. Aa llH je TO 6Hlla HeMatbHHa MOll, tberOea .np>t<8eHH4K8 cuara,
BeWTHHa KOjOM je yje.nHHHO cpncxe 3eMJbe H0,l1011eeaO CnolbHHM HenpHlaTelbHMa H
cynapHHUHMa? HllH 06pHyro: HeMatbHHa cnoc06HOCT aa ce o.npeKHe ceera rora H
na on enanapa nOCTaHe CMepHH pa6 60>t<jH. npea CBaKHM KpHB HnOHH3aH?
WTa MHCllHTH 0 caercxo] MollH, 0 cjajy M84eea H oorarcray, 0 crpacr«
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enaaa-e a Hocaaja-sa. CB. Caea je pesao AOBOfbHO [acao HjeAHoM aa csarna Kalla
je HanyCTHO XyMCKy 3eMfbY. WTO jy je OA oua 61010 ll06HO Haynpaarsa-se, Hnocerao
y Caery ropy. CBOjHM 6eKCTBOM en osor CBeTa, PaCKO ce onpeaenao aa Mon Ayxa;
He6eCKH HLleallH 3eMeHHllH cy aewarscke: npencraaa 0 Llp>+<aBH 60>+<joj norucayna
npencrasy 0 Llp>+<aBHoj CHnH fbYLlCKOj. 0 ceowe ouy MHCllH y Csero] Fopa BeOMa
MHoro. ana He Kp03 HOCTallrHjy Ben y 6PH3H sa cnac ~erOBe nyuie. OH My nauie H
306e ra, onov-ose ra Ha onaCHOCT osora CBeTa, noaceha Ha TO na je cae, npeua
6e4HOCTH. TaWTHHa.
VI Kalla ~eroe CTapH orau, MaAa aa BpXyHUy yrneaa H snanapcxe MonH,
LlOHOCH OLlllyKy na aanyurra C6e WTO je crexao H..Y3eBWH KpCT notre aa XpHCTOM",
MOHax Caaa je cpetias. YMpO je HeMa~a, pOAHO ce CHMeOH. JeAaH npe110MHH,
napanoxcanaa 4HH 6H1'Ie cana aa CB. CaBY OCHOBHO HaAaxHyne y creapa-sy xyrrra
ca. CHMeOHa. OH 1'Ie npaTHTH HOBH >+<HBOT CBOr oua y Be11HKoj aHbe11cKoj CXHMH ca
Y36ybeH>eM caenoxa KOjH nocuarpa yCKpcHyne MpTeora. HHCy 11101 OHH WTO >+<Hee y
ceery, no pe4HMa jeeaHhefba, "MpTBH"? H311a3aK 1013 ceera le, 3aTO, eacxpcea,e, VI
HeMaH>a H3na3e1'lH 1013 ceera aacxpcaaa. TeK rana OH aa caerora CaBY n04H~e na
>+<HBH. calla Be4HHM >+<HBOTOM AOCTOjHHM necue 101 M011HTBeHOr C11aBIbe~a. H TY cy
H360PH CaBHHor xyrrra CB. CHMeoHa MHpOT04HBOr.
Y KopeHHMa Tor xyrrra, 3Ha4H, aanasa ce [enaa noceeaa OAHOC npeua
ceery, cneuH<1>H4HO xpHwllaHCKH OAHOC, 101 jow Ta4HHje • MOHaWKH OAHOC. 4HMe je
ca. Caaa oceojea: cnHKOM HeMa~HHor CMHpett>a jeAHe 3eMaIbCKe Be11H4HHe npea
60rOM, jeAHHHM npaBHM cyaepeHoM 101 B11aAHKOM ceax IbYAH. "Jep BaHCTHHY, 6pal'lO
Mojafby6HMa 101 OUH, 4YAO 6ewe rnenara: Osa], «ora ce ceH60jaxy HOl1KOra rpenraxy
, cee 3eMfbe, aa por03HHH, a KaMeH My nOA rnaaou, KaKO ce CBHM t<11atba HYMHibaea
H"""MOnH OA CBHjy npourre-sa H611aroclloea". To je CllHKa KOjy CB. Caaa HHKaA Hel'le
3a6opaBHTH, 101 Koja Haj60fbe npeacraersa OHO WTO je ce. CHMeOH nocrao - sa CHHa
101 aaupxey KOj alle ra cnas-rra Kp03 CTOTHHe cllellel'lHXBeKOBa: npHMep KpCTOHOCHor
oapauaiea on uapcrea seuarscxor paAH osor WTO jeeaHbeibe 30Be uapCTBO He6ecKO. PaCTKO je nps« KpeHyo THM nyreM, HeMatt>a sa tt>HM. AnH je HeMatt>H Mopano 6HTH
Te>+<e jep ce aehera onpexao. TaKo je OH nocrao Hecaao p0110Ha4ellHHK l1HHacTHje
(TO ceerocaacso] UPKBH HHKalla HHje 6101110 Haj3Ha4ajHHje) Hero H pOAOHa4ellHHK
jeAHe ayxoeae, He6eCKe Cp6Hje, Koja xone na >KHeH y XpHCTY H sa [esaubencxe
aaeane: sa npaaay HMHnocpbe, aa MOTt Ayxa, sa ae4HOCT.
UpKBa ceerora Case npocnaersa y ca. CHMeoHy MHpOT04HaoM ynpaao
re HAeane. He aellH4HHY AP>+<aae. He C11aBY HauHje, He CHary cpncxor opymja. Hero
aenH4HHY. HCHary. 101 cnaay OApHua~a HCMepHoCTH.OHa je jow on ceor pOAHTefba
Hnpaor apxaenackona yCMepeHa «a Meany He6eCKHX epenuocra, 101 rora ce nyra
Mopa Ap>+<aTH. llHK ca. CHMeOHa 6HTte joj yaeK npHMep caMOOApHuatt>a H >KpTae y
HMe He6ecKHx uarseea, yaeK cnococas na Hac ocee>+<H eepou HTaKBOM Iby6aBfby y
KOjOj ce 40aeKy OTKpHBa aa WTa >KHBH 101 rne je tt>eroeo npaso MeCTO.
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IIOGc'EHEtXlbV
,
Il,PKE6
tteen };OPjj.I~1I
r flPAEOG.1jj.EIlOJ ll,PKEJf
OHaj KOjl-1 Y upxay l-1.a.e TeK noaexan, MHOrO
yocpahyie ceol-1. PO.a.I1Telbl-1 KOjl1 ce He crapajy 0
TOMe .a.a I-1M .a.eua nocefl~y UpKBy ~I1He CTpawaH
rpex. Cerate ce CnaCI1TelbeBI1X pe~l1: •Jep rne cy
nsa HnH TpH caopasa y HMe Moje. OHJl.e caa 11 ja Mefly
IhI-1Ma." (MaT. 18:20)
Oaae, Ha aauro] rpeurso] nnaaera, csera
upxaa je je.a.HHO MecTO rae ~OBeK MO)l(e na aahe
YTO~HWTe on )l(HBOTHHX 6ypa H onyja. upxea je
onpas He6ecHH Ha seMlbH, y KOMe je, Ha raiascreea
11 He.a.0KY'iHB Ha'iHH, npacyraa caM Uap He6a 11
3eMlbe, Focoa Haw l-1cyc XpI1CTOC. Y UpKBl1, KaKO
K3)l(e necua, "cane He6eCHe HeSI1.a.lbI1S0 cnyxe."
UpKsa ce c npasoa MO)l(e HaSSaTI1 WKonOM
Gape 11 n0(0)l(HOCTH. CSeTI1 JOBaH KpOHWTaTCKI1 je y
CBOM .a.HeSHHKY aanacao: "Y UpKBH, Y lheHOM
apXI1TeKTOHCKOM 06nl1Ky H paSHHM .a.enOSHMa, y
(0)l(eCTBeHHM nl1ryprHjaMa H>eHI1M, y ~HTaIhY Cseror
JeaaHf)elba, nojalhy, 06pe.a.HMa. aa )l(HBOTaH Ha'iHH je
HCnI1CaHa, xao Ha Manl1, uenoxynaa I1CTOpl1ja Crapor
~1 Hoaor 3aseTa, HCTop\llja UpKBe \II caa AOMOCTpOj
xoaexoeor cnaceaa, y caHM caoj\llM nojeA\IIHocT\IIMa \II
OnWT\IIM ooene)l(j\llMa. "
illTa MO)l(e XpHwnaHHHAa HaY'iH y UPKS\II?
He6eCHY MYAPOCT; KOjy je l-1cyc XpHCTOC, CHH DO)l(j\ll,
AOHeo ca CoOOM aa 3eMlbY. Ty ne Y'iI1TH 0
n~eAI1HOCTI1Ma
CnacHTelbeaor
oa03eMalbCKor
)l(I1S0Ta, ynoaaahe ce ca )l(I1BOTI1Ma H y'ieH>HMa
ooroyro.a.HI1X ceeraua: yxecrsoaahe y MOnl1TBaMa
Ilpxae. A KaKay caary I1Ma saje.a.HH'iKa MOnl1Taa
aepHI1X!
Y upxey ynaSI1 ca panourhy, CeTI1 ce Aa je
caM Cnacaren, ooehao na lie re TeWI1TI1 y
HeSOlb\ll:"Xo.a.I1Te K MeHI1 csa KOjl1 CTe yMOpHI1 11
HaToaapeHl111 ja liy aac O.a.MOPI1TI1." (MaT. 11:28)
YaeK ynasl1 y upKay ca nooo)l(Howliy 11
«poroumy, na 011 \liS Ihe Morao na I1saf)ew npasenaa,
Kao oHaj CKpOMHH uap\llHI1K I1S JesaHf)elba.
Ka..a. yf)ew y u.pKay 11 yrneAaw caeTe I1KOHe,
CeTI1 ce .a.a TO caM rOcnOA H CSH cseu.11 rneAajy Ha
Teoe; TO lie casHalhe y TeOH npOOYAHTI1 oceliaH>e
.a.yooKor CTpaxo-noWTOaaH>a.
no ynacKy y upKSy, npeKpCTH ce 11 nOKnOHI1
ce Tpl1 nyra (pa..a.HI1M .AaHI1Ma yMecTo nOKOHa 'iI1HI-1
ce MeTaHHja). ys Mom1Tse: ·oO)l(e, O~HCTH rpexe Moje
11 nOMl1nyj Me."
npe nO'ieTKa nl1ryprl1je aepHI1 AOHoce
cnHCKoae HMeHa pof)aKa H npl1jaTelba .Aa ce nOMeHy;
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;-;V,BI-1Ma aa snpaen-e. a Ha onsoje-o« cnl-1CKY. aa
nOKOJ .ayure MpTBI1Ma. 1-1 TO cavo I-1MeHa KpWTeHI-1X
npaBOCnaaHI1X Xpl-1WflaHa. l-1MeHa rpeoa na oy.a.y
'iI-1TKO I1CnXcaHa. OHaKO KaKO cy nara Ha KpwTelhy.
nasne, He y 06nl-1Ky HaJl.I1MKa I-1nl-1 Ha31-1aa 1-13
Ml1nOWTe. opoj I1MeHa KOjl-1 C MO)l(e npenar« je
HeOrpaHI-1'ieH, Ma.Aa lie CBeWTeHI-1K na)l(JbI1Bl-1je 11
Monl1TaeHl1je npO~I1TaTI-1
Kpalil1 CnI1CaK. 3aTO
npenopy-yievo. «aaron je TO Moryne. HaI1SMeHI1~HO
nasara cBeWTeHI1KY «pane Cnl1CKOae I1MeHa - TO je
OOthe Hero OCTaBlbaTI1 My .a.yre Cnl1CKOSe I1MeHa sa
nOMl1lhalhe CBaKe He.Aelbe.
Ca upKaeHI1M cBeliaMa Tpe6a nocrynaTI-1 C
nourroeaaesc OHe cy cI1M60n Hawe ropyhe MOnl1TSe
npea r OCnO.AOM, ooroMajKoM 11 CBeuHMa.
,D,06po je na HMaw je.a.Ho y06\11'iajeHo MeCTO
Ha KOMe CTOjl1W y UpKSI1. 3aysM\II caoje MeCTO y MI1Py
11 T'1WI1HI1. Ka.A nponaaaui \IIcnpe.A u.apCK\IIX nsepa
SaCTaH\II, nOKnOHI1 rnasy \II npexpcru ce. AKO je HeKO
sen crao aa rso]e MeCTO, He npenapa ce Hero Haf)H
HeKO npyro MeCTO Ha KOMe liew rora nasa crajara.
Y U.pKSy .AonaSI1 Ha speMe, npe noxenca
cnvxoe. AKo ce aorona na SaKaCH\IIW, TPY.A11 ce na
He oueraur .Apyre y MOn\llTS\II. AKO CH nouiao y
rpeayrxy Ka..a. ce 'i\llTa (urecroncaneoqe) CseTO
Jeaaaherse, sa speue Benaxor Bxo.a.a \IInH y TOKy
nesa-sa KaHOHa EsxapHcTHje (OA "MHnOCT MHpa...
.AO "Te6e nojeM....) OCTaHH KOA yna3H\IIx spara .AOK
ce' He aaspure osa aIDKHI1 AenOal1 nl1ryprl1je.
3a speue 60rocny>KeH>a He xone] no U.pKSI1,
"IaK HI1 na 6\11 npHcny>K110 cseliy. l-1CTO rase, I1KOHe
u.en\llaaj cauo npe noxenca nl1ryprHle l1n11 no H>eHOM
cepuierxy, I1nl1. nax, y speae Kaoje je sa TO
onpeheao, xao WTO \ je Ml1pocaH>e (noaasaae) Ha
O.AeHHjy.
Tpe6a I1s0eraaaTl1 csaKO KpeTaH>e sa
apeMe OH\IIX nenoaa cny>Koe KOjH aaxresajy HapO"lHTO
Y.AYOIbHSaH>e y Mom-1Tay, xao WTO cy aXO.AOBH,
'iI1TaH>e CaeTor Jesaahersa, neaasse xepyal1MCKe
necue. 113HOWeH>W CaeTHX ,D,aposa, HnH «ana ce Ha
O.AeHl1jy nesa ·Benl1'iajy" I1nH "Onasa"
He pasroeape] y U.PKSI1 Hero ce MOnl1. He
ocspha ce OKO ce6e H He rne.Aaj .Apyre; yCMepl1 csoje
MI1CnH npeMa DOry H CseToj nl1ryprHjl1.
,D,ecH nl1 ce Aa Te HeKO nOS.ApaSH y u.pKal1,
ysspaTI1 My nOS.ApaB ysspaTI1 My n03.ApaS
HaKonOHOM rnase, Hl1nOWTO ce HeMoj pyKoaaTl-1, ~aK
HH aKO TI1 je Ta oc06a onH3aK n03HaHI1K. HIHI1
sanO'iI-1H>11 ol1no KaKaB pasroBop.
OOI1'iaj je .Aa ce y npaaocnaaHoj UPKBI1 CTOjl1
sa apeMe oorocny)l(eH>a; .A03S0theHO je je.Q,I1Ho
OOneCHI1Ma H cnaoHMa Aa ce.a.HY. MaAa 011 3a BpeMe
3Ha'iajHl1x .Aenoaa nl1Typrl-1je (Kac WTO je Ha npl1Mep
'111ia~e CaeTor JeaaHhe~el II OHI1 Tpe6ano .:la
vcra-v.
!lO/( CBeWTeHI1K Io1nl1 f)aKoH Ka.u11 UpKBy.
novep« My ce c nyra. a «ana npohe nopen reoe. He
rpeca na ce KpCH1W. Ben cauo HaKnOHI1 rnasy. \I1CTO
r axo, HaKnOHI1 ce 11 «ana cBeWTeHI1K xaxe . Ml1p
BcjeM" 11 xana 6narocl1Iba sepue JesaHnefbeM.
npl1nl1KOM oceehe-sa CBeTt-1X .llaposa (xana ce nesa
'Teoe noieu'), aa speMe Benaxor Bxona, nocne
neaa-sa . .llOCTOjHO [ecr' t-1 MOnt-1TSeTocnoAl-be. rpeoa
na Ha~t-1HI1W ManH HaKJ10H.
Kana 01 y UPKSI1 He 113rosapaj 101 He nesaj
MOnl1TSe MexaHI1~KH. Hero HeKa MonHTsa nOTe~e 1013
rsor cpua. na>KfbHSO npara 6orocnY)Kel-be 101 y~ecTsHj
y MOnl1TBaMa tlpxee. KpcTH ce H xna-sa] salenao ca
CBI1Ma OCCTaJlHMa. Tpe6a ce npeKpCTHTI-1 csaxa nyr
«ana ce nOMeHe HMe Csere Tpojaue (Cnasa OTUY 101
CHHy 101 Cs . .llyxy), xao 101 Ha no~eTKY H xpajy CBaKe
MOm-1TBe, npeKpCTI-1TH ce aarsa 101 npH ynacKY 101
1-13nacKy 1-13 upsee, xana ce uenasajy I-1KOHe 101 nane
caebe. Kana ce KpCTHW ~HHH TO CBeCHO 1-1 ca
HaMepOM, 6e3 ~p6e, jep 1-1 Ha re] Ha~HH MOnl-1W 0.11
bora 6naroAaT I-berosy H MHnOCT. AKO y
U,pKSy
Aona31-1W ca Aeu,OM, SO.o.I1 pa~Ha na ce npacrojao
noaauiajy, HaY~11 I1X MOlll1TBI1 11 crpaxortourroea-sy,
AKo neua Mopajy J1a P13aljy sa BpeMe clIy)K6e, Hay'il1
I-1X J1a ce npexpcre 11 1-13af]y y TI1WI-IHI-I, 11111-1 I-IX caa
113BeJ1l1. AKO aere nO'iHe na nnave, 113Be.o.I-I ra
aanorse 111111 y nopry, He .o.03solbaaaj .o.eu,1-I .o.a Olo11l0
WTa jeJ1Y y U,pKBI-I, OCI1M Ha4>ope. BepHI1 rpeea .o.a
I1Majy pa3YMe~~a npeMa .o.eu,11 11 .o.a I1Majy y Bl1.o.y na
je r ocnon 3anOBe.o.I-IO po.o.l1Telbl1Ma .o.a My noaone
neuy. HeMor .o.eu,y HI1KaAa OWTpO npexopesara HI1
611TI1 rpy6 npeMa I-b"'Ma, na HX He 011 TI-1Me y.o.atbl10
0.11 upxae.
~e OCYl)yj OHe KOjl1 clIy>Ke HflI1 OHe KOjl1
y'ieCTBYJY y oorocnyJKel-by aKO y He"leMy 113 HexaTa
I1nl1 He3HaH>a norpewe: Kopl1cHl1je je n03aOaBI1TI1 CEo
conCTBeHI1M MaHaMa 11 Monl1TI1 r ocncaa na HaM
onpocr« rpexe. npl1MeTI1W nl1 HeWTO WTO 1>1 OMeTa
naxiey. He fbyrl1 ceo a aKO na« He Moxew na onaruaui on ce6e TO I-1CKywel-be. OOf.,e je na H1XO
npeheui «a npyro MeCTO.
Ilpa ynacxa y U,pKSy npHnpeMI1 Hoaau. aa
caehe 101 npanor aa 'racah.
HHKaAa He 113na3H 113 upxse npe «pa]a
eorocnyxeaa, aKO TO Hl1je 6aw aeonxonao, jep
~HHHW rpex npe.o. Eorou. AKa H1 ce TO AorOAH. noxa]
ce npHnl1KOM HcnosecTH,
Ilpeaa nasao ycnocraa-rseaou 0611~ajy.
MywKapUH croje y U,pKBI1 C necae crpaae, a xese ca
neee. Cpe.o.HWI-bH neo, OA rnasaor ynaaa AO UapcKHX
.llsepH. rpeoa J1a je cnooonaa.
Kana J1ona3HW y upxay, nponacao ce 06yul1:
oneha rpeea na TH je ~I1CTa 11 aeynanrsaea. Tecse
naaranoxe, «parse xarsaae 101 J1y60KH H3pe3H HI1Cy
.o.03BOfbeHH. Tpe6an06H na JKeHe 6y.o.y noseaaae
MapaMoM. Kana u,enHsajy HKOHe 101 npHMajy Csere
TajHe, He cMejy.o.a HMajy HaMa3aHe ycae.
napoxHjaHH 6H, H3HaA ceera, rpeoano na
raje Mef]yc06Hy fby6as, na 3ajeAHI1'iKI-1 crpeve
J1YXOBHOM )Kl-lBOry H na pa3yMejy caapxai
6orocnY)Kel-ba. AKO y bO)KjH xpau yna31-1Mo ca
crpaxonourroeaeea, aKO ce CMepHO OAHOCl-lMO
npeMa caeurreacray 11 je.o.HI1 npeMa .o.pyrHMa 11 aKO,
CTojelil1 y u,pKSI1, YBl1ljaMo .o.a CMO Ha He6ecl-1Ma,
rana ne rocnOJ1 YClII1Wl-lTI1 CBe aauie MOnI1TBe, a Ml-l
neMO ce I-beMy npI-l6nl1)KI1TI-I.
cmapai.ce 00 y
U,pKBU He
60pOBUW COMO inenoM, OOK mu
Mucnu nyrriojy BOH u,pKBe, ii 00
He cmojuw men.OM npeo 50eoM,
OOK ce oyx mBoj.60BU
OB03eMO.lbCKOM cmBopUMO, 00
ce He 6u 30 me6e peKno:
"npU6nUJKOBO MU ce HOpOO OBOj
ycmuMo CBOjUM; U yCHOMO Me
nowmyje; 0 cpu,e UM je YOO.lbeHO
00 MeHe:'(Mam. 15:8)
Cs. TUXOH 3aooHcKu
15
(npsu lCtJ{XJqu y nposocnaBHOj
MOCKlK1; lIpeso(J: AHa CUUn.aHUTJ)
upKBU.
OOKOH Bnaduuup Cudopos,
!..~ ... :;()}.{ai1Je c;'nclOU
to-..no~l~rop-.i cc Ildjr.l':H1JC H H::
j'-1ct:Jt.c nCI-...aJ:'. cy':.1-.. rora, "t'H LOW
l'~~. yr ::a1stlOMto<:l"l111lo4 na;>OXHJa~;;.
noc r oje O;HCCTpH H ¢o.1r:.10PH~
r pyne roje tlcr;'h 'tlapo:lHC Hf;>c:
h.i,:>:.'lt!:
CpnCKII JJ.OnpIlHOC aMeplllfKoj KyJrrypn
T.!iaa:0.pe .• alIH:H0 ... <!.lo6pojll~.
Y lCP.oll y A~ep;~UI! .:<a.11l C)'
3H2'iaJaH ':lOr..,;niOC 2MCpll'HOj
eiuueaauuoua.u-oj a:-:e:a rypu. 0110 je
~lor)'!'le P2!l1i rora WTO y 2~epll'i t:0~
npyurray Ii a:y.1TYPII ynopcno TCKy
naa IlCTOepC1-ICIl2 npo ueca: <11-1epHKaHH3aUHj2 nojC.'1HH2Ua 11 rpyna
II HJrpa.'1H.2 2Mepl~'ia:e K)' ..1TYI C
.'10npHHOCOM r ux nojenuuaua I'
rpyna KOjC cy caxyaane cvoj e
eTHH'lKO ryrrrypxo aacnehe.
KYJlTYPHH .'10npl1HOC Cp6a aMI PH'lKOj xyrrrypn ce MO:.+:e sanan, rH]
paJHHM BK!10BHMa H y paJHHM IJIJl;I'
CTHMa Taxo, npasrepa pana, Aw.pl i
xa je oforahexa .!lHBHHM CpnCKH!>4
6oroMoJh3Ma y CKOPO CBHM npxaaaMa AMCpHKC. HeKOJlHKO THX xpassoaa, nonxruyrux y ayTeUTl1'lHOM
cpnCKO-BHJaHTHjcKOM CTHJlY, nouoc
cy MCCTa y KOjHM3 cy nOllHrHYTH H
OJHa'leHH cy KaO xyrrrypa« cnOMCHHUH. TypHcTHMa ce npenopysyje
na TC xpaMOBC BH.!lC, WTO MI\':': . H
'lHHe.
H caao Flpasocnaane je xynrypHH nonpaaoc aMepH'lKoj xymypH.
HapaBHO. sacnyra 33 TO He npanana
caMO Cp6HM~seh H CBHM OCTanHM
npasOCJlaBHHMll'ynaMa y AMepHUH.
B3>KHO je HarnaCHTii na Je no 1950HX ro.nHH3 6poj npaBocnaBHHX CTanHO ona.nao. a Oll Tor BpeMeHa OH ce
nOBehaBa
He~OCT3TaK BepCKe nHTepaType
Ha eHrneeKOM jeJHKy, KOMnJleKC HHQ>epHOPHOCTH 'MJlallHX KOjH HHCy
HManH npHnHKe H MoryhHOCTU.na ce
.n06po yn03Hajy ca CBOjOM npaBOcnaBHOM UpoM (Te cy npUXBaTanu
llpyre Bepe) 6unu cy rJlaBHlt p3JnoJU ona.niUba. Ca.na. Met)yTuM, noCTOjH U 60rar3 nHTepaTypa 0
npaBOCnaBJ1>y Ha eHrneCKOM. Ha
:>KanOCT. MU Cp611 HUCMO tomoro .nonpltHeJlU TOMcPoHllY BepclCe nUTepaType Ha eHrneCKOM jeJIU:y anUCMO.
nenOTOM CBOjHX 60rocny:>KeH.3 It
xpar-WBa, npUMcpHHM BepelCHM
:>KlHlOTOM, oxp36punH MHoren3
npl1XaaTe np3..BOCn3BJbe.
He 611CMO XTeJln 113 norat):1MO ).:0rim:o je Cp63 y 3Mepl1'1lCojnpocBcTH,"
anli ca ClU)'PHOWl'ly TBp!uiMOna jc
H.HXoB6poj~nm:lI_nucau OBHXpe.'1083 liM3 !lItcT)' YHlil:lepJHTeTCKlix
npo¢ccop3Cp6J.. K30 It 6U6JutOTCa.:~: .
p3 no p3JHUM 3MepU'Ia.:uM yultscp,
JIITcTCa;UM 6116nIlOTca:3"ta. 113 TOM
cn ac rv, a:O;H JC He;lcrr;yH, t1Ma OtO
TpU CTOT uile I! ~el{a A 0 HaCT31lHII.
UH~a no r.iMHaJt1jaM2 H OCI{OB;H~~
llJKO"1a~a H He nocroja HIH:aKBa eSH·
.'lCHuuja. Ml{on~ 0.1 Cpfa yHHSCpJU·
TeTCKtiX npo¢ecopa cy seo v a
nOJHaTH Hay'iHHUH, HC caxo y AMepHUlI, seh H Y CBeT)'. Y aenocpenaox
ll:)':lIlPY ca 0811M npocecop axa \I
Hay'fHHUHMa. aMeplf'iKH crynexru
I1Majy npunaxe na ce ynoaxajy ca
cpnCKOM HCTOpHjOM It ryrrrypcx, ca
cpnCICOM npownowhy II C3!l.aWH>H·
uoi«, KOjC ce HHa'le npaxaayjy SCOMa
Hc06jelCTHsHo, 'fal< yHaKa)KeHO, KaKO
y caapesreaoj WTaMnH, TaKO HCTO '1
Y MHorHM yu6eHHuHMa H KH>Hr3Ma
KOJ~ ce H3J13Je no aMepH'lKHM yHH, _p3ItTeTCICHM 6H6nHOTeICaMa. 06jeICTHBHO 06asCWTaBaH.e ce He
orpaauxaaa casso Ha cryneare, aeh H
ua ny6m1Ky If Hay'lHe xpyrose, na, y
nccnemse apesce, H aa aMepH'lKe
npe.nCT3BHHKC y Koarpecy H Ceaa-
TY·
Ma J(aKO 6Hna Muoro6pojHa
rpy-
na Cp6a YHHsep3HTeTCICHX npooe-
copa, OHa je 3H3THO MaH.3 on npyrax
npo$ecHja: nexapa, HH>KeH.epa. BOjHHX H 3.llMHHHCTpaTHBHHX cny>K6eHHKa. yrneLIHHX TproaaU3. oco6a aa
BHCOKHM nOnO>KajHMa y pa3HHM
npe.nYJehHMa. nope.n TOra, Kao WTO
je n03HaTO, HMa H ceHaTopa H nocnaHHKa KOjH cy cpnCKor nopelCna. H
.nOK ce 33 MHore o.n H>HX HHje MHOro
'1yno. HMe XeneH EeHTnH ,lJ,eJlHh.
Hapo.nHor nocnaHHKa lt3 .np)KaBe
MepHneH.ll. nOJUaTO je MCt)y Cp6utota KaKO Oo.nc y AMepltUIt, TaKO H y
Cp6Hju.
liTO ce Tlt'ie Cp6a Klblt)l\eBHltKa
y AMepHUll. caMO OHll 1C0jH o6jaBJ1>Yjy cBojaKH.H)I(eBHa .nena Ha eHrneCKOM jeJHKy,- MOry. eBeHTyanHO.
HeWTO .nonpUt{CTH Ha TOM ~:ynryp­
HOM no.apy'ijy AMepulCe. A H.HXOB
6poj H-Hje Manu. HaMepHO HJ6eraB3Mo.na nOMeHeMO noje.nHHB'IHa UMeHaJl3°·ce· He 6UCMO, HeXOTHue
,·npdnyCTl-tBUlI(-He..-:ora., oFpewHnll.
- . -Bpe~{~jen3 ce HelCO n0336:UHl nHT~R-.e),tt:~itti£l.:H>Il)l\e'BH·OCTlt CTB3'~piHe.-s!tt :cP~t{je.. a.:aa.:o tfa c:pnclCoM,
~<f~~q;~H~~)R~!~!IM3 H3 KOjUM3 Cp61t .
. n~tW)'y p3JHII~ 3e1-Ub.1M3 rlle cy H3Ce.n.eHIl.
npu CICOPO cSHOj napoxltjll y
AMepUUII nocToje XOPOBlI t:ojll nelUjy H-e C3MO upncHy MPH!:)', 9<:1'111
16
Hajsan,
H~ ytll{aep3!(ten11lo43 H3
ro-
jl1llo4a ce npcaaje CpnCI:H jCJI1(. aehi!
je 6poj CTY.:IeH3Ta HecpnCI:Or nope
(.13 KOj~ cnyurajy re rypcese Hc:r-;)
6pojcrY.:ICH2T3CpnC(Ornope(~~
He CMeMO 3360paBUTH HH Ha~<:
YMeTHI1Ke. cnaxape H sajape, Herr:
01l1-b1D: cy BeOMa nOJH3TH y AxepnUI1. J enaa Haw cnuxap noprperacra
jc SCOMa Tp3'*'CH Met)y BCOMa JHa'!ajHHM noje.'1HHUHMa H3 aMepH'lKOr
npyurrsa H HJpar:tHOje noprpere aajyrnenaujax Met)y H>HMa
Ha p3JHHM xynTypHHM npxpen6aMa. 'InaHOBH HaWHX xoposa H opxecrapa, a H MHorn Cp6H nojenxuua
y ny6nHuH, 06)"teHH cy y cpncxe Haponae HOWH.e. Tpe6a saneru noHOCHa rraua neue H onpacnax ICOjH
HMajy cpehy na nocenyjy Te HOWH:>e!
Ha HeKHM on THX npupenaoa npapehyjy ce H HJnO>K6e npenxera BeJ2HHX
aa cpncxy
lCyJITypy.
AMepHlCaHUH .1C0jH nonase aa Te
. H3nO>K6e yn6'3Hajy ce H ca cpnCKOM
xyrrrypox H ca cpnCKOM HCTOpHjOM.
H HCMO, H HHje MOryhe. 06yxB3THTHyoBoMHanHcycsecpnCKe.nonpHaoce aMepH'IKoj E)'mypH. He CMeMO
OCTaBHTH HenoMeHyTe MOpaJIHe
KBanHTeTe HaWHX JLy.nH. lCateO HHTenelCT)'anal1a TaKOH HawHX '1ecTHTHX
pa.nHH1C3 H npHnaAHHIC3 llpyrHx
npo4>ecHja. lbHXOB MopanHH CTaH.llap.n t ",HXOBO naTpHjapXaJIHO BaCnIiTaH>e.
npeAyJHMJLHBOCT,
llape)KJLHBOCT. H MHore.npyre BpnuHe nocTajy H CTaH.n3P.n BeJlUICOr 6poja rpa1)aH3 MeeTa y 1C0jHMa :>Klme.
MO>Ke cnY>KHTIf Ha nOHOC CDUMa HaMa.na Me1)y HaWOM OMJl3l1HHOM HeMa
HapKOM3Ha HJlHje ",HXOB 6poj TonuICO ManH.na je H HenpHMeTaH. ,npyra
'IUH.eHl1ua Ha KOjy MoxeMO 6HTIt noHOCHH je Ta .na y aMeplMICHM JaTBOpl1Ma, 1C0ju cy HHa'ie npenYHH,
HEl\'lA 33TBOpeHl1K3 cpncror nope·
Kna.
OBO WTO je OBlle pe'ieHO 33 .!lOnpHHOC aMeplNlCoj J:YJIT)"pH, Mo~e
cepehH It 33 xymype.npyntx 3eM;Lt.3
y ICOjHM3 cy HaceJbeHIt Cp6H_ HapasHO. ItM3 l1 HeranmHl1X nojaiu.. Itiota II
ueranf8HItX oueHa Cp6J.. 06jcnuB.
H U~ H He06jernmHUx. anlt !lo6pv jc
.'13 ce" OEJEk'1lmHO. 0 Cp6I1M3 II
MUOro llo6por Jo,(OXC pel'lH.
•
'.
JEPEMYJEBCKH
BAnAl r13 3EErOBA XEP4ErOBA4KHX
,.
U3 p,y6HHa BanHjeu Te6H, rocnop,e! rocnop,e, n?xHTal I(
jJ.eHH; ,'4yI rnac'ua.rbetba lJole~, lep B 144e fJ. K T*:6H.YHe~O/bJf
:Hapop,a CBoJera.
HeKa tf3a~e npe,qa Te
IJQIlHTBa uoja, «so Ka,q npe,q
IltfL{e Taoje. He xao ,qHUfbett>e
o,q 6ou6H auepHKaHCKMX WTO
naAajy no Hapo,qy Teoue!
He ,qaj CPL{Y uojeuy ,qa
3aCTpaHtf y sne noUtfClltf, ,qa
~HHH mella 6e360>KHa C fbY,qtfUa KOjH nocTynajy THpaHCKM
H Henpase,qHo C Hapo,qou
TsojHu,
ca~ysaj Hac. locno,qe, oA
3auKH, KOje uetnytu« CHIlHHI.lH
3eua/bCKM Hapo,qy Teoue;
cs~ysaj Hac o,q nyKascTsa H
IlHl.leuepja CSHX KOjH 'iHHe
6e3aKOtba.
CHIlHHI.{H 3eMaIbCKH, HasyXOp,OHOCOPH H L{e3apH, HepoHH H CTaJbHHH, XHmepH 101
KnHHTOHH, SPOSOSH 101 leHwepH, TyljMaHH 101 AAHje, Hay'1HTe. ee .J7pasAH lbyp,cKoj 101
6o>KHjojr' 101 npasp,y HWTHTe
HaPOAY MOMe 101 HaPOAHMa
CoojHU. Jep lie sac c.g.ncTseHa
31lOIIa Ka3HHTH, jep ce He
cauo Ha casecTHMa Hero H Ha
cKYTosHMa saWHM SHAH Kps
CHPOMaxa npaSHjex, KpI3. HeSHHe p,el.le 101 cTapal.{F~, patt>eHHKa. H H36ernHI.la 1013 BaSHnoHa H PHMa, H3 AYWSH~a H
JaceHoSl.la, H3 KHnpa H PyaHp,e, H3 TonYCKOr H Sna>Kyja, H3
SatbS /1yKe 101 HeSeCHtbS, H3
Bp6H~Kor noTOKa H TynosHtia
KOp, Cp6Htba H YCToKIIHHe, f/~e
na,qajy sawe pa30pHe 601.166,
TeWKe KaO OKaMett>eHOCT cp.p,sl.la saWHX, 6pyranHe y cnaIbHBa/'bY Kao CnaJbeHe; casecTH sawe. KaKO y nHl.leMepjy CSOMe, nHnaTOSCKOM H
CratbHHOSCKOU. eppaHKO-aMePH~KOU H aHrno-caKCOHCKOu,
He SHp,Hre, 60r sac SHp,nO, p,s
60r >KHSH H S1cTHHHTH SHAH
J18)r( sawy. SHAH nYKasy. MyAPOCr BaWy, jep ere, no ):>e"'H
npopoq, "'YAPH He H8 A06po
Hero H6 3J1O ,qa ~H~Hre. .
ue. CYAt:!P MOtlHH H npa.·
seAHtt. KOj.-l HcnHTyjew cp4a. H
6y6pere. ,qaj p,a BtfAHU oceery TsolY Hap, /t>Hua. jep Te6H
xaaax nap6y csojy.
Aaj. locnop,e. oceetnw-e
npas,qe H cnoo...a,qH. /wepHKaHI.lHua KOIH cy -ualb I.{Hjene
seurse", HeTO WTO CH HeKa,qa
,qao BasHI1OHy. OHp,aWH>eU
-ualby L{Hjene seurue". Jep je
Tooja oceera. rocoone HBA
oopKaua. xac WTO je H Tooja
npasp,a H Tsoja 0cTHHa H
TooJB fby6aB. H TH en rocooAap CUpTH if )KHsora. Focoo,qe 6o)l(e Haw!
HHje OCTaBHO rocnoa HBA
sO;::Kaua Hapop, Csoj rpeWHH,
aKO H jeeTe seurs« Haws nyHs
KpHSHL{e CseL{Y M3paHfbesoM.
Kapaj Hac, locnop,e, sn«
He yHywTH; nocetn Hac noceTOM Tsojou, an' rocetn y p,aH
rtt>esa Csojera H HenpHjaTelbe
neiue, KOjH 3aTHpy TeKosHHy
Tsojy KOjy CH KpBIbY Coojo",
HCKynHo.
Cep,HMO p,aHsc Ha peKaMa
BasHIlOHCKHM, ce,qHMO Kpaj
nopyweHHX MOCTosa H eeocKHX lIynpHja If 6pSHapa, ce.qHMO H nJJa"lel.lO... Cep,HMO H8
peKalrfa CpncKHM YHH H Bp6acy, CaSH H ApHHH•.• 101 nne~eMO ropKo, If 3aKllHH>eMO ce.
BanHjeMO TH "3 36erosa
HaWHX seKOSHHX, yseK CY3HtfX
H KpsasHX,- no WYMCll"~ ~..
p,ypaMa HnnaHHHCKHM KIIaHL{HMa H3saHe H npo,qaHe.
pacnere H pa30peHe XepL{erosHHe H SocHe: OnoueHH ce,
locnop,e, CHHOSB ep,oMCKHj( CHHosa aMepH~KHX H esponCKHX -y AaH KaA roeopeui«:
paCKonajre, paCKonajre HX AO
TeMelba! K"'epH Ba!!!/,!.nnI-H"Of:>
6nYAHHL{e H KpSHHL{e ceetcss!
6naro OHOMe KO TH nnaTtI sa
,qje1lO Koje CH HaM ~HHtlna!
Snaro OHOMe KO Y3Me H
pa36Hje HW~a,qHja Tsoja 0
KaMeH.
TaKO Aa je >KHS IOCno,q.
)KHSa tie 6HTH Aywa Hawa.
Ha~ano MHAHKTa. TO jeer
noeor« net« SnarOCTH
nop,tOe.
1411.
cenreM6pa
1995.
+ Eo.3Xn A T8B8("KJe
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17
V. Rev. Fr. Vojislav Dosenovich
On Fasting
Fasting for Christians of the Orthodox Church is a very
important institution; it is ranked second in significance only to
prayer. This is accentuated by the occasion on which, when a boy
stricken by evil was brought to our Lord to be cured, our Lord
admonished his disciples saying, "This kind can come forth by
nothing but prayer and fasting" (Mark 9:29). These words from
the Gospel suggest to us the reality of our being-the reality of
body and soul and the Spirit who organizes the life of man.
Modem medicine accepts this concept in full, embodied in
the word "psychosomatic." In the Greek language psyche pertains to the souland soma relates to the body. This shows the close
. interrelation between our minds and our bodies. Our mind
exerts its influence upon our body; if the mind is affected, so also
is the bodyaffected. As I said in my previous book on this subject,
poison spreads from the center to the periphery. Understanding
this makes it possible for us to enter into the full meaning and
value of the words of ourSavior: "This can come forth by nothing
but prayer and fasting." This means that in prayer we turn to the
Divine Healer, and with fasting we exercise control of our will.
The late Bishop Nikolai designates this activity as the saving
prescription of the ChiefPhysician of our souls. Furthermore, he
said that this prescription is tested and proven to be just what it
should be and that there is no better prescription for human
insanity.
Here one must ask the question: What kind of sickness is it
that requires this sure prescription? Let us again listen to our
saintly Bishop as he advises us that the sickness is nothing less
than the presence and lordship of the evil spirit in man. Unfor-
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tunately, the boy whom our Lord liberated from the evil spirit inthe Gospel story is a dramatic portrait of many boys today.
However today it is not one or two, but an enormous number of
boys that, in many different ways are being tossed into the fire
one moment and into water the next.
Concerning this subject in our own time, let us listen to what
our Bishop, in agreement with the Church Fathers, has to say:
While this is taking place, the people of knowledge, influence
and power are opining about God, and of course as they do this they
are not able to do anything about evil. Evil, they say, laughs at the
incapability of human wisdom. But as soon as man starts to fast and
pray to God, the evil spirit becomes filled with an indescribeable fear,
for the aroma of prayer and fasting is repulsive to it. As fasting and
prayer brings our soul and body under the control of God, at the same
time the powers of evil are deadened to the point of complete paralysis. When man just thinks and talks about God there is plenty of room
for evil, but when he or she begins to pray with sincerity, and to fast
with patience and hope, it becomes too crowded for evil; evil must
abandon the person and flee.
. . We know that there is only one cure for certain physical
.. diseases, but against the greatest illness, insanity of the soul,
there are two cures to be taken simultaneously. Prayer and
fasting together are both preventive and curative. The Apostles,
Prophets, and countless Saints in both the Old and New Testa. ments, as well as our Lord, fasted and prayed, showing us how
and why to do it.
As gluttony causes a person to become gloomy and fearful,
fasting brings a person to cheerfulness and courage. As gluttony
leads a person to greater degrees of itsel f, so too does fasting
compel one to further abstinence. Here it is worthy to remember
the example of the king and prophet David, who trained himself
so much in fasting that he said; "My knees totter from fasting,
and my flesh is wasted of its substance" (Ps. 108:24). When a
person realizes the benefits of fasting he or she begins to grow
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more and more accustomed to it-and the benefits of fasting are
beyond number.
First of all, a person lightens the body with fasting and the
spirit becomes free from the darkness of obesity. The body
.becomes light and vigorous, and the spirit clear and vibrant.
Furthermore, through fasting a person lifts his soul. above the
earthly prison and pierces through the darkness of the animal
kingdom into the light of the kingdom of God-indeed, into his
original fatherland. One can say that Lent makes a person strong,
decisive and courageous before man and evil. Lent makes a
person philanthropic, merciful, obedient and humble before
God.
We are told that with fasting Moses deigned to receive the
Law from the hand of God. The Prophet Elijah closed the
heavens and there was no rain for three years; he brought fire
down from heaven upon the idolators and he fasted so well that
he became pure enough to speak with God upon Mt. Horeb.
Through fasting Daniel saved himself from the lions in the cave,
and his three young friends were saved from the fiery furnace
because they fasted. With fasting King David lifted up his heart
to the Lord, and as the grace of God descended upon him, he
produced the most precious songs and prayers that any man
before the advent of Christ ever offered to God. We read in Deut.
20:23 that through fasting King [ehosephat was able to conquer
his enemies from Ammon and Moab. In addition, the Jews
through fasting were saved from the pursuit of the' King of
Ammon's General (Esther 4:3). Even the pagan city of Nineva
was saved through fasting from the destruction foretold to them
by Jonah. Last but not least, John the Baptizerbecame the greatest
of men born of woman through fasting.
In addition to these examples from the Bible we have
countless armies of Christian Saints who cleansed themselves
with fasting, strengthened themselves, and became the greatest
heroes of human history. How did they do it? By overcoming
that which is the most difficult to conquer, namely, the self.
Victorious over the self, they won the victory over the world and
Satan.
Finally, did not our Lord himself begin his divine work for
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the salvation of the human race with a lengthy forty-day fast? _
Through his example he showed us clearly what we must do, namely, to begin a genuine Christian life with the practice of
fasting. That was how our Lord was able to overcomeSatan in the
desert, as well as the three demonic urges through which Satan
gains access to us: arrogance, love for sensual pleasure, and love
.for wealth and power. These are the three most formidable traps
for a person in this world.
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