On Sunday of the third week of the Great Lent, named Sunday of the Holy Cross, in the monastery of Saint Prohor Pchinski, when the memory of the Holy Martyr Maurice and the Seventy Soldiers with him and The Many Martyrs in Eugenius Near Constantinople was also celebrated, Father Gavril served a Holy Devine Liturgy, on which the faithful received the holy and saviour Mysteries of Christ. Continue Reading »

1. Отец Гаврил, каква е разликата да се биде монах во манастир на австралиска почва, наспроти да се биде монах во манастир на македонска почва?

Разликата е огромна. Најпрво да појдеме од фактот дека Медонија е библиска земја која Христијанството го има уште од самиот негов почеток. Првоврховниот св.ап.Павле бил првиот проповедник во Македонија, и не само св.ап. Павле туку и многу од другите Христови Апостоли мисионериле по нашата Македонија. На пример, Првоповиканиот св. ап. Андреј бил првиот организатор на македонската Црква кој поставил неколку апостоли за епископи по македонските градови. А да не ја заборавиме и Пресветата Владичица Богородица, Мајката Божја, која со своја нога стапнала во Македонија и ја благословила. И од тогаш па се до денес во Македонија има непрекинато православно христијанско предание.

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1. 1. Father Gavril, what is the difference of being a monk in a monastery in Australia, compared to being a monk in a monastery in Macedonia?

There is a big difference. Firstly, let us start from the fact that Macedonia is a biblical land which has had Christianity from its very beginning. Apostle Paul was the first preacher in Macedonia, and not only Apostle Paul but many other Apostles of Christ were missionaries in our Macedonia. For example, the first summoned Apostle Andrej was the first organiser of the Macedonian Church and appointed several Apostles as Bishops in the Macedonian cities. And let us not forget the most Holy Theotocos, Mother of God, who set her foot on Macedonia and so blessed it. And from that time till today in Macedonia there has been a continuous Orthodox Christian legacy.

But here everything is new and mixed up. Continue Reading »

On the Sunday of the commemoration of St. Gregory Palamas, when we celebrate the memory of Holy Apostle Onesimus; and Venerable Eusebius, Syrian Hermit; Holy Liturgy was served at the monastery of Saint Prohor Pchinski, Donnybrook, where the faithful received the Holy Mysteries of Christ. Continue Reading »

In the monastery of Saint Prohor Pchinski, this Saturday, the abbot father Gavril served an all night vigil in honor of Repose of Saint Cyril; Venerable Auxentius and the elder Ephraim of Kathounakia.

If You are willing, You can make me clean…I am willing; be cleansed.(Mark.1, 40-41) God is always benevolent towards us and wants to help us, but He never does anything against our own will. It’s only necessary for us to have faith and to wish and He is always ready to help us. Continue Reading »

It is necessary to the Christian to fast, to clear up his mind, to become more compassionate and to move his good will to good deeds. Such of our human abilities, we do strangle and darken the most with overeating, over drinking and other concerns of this world, falling out of the Source of Life in that way, of God, and fall in the abyss of our vanity, dishonouring and perverting the face of God in us. Continue Reading »

The first Sunday of the Great Lent is dedicated to all the martyrs and the confessors who died and suffered in the defense of the holy icons. In honor of their memory, the Divine Liturgy was served at the monastery of Saint Prohor Pchinski, Donnybrook, where the faithful received the Holy Mysteries of Christ. Continue Reading »

Литургијата е од една страна, реална животна средина, а друга страна, извор од кој ние се храниме со непропадлива храна. И заради тоа нас ни е потребно да живееме во таа атмосфера и да се храниме со таа храна. Затоа и Господ пред да биде распнат, пред да умре на Крстот, да воскресне и се вознесе, ни ја покажа и даде вистинската храна - Телото и Крвта Негова. Пред да се вознесе на небесата Тој им вети на своите апостоли дека ќе им го испрати Утешителот, Духот на Вистината, и Тој тоа го исполни на Педесетница со што и ја оформи Црквата, и затоа Црквата е нашето вистинско место во кое живееме и св Причест е нашата вистинска храна и пиење со кои се храниме и надвор од тоа нема живот. Continue Reading »

The Liturgy is a real environment, and from another it is a source of incorruptible food for us. Therefore we need to live in that environment and feed ourselves with that food. That is why Jesus Christ Himself before He was crucified, before He died on the Cross, before He rose from the dead, prepared us and gave us the real food – His Body and His Blood. Before He was taken to Heaven, He promised his apostles that He will send them the Comforter, the Spirit of Truth, and He fulfilled his promise at Pentecost on which occasion He founded the Church, so that is why the Church is the real place for us to live in, and when we consume Holy Communion this is our real food, and beside this there is no life.

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On the Forgiveness Sunday, when we celebrate the memory of Holy Martyr Tryphon; Holy Martyrs Perpetua, Felicitas, Satyrus and others with them; (Forgiveness); at the monastery of st. Prohor Pchinski, holy Liturgy was served and the faithful partook in the holy Gifts of Christ. 

Father Gavril compared the forgiveness with a door. If we forgive we open that door , we see God and we enter in a no ending space where we feel free, enlightened and happy. If we do not forgive others we will stay in the dark room of obscuration of our passions and slavery to the devil. Continue Reading »