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Vasilopita and New Year Traditions, from antiquity to the present day

Βy His Eminence Metropolitan Cleopas of Sweden

Light and Water at Theophany and in Ancient Greece

By His Eminence Metropolitan Cleopas of Sweden

The Fables of Aesop as a Preparation for the Gospel by H.E. Metropolitan Cleopas of Sweden

The Orthodox Church has never categorically rejected pre-Christian thought. On the contrary, it subjected it to discernment, distinguished it, and made use of it. The Fathers saw in Aesop’s fables a preparatory discourse; a natural morality that prepares humanity to receive the light of the Gospel

What begins in the manger is fulfilled in the Tomb and overturned in the Resurrection

Christ’s Nativity as a prefiguration of His burial and Resurrection in the patristic and liturgical tradition - By His Eminence Metropolitan Cleopas of Sweden

6th Meeting of Catechumens and distribution of catechetical material in Stockholm

After the exchange of festive greetings ahead of the celebrations of the Holy Twelve Days of Christmas, the next meeting was scheduled for Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 6:00 p.m. (Swedish time)

“Sleep, My Little Angel, Sweetly to My Song” by His Eminence Metropolitan Cleopas of Sweden

The lullaby constitutes not only tenderness, but also memory, tradition, folk wisdom, and theological depth, often without its creators or bearers being conscious of the depth of the words they whisper

The Feast of Saint Nicholas at the Finnish Parish of Stockholm

The hymns of the day were chanted in Finnish, Karelian, Swedish, Greek, and Church Slavonic by the parish choir, together with members of the Byzantine choir of Saint George Cathedral in Stockholm

H.E. Metropolitan Cleopas’ Homily on the Entrance of the Theotokosinto the Temple and the Nativity of Christ St. George Cathedral of Stockholm

"In the Nativity of Christ, that which was hidden is revealed"

Pastoral visit of Metropolitan Cleopas to Vasteras, Sweden

In his homily, the Hierarch of the Northern Lands of the Mother Church referred to the significance of the Feast of the Entry of the Theotokos into the Temple as a prelude to the Great Feast of Christmas

4th Meeting of Catechumens and Newly Illumined at the Stockholm Cathedral

The Metropolitan presented the full content of his address, referring to the apostolic identity of the Orthodox Church, as well as the contemporary witness of the faith across all continents

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