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The Orthodox Church under persecution – From the Apostolic Age to the present
Metropolitan Cleopas of Sweden’s Speech at the 11th Catechumens’ Seminar St. George Cathedral of Stockholm, Thursday, March 26, 2026
Metropolitan Cleopas of Sweden: My small forgotten Homeland!
By His Eminence Metropolitan Cleopas of Sweden
Heated exchange between Papastavrou and Sweden’s energy minister over European power grids at the Council of Ministers
A dispute over the joint planning of electricity grids saw the Greek minister challenge his Swedish counterpart, saying that “ultimatums are not the way we should operate,” and calling for a common European strategy for energy networks, invoking Jacques Delors
“I think of you, I love you”: Ancient stones reveal Viking love messages from 1,000 years ago
Viking stones speak again – What the runic inscriptions that keep coming to light reveal
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
“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
