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From the Cross to the Empty Tomb
H.E. Metropolitan Cleopas of Sweden’s Homily at the 12th Catechumens’ Seminar St. George Cathedral of Stockholm, Thursday, April 16, 2026
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
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
