Tree by the Stream

Verses 5 and 6 are before us: And as His disciples were setting out for the other side, they forgot

Before us are the final four verses of the fifteenth chapter: And He took the seven loaves and the fish,

Before us are verses 29 to 31 of the fifteenth chapter. And Jesus departed from there and came to the

27th verse: 27. And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters’

We begin our interpretation of this Gospel passage with verses 21–22: Then Jesus departed from there and withdrew to the

We continue with the patristic interpretation of the Gospel, beginning with verses 15–16: Then Peter answered and said to Him,

We continue our interpretation of verses 10–11 of the fifteenth chapter of the Gospel according to Matthew. St. Theophan the

We continue with Chapter Fifteen, verses 3–5: But He answered and said to them, “Why do you also transgress the

Verses 33–34: Then those who were in the boat came and worshipped Him, saying, “Truly You are the Son of

The Holy Fathers now interpret the event of Peter walking upon the water. We come to verses 28–29: And Peter

We begin this homily with verses 24–25 of chapter 14: But the boat was already in the middle of the

We now come to verses 20–21: So they all ate and were satisfied, and they took up twelve baskets full

Protopresbyter-Staurophorus Vajo Jović

Protopresbyter-Staurophorus Vajo Jović was born in 1956 in Ugljevik, Srpska.

Priest in Zagreb and Secretary of the Diocesan Board of the Metropolis of Zagreb and Ljubljana since 1979.
From Zagreb, he served the missionary parish in Maribor.
Parish priest at the Church of St. Alexander Nevsky in Belgrade since 1991.
Since 2000, Elder of the same church and Director of the Orthodox Missionary School until his retirement in 2023.

Forty-two years of priestly service are characterized by intensive missionary work.

Recipient of the Order of St. Sava, third degree.

Protopresbyter-Staurophor Radivoj Panić

Protopresbyter-Staurophor Radivoj Panić is the coordinator of the Parish Mission Department of the Missionary Department of the Archbishopric of Belgrade-Karlovci. He was born on April 1, 1961 in Novi Sad. He completed the seminary in Sremski Karlovci in 1981.

From 1986 to 1991, he was engaged as a librarian at the Orthodox Theological Faculty in Belgrade.

He was ordained to the priesthood in 1992. He began his pastoral ministry as a parish priest in Kosova Polje, where he served from 1992 to 2001. After that, from 2001 to 2009, he was the parish priest at the Church of St. Alexander Nevsky, and since 2009 he has served as the parish priest at the Church of St. Sava. He completed his theological studies in 2008, at a time when he was already serving as a parish priest.

He is particularly involved in organizing pilgrimages to Kosovo and Metohija, as well as in humanitarian work. He collaborates with the organization “Our Serbs” from Chicago, through which he actively participates in providing assistance to the Serbian people in Serbia and Kosovo and Metohija, as well as in supporting domestic organizations operating in these areas.

Father Radivoj Panić is considered one of the most respected priests of the Archbishopric of Belgrade and Karlovac.