Church at Trossingen Parish: Metropolitan Seraphim explained that the family is a small church and the Church is a big familytranslated

"Every family is a small church and the church where we gather on Sundays and at the feast is the big church. And here we form an extended spiritual family. We are all, we try to be one, to feel like brothers and sisters," said Metropolitan Seraphim of Germany, Central and Northern Europe on the Sunday after the Exaltation of the Holy Cross.

His Holiness Father Seraphim officiated the Holy Liturgy at the Parish of Trossingen in Germany, which honored in advance the Conception of St. John the Baptist, one of the patrons of the community. "It is a very active parish that takes care of the faithful in general and especially the children," appreciated the metropolitan father.

Let us entrust ourselves to God Also, the metropolitan father spoke about the mystery of the Cross and the love of God in the life of each of His believers. "Everything that happens in our life, in the big things and in the small things, is the will of God, it is the presence of God, only we do not realize it," said His Eminence.

"And then everything that happens in our lives happens with God's will, from God's providence and care for our salvation, and we don't have to...