...on the path towards brotherhood
This year, for Christmas, we felt a strong call; the need and desire to manifest universal love and brotherhood. We are living a complex time, how can we deal with it and what can we do?
Perhaps we can begin to… walk, all together, following the star that always guides us. One step after another, then one more and once again. Moving forward, with trust and openness, along the path.
To bring light where darkness envelopes everything, we must be willing to transform ourselves into channels of the most powerful force that permeates the entire universe: love. Let us be that love, become that love. Join us on this journey and let God’s love fill your heart so that you may be able to spread that love everywhere.
Merry Christmas from all of us!
Inspiration
Make sure to enjoy our latest videos and blogs, created especially to guide you to your inner star of awakening and live in love and brotherhood.
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Calendar
Welcome to the calendar of this year’s holiday season.
We wish you holy days and blissful moments in the company of your loved ones as well as your brothers and sisters worldwide.
Week 1- The Soul's Calling
The Soul’s Calling
26 November – 3 December
Mary and Joseph experience a deep call to Bethlehem as we now feel that same call to journey back to our true home in God.
December 2
8:30 – 9:30 pm
ONLINE & RES: Launch Satsang with Nayaswami Kirtani, Anand e Uma 
In this Satsang, Kirtani, Uma and Anand will share with us the inspiration for this year’s theme “Follow the Star – on the path towards brotherhood“. Be inspired and embrace the deep meaning of a true Christmas.
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Week 2 - The Path
The Path
4 – 10 December
Marie and Joseph start now the journey to Bethlehem, and so we begin to walk and explore the spiritual path.
December 8
6:30 – 8:45 am
ONLINE & IN PERSON: Special Divine Mother Meditation
Embrace the energy of the Divine Mother, in this meditation, through songs and readings, to open our hearts to her love and wisdom.
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December 9
8:15 – 9:30 pm
IN PERSON: Christmas Concert with the Ananda Joy Choir
Swami Kriyananda said, “There is in each of us a special song that needs to be sung”. Join the Ananda World Brotherhood Choir and immerse yourself in the true Christmas spirit. After the concert there will be magnificent refreshments!
December 10
11:45 – 1:30 am
ONLINE & IN PERSON: Sunday Service with Uma and Clarita
In the Ceremony of Light, we draw upon the profound blessings of the Lord’s Day, absorbing nourishment for body, mind and soul and give thanks for His gifts, cooperating with Grace for the spread of Light in the world.
Week 3 - The Challenges
The Challenges
11 – 17 December
As Mary and Joseph rise courageously to face the challenge of sleeping in a manger, with them we must rise to meet our challenges, fears and limitations.
December 14
6:30 – 8:30 am
ONLINE & IN PERSON: Morning Meditation and Purification
In this special meditation, we offer to the Guru’s grace everything that blocks our inner path.
December 15
8:30 – 9:30 pm IN PERSON: Christ Kirtan
Singing to God is bliss. Join us and let us sing together to Christ.
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December 17
9:00 – 17:00 ONLINE & IN PERSON: 8-hour Christmas Meditation
Take this time to deepen your spiritual life and to contact the infinite Source of joy within you. It is the best Christmas gift you can give yourself and the world.
Week 4 - The Awakening
The Awakening
18 – 24 December
Christ is born on Christmas Day, and we experience small and great awakenings until the ultimate awakening in Christ consciousness!
December 22-26
20:30 – 21:30 pm
IN PERSON: Christmas with your spiritual family
Christmas at Ananda is very special: inspiring, simple, meaningful. It is a time of deep joy that you can experience with us as a member of our spiritual family, as we rejoice in the birth of Christ Consciousness.
Join us to share moments of joy and laughter, of silence and inner communion, giving and receiving in divine friendship.
December 23
8:30 – 9:30 pm
ONLINE & IN PERSON: Prayer Kirtan “Light for the World“
On this special evening we want to become channels of the Light and Love of Jesus. Through songs, prayers, stories, we will create a powerful energy to tune in to his presence, his teachings and his profound message.
December 24
9:30 – 11:00 pm
IN PERSON: Christmas Eve with a Live Nativity Scene
On this special evening we want to connect ourselves ever more deeply with Christ. We have prepared a living nativity scene in order to approach His coming with devotion and sincere, living and passionate faith.
Week 5 - The Celebration
The Celebration
25 – 31 December
On this special evening we want to connect ourselves ever more deeply with Christ. We have prepared a live nativity scene in order to approach His coming with devotion and sincerity, as well as living and passionate faith.
December 25
11:00 – 11:45 am
ONLINE & IN PERSON: Christmas Message by Nayaswami Anand & Kirtani
We enter the height of Christmas with an inspiring message from our spiritual directors, Nayaswami Kirtani and Nayaswami Anand.
8:45 -9:30 pm ONLINE & IN PERSON: Christmas Concert with the Ananda Joy Choir
Join us and immerse yourself in the joyful music of Christmas. The Ananda choir concert is one of the great moments of the Christmas season, an inspiring and blessed feast of sounds.
December 26-29
IN PERSON COURSE: Reflections on 2023
For more than 40 years, this Reflection course has been offered at Ananda during the last week of December. It is a unique opportunity to reflect on the year that has just gone by – grasping the most important messages and lessons – and to plan with confidence, together with other spiritual seekers, the next steps in the New Year. This year, the course will be a 3-day intensive.
December 29- January 1
IN PERSON COURSE: New Year’s Eve at Ananda
Let’s celebrate the New Year together! A precious opportunity to transform ourselves inwardly and share our growth with others. Let us prepare to let go of what is no longer necessary and make room for what the Divine wants to bring us and manifest in our lives. Happy 2024!
December 31
9:30 pm – 0:30 am ONLINE & RES: New Year’s Eve
A transformative and sacred moment of passage that we will celebrate together with our spiritual family, our guest friends and our entire online community!
United in the Light of our Masters, our hearts will blossom into new life to welcome 2023 with immense joy and hope!
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Week 6 - Expansion and Sharing
Expansion and Sharing
1 – 7 January
The three wise men visit baby Jesus and 2000 years later Yogananda is born on the 5th of January to spread the same message of Self-realization with the world. Thus we are called to spread the light of Self-realization by our living example in every action, every word and every thought!
January 1
12:00 – 13:30 ONLINE & IN PERSON: New Year’s Message by Nayaswami Kirtani and Anand 
We begin the New Year with an inspiring message from our spiritual directors, Nayaswami Kirtani and Nayaswami Anand.
With wisdom, humor and deep attunement, Nayaswami Kirtani and Anand will offer guidance and encouragement as we face the challenges and victories of the coming year.
January 1-4
IN PERSON COURSE: The Universal Message of Paramhansa Yogananda—Self-realization
A new course with Nayaswami Uma and Narya
In these three days, we will tune in to Yogananda and explore his life-changing teachings.
The path of Self-realization, introduced to the world by Paramhansa Yogananda, has the power to meet the needs of all humanity in this new age and to prepare us for the great changes we are facing in these times of equally great challenges and opportunities for growth.
January 4-7
IN PERSON COURSE: Paramhansa Yogananda, Divine Friend
Join us in this very special weekend, in which we will have the opportunity to celebrate together the birthday of Paramhansa Yogananda and to attune ourselves to his living presence and divine friendship, which is always accessable to us.
January 5
6:30 – 8:30 am ONLINE & IN PERSON: Special Meditations for Yogananda’s Birthday:
In this special meditation, we want to tune in to the joyful consciousness of our beloved Guru.
Meditation is the main tool for realizing union with the cosmic beloved within us, let us meditate together this vacation season to strengthen the Light of God throughout the world.
11:00 – 13:30 ONLINE & IN PERSON: Satsang “How Yogananda touched my life”
On this blessed day, we will share the testimonials of those who have experienced an encounter with the Master and how this caused transformation that brings us into His grace and help us attune to His Consciousness.
17:45 ONLINE & RESIDENZIALE: SATSANG GLOBALE “YOGANANDA PER IL MONDO”.
Festeggiamo insieme il nostro Maestro nel tempio di Luce con un satsang globale. Assieme a Joytish & Devi, tutte le comunità di Ananda si uniranno per celebrare con canti, ispirazioni e storie, tutta la nostra più profonda devozione per Yogananda, avatar immortale.
8:45 – 10:00 pm
ONLINE E IN PERSON: Birthday Celebration with a theatre performance “Mukunda”
Paramhansa Yogananda had a mission in the world: to inspire all souls with love for God and to share the teachings and practices of Kriya Yoga. Whether you are a disciple or are just exploring, you will find this theatrical event inspiring, uplifting and full of joy.
January 6
11:oo am ONLINE & IN PERSON: Kriya Initiation
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Living in World Brotherhood
Man is a soul, not an institution; his inner reforms alone can lend permanence to outer ones. By stress on spiritual values, self-realization, a colony exemplifying world brotherhood is empowered to send inspiring vibrations far beyond its locale.
– Paramhansa Yogananda from Autobiography of a Yogi
Swami Kriyananda brought the Master’s words to life by creating Ananda, the movement of communities based on his universal teachings. Today Ananda is a magnificent reality with communities spread all over the world:
“Places that can facilitate the development of an integrated, well-balanced life, setting an example to all mankind of the advantages of such a life.”
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