Repetition of Divine Liturgy is Not Boring!
The Repetition of the Divine Liturgy Is Not Boring by Hieromonk Tikhon, Abbot of Stavronikita… [more]
St. Tatiana’s Day: Religion Meets Science
(scroll down past this article for life of St. Tatiana) by Mikhail Aristov from: Voice of Russia On… [more]
Chicago Area Orthodox Hold Vigil for Life
(UOC-USA) - Monday, January 23, 2012 marks the 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision… [more]
Not ‘Dueling Wizards,’ but ‘Cooperating Bishops’
A great photo from Theophany 2012. Romanian, right, and Serbian bishops perform the Out-of-Doors Blessing… [more]
Spiritual Awakening in Georgia (from blog of Rick Steves, travel writer)
Georgia is a Christian outpost in a largely Islamic part of the world. Despite living farther east than… [more]
Discipleship, Growth, Education
Why do we ask God to “judge us by His strength”? (Ask Father)
Why do we ask God to “judge us by His strength”? (Ask Father) By Fr. Joseph Bittle Question: In the Vesperal Prokeimenon for Wednesday … more
Repetition of Divine Liturgy is Not Boring!
The Repetition of the Divine Liturgy Is Not Boring by Hieromonk Tikhon, Abbot of Stavronikita Monastery (Mount Athos) All that happens … more
“I cannot leave. I came here to sanctify” – Elder Porphyrios
In the old days, during the feast of the Theophany, we used to sanctify homes. One year I also went to sanctify. I would knock on the doors of the … more
Orthodox Psychotherapy & Addiction – Fr. Meletios Webber (Video)
On Wednesday, December 7, at the Eastern American Diocesan Winter Pastoral Conference (R.O.C.O.R.) in Miami, FL, Archimandrite Meletios Webber, rector … more
On the Blessing of Homes on Theophany
by Fr. Sergei Sveshnikov Why Bless a Home? The Orthodox Church teaches that we do not have two separate lives–a secular one and a spiritual … more
Parish News
St. Lawrence of Rome icon added to nave
We have just been given an icon of St. Lawrence of Rome. It has been place near the northern end of the back wall of the nave. Learn more about this saint: The Martyrs Archdeacon Laurence, Pope Sixtus, Deacons Felicissimus and Agapitus, the Soldier Romanus were citizens of Rome, and suffered in the year 258 [...]
Schedule Adjustment for Dec. 5 / 6
Good news! We will have our Great Vespers and St. Nicholas party Monday night! Great Vespers is at 6:00 pm and the Party will be at the home of Chuck and Georgia Nash at 7:00 pm. But, due to the hospital stay of baby Abigail Bittle, the Divine Liturgy scheduled for Tuesday morning is cancelled. [...]
Archangel Icons Are Here
We have been blessed with the completion of the two archangel icons for the north and south doors of the iconostasis! These icons are by the hand of Fr. Andrew Tregubov. We blessed them on the Sunday after Thanksgiving, and they are now mounted on the iconostasis. [...]
Orthodox World News
St. Tatiana’s Day: Religion Meets Science
(scroll down past this article for life of St. Tatiana) by Mikhail Aristov from: Voice of Russia On January 25 (Jan. 12 New Style), the Orthodox Christian Church celebrates the day of Saint Martyr Tatiana. In Russia, this is also the holiday of students, for on this day, in 1755, the Moscow University was founded. [...]
Chicago Area Orthodox Hold Vigil for Life
(UOC-USA) – Monday, January 23, 2012 marks the 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision that removed many state and federal restrictions on abortion. Every year, thousands gather in the District of Columbia, the nation’s capitol in Washington, DC for the annual March for Life. It’s been deemed the largest and longest-running [...]
Hieromonk Dimitry Pershin on Efforts of Russian Church to Fight Abortions (Audio)
Priest-monk Dimitry Pershin, research fellow at Bioethics chair of Russian Medical University tells about the efforts of the Russian Orthodox Church to fight abortions. Father Dimitry warns against the detrimental spiritual and mental consequences of the ‘operation’. This interview at The Voice of Russia can be listened to at http://english.ruvr.ru/radio_broadcast/52447006/58456463.html
Spiritual Awakening in Georgia (from blog of Rick Steves, travel writer)
Georgia is a Christian outpost in a largely Islamic part of the world. Despite living farther east than Syria, Egypt, and parts of Iraq, Georgians have a strong Christian tradition. It was the third state to convert to the religion (after Armenia and Constantine’s Rome) in the third century A.D., and since then, has resisted [...]
Rebirth of Orthodoxy: An Exhibition in Moscow (Video)
What happens when modern technology is put to work to illustrate the beauty and tradition of Orthodoxy for God’s Glory? Enjoy this wonderful presentation of the “The Russian Orthodox Church—a Summary of Twenty Years: 1991–2011”. Hat Tip From Proslavie.ru: November 4, 2011, on the feast of the Kazan icon of the Mother of God, the tenth [...]
Stay Connected