Sunday After the Nativity
Galatians 1:11-19 Matthew 2:13-23 We deal with many things in the Gospel passage appointed for this Sunday after the Nativity. We first find the Holy Family sti...
Author: Fr. Peter
Saddam
All over the news today have been reports of the pending execution of Saddam. I have very mixed feels about his execution. What good will it serve to execute hi...
Romanians Celebrate St. Stephen’s Day
From Nine O’clock thanks to Floyd Frantz for the link. In the Romanian principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia there have been as many as 17 rulers with ...
Gerald Ford RIP
Word has reached us here in the village of the passing of former President Gerald Ford at the age of 93. Much will be written in the coming days of him and his ...
Nativity Services
Yesterday after Divine Liturgy we did a quick change of the church from Advent to the Nativity season. All of the red was replaced with white and candles were p...
Nativity Message
The Nativity Message of His Eminence Archbishop Nicolae of the Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese in the Americas can be found here: EnglishRomanian
Great Vespers
If anyone is in the area tonight, we are having Great Vespers at 5pm here in the church. Fr. Greg is coming down from Worcester so it should be a great service....
Parastas (Paos) Service
The third part of the Funeral Service is what is called the Parastas or Memorial Service. This service is served on the 40th day after the falling asleep as wel...
Pastoral Joys
This morning I had a great breakfast with Fr. Greg and returned to the church to find the other furnace in the church on the fritz. We have three hot air furnac...
Orthodox Funeral Service Part II
In the last post the pre-funeral liturgies were covered. In this post I would like to look at the actual Funeral Liturgy and some of the symbolism of the things...