31 August ~ The Placing of the Cincture (Sash) of the Most Holy Mother of God
The Placing of the Venerable Belt of the Most Holy Theotokos in a church of Constantinople’s Chalcoprateia district took place during the reign of the emp...
Tag: Feast Days
29 August ~ Beheading of St. John the Baptist
The divine Baptist, the Prophet born of a Prophet, the seal of all the Prophets and beginning of the Apostles, the mediator between the Old and New Covenants, t...
Archbishop Nicolae’s Meditation for the Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos
Archbishop Nicolae At the Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos it is beneficial for us to discover what the Holy Fathers of the Church teach us about honorin...
15 August ~ Dormition of the Theotokos
I love the feasts of Mary! I have loves these feasts since I was a kid but I really did not know why. She has always been there but that was it, she was Jesus m...
June 26th ~ All Saints of North America
On the second Sunday after Pentecost, each local Orthodox Church commemorates all the saints, known and unknown, who have shone forth in its territory. Accordin...
Sermon ~ The Transforming Power of the Holy Spirit
Pentecost Icon Acts of the Apostles 2:1-11 Gospel: John 7:37-52; 8:12 Today, our Church celebrates the Great Feast of Pentecost. We all know the story and we ca...
Sunday of the Blind Man
The sixth Sunday after the Feast of Holy Pascha is observed by the Orthodox Church as the Sunday of the Blind Man. The day commemorates the miracle of Christ he...
4th Wednesday after Pascha – Mid-Pentecost
After the Saviour had miraculously healed the paralytic, the Jews, especially the Pharisees and Scribes, were moved with envy and persecuted Him, and sought to ...
7 May ~ Our Father Among the Saints Alexis Toth of Wilkes-Barre
Our holy Father Alexis, the defender of the Orthodox Faith and zealous worker in the Lord’s vineyard, was born in Austro-Hungary on March 18, 1854 into a ...
4th Sunday of Great Lent ~ St. John Climacus
The Sunday of St. St John of the Ladder (Climacus) is the fourth Sunday of Great Lent. It commemorates St John Climacus (+649), the author of the work The Ladde...