Sunday of the Canaanite
The Reading is from Matthew 15:21-28 At that time, Jesus went to the district of Tyre and Sidon. And behold, a Canaanite woman from that region came out and cri...
Tag: Theology
Merry Christmas
Troparion of ChristmasThy Nativity, O Christ our God, hath shined the light of knowledge upon the world; for thereby they that worshipped the stars were instruc...
Pastoral Letter
His Eminence, Archbishop Nicolae of the Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese in the Americas has released his Pastoral Letter for the Feast of the Nativity. You can re...
Conception of the Theotokos
According to the ancient tradition of the Church, since Saint Anna, the Ancestor of God, was barren, she and her husband Joachim remained without children until...
Days of the Week
Father Stephen over at the Glory to God for All Things Blog is writing a commentary on the days of the week in Orthodox Spirituality. Today he takes on Wednesda...
Pentecost
Pentecost SundayJohn 7:37-52; 8:12 Article on the Pentecost Icon from Orthodox Wiki. Pentecost by Fr. Alexander Schmemann Icon from www.goarch.org
Five Pillars of Orthodoxy
Hat tip to Ben Johnson of Western Orthodoxy for this post. The Five Pillars of Orthodoxy
Saturday of Lazarus
Today is the Saturday of Lazarus and the real beginning of our Holy Week Service. Over the next week the services will lead us to the event of the Resurrection ...
Conception of the Theotokos
Today, those of us in the Easter Church, celebrate the Conception by St. Anna of the Holy Theotokos. Yesterday the Western Church celebrated the feast of the Im...
Did Mary Have Labor Pains
Fr. Z posted a review of the new Nativity Movie on his blog, and some people posted comments complaining about the movie and the fact that it depicts the Theoto...