Fasting and Great Lent
March 11th The Triodion Great Lent is the 40-day season of spiritual preparation that comes before the most important Feast of the Christian year, Holy…
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The Week of the Triumph of Orthodoxy
March 1st The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me. Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the…
Great Canon of St. Andrew of Crete
The first week of Great Lent has been known since times of old as the “dawn of abstinence,” or “clean week.” During that week, the Church persuades…
The Meeting of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
February 15th Today the Church commemorates an important event in the earthly life of our Lord Jesus Christ (Luke 2:22-40). Forty days after His birth…
The Holy Theophany of Our Lord Jesus Christ
January 19th Theophany is the Feast which reveals the Most Holy Trinity to the world through the Baptism of the Lord (Mt.3:13-17; Mark 1:9-11; Luke…
Archbishop Gabriel’s Nativity Epistle 2026
January 11th Source: https://chicagodiocese.org/news/1198/archbishop-gabriel-s-nativity-epistle-2026/
Nativity Epistle of His Eminence Metropolitan Nicholas of Eastern America and New York, First Hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad
January 5th Most Reverend Brother Archpastors, Venerable Fathers, Monastics, Brothers and Sisters! Peace be with you from the Abode of the Miracle-Working Kursk-Root Icon of…
The Real Saint Nicholas
December 19th Many words could be written about the true life and legacy of Saint Nicholas. While most today only consider a fictional, elf-like inhabitant…
The Myrrh-Streaming Icons of Hawaii
December 1st By now all our parishioners living in Honolulu have heard about the blessing that has been bestowed on us sinners, unworthy though we…
Synaxis of the Archangel Michael and the Other Bodiless Powers
November 21st (November 8th) The Synaxis of the Chief of the Heavenly Hosts, Archangel Michael and the Other Heavenly Bodiless Powers: Archangels Gabriel, Raphael, Uriel,…