Sermon for the 4th Sunday of Pascha
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Beloved brothers and sisters in Christ, Today, on the 4th Sunday of Pascha, we reflect upon the healing of the Paralytic at the Pool…
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Month May 2024
The Feast of St. Domitilla
Saint Domitilla, a revered martyr in the Orthodox Christian tradition, is commemorated on May 12. She is often honored alongside her companions, Nereus and Achilleus, who were also martyrs. Her life and martyrdom are celebrated for their steadfast faith and…
Tre Fontane – The Place of Martydom of the Holy Apostle of the Nations, St. Paul
The Sacred Ground of Tre Fontane and the Martyrdom of St. Paul the Apostle In the heart of Rome lies a site of profound significance for Orthodox Christians: Tre Fontane, the place traditionally associated with the martyrdom of St. Paul…
It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see. -Henry David Thoreau St. Symeon the New Theologian says, “If you want to see God, take pains to purify your heart, through the practice of the commandments and…
Quo Vadis, Domine?
The Quo Vadis tradition is the story of St. Peter’s flight from the Emperor Nero’s persecution of Roman Christians in the first century. As legend has it, Peter decided to flee Rome at the outbreak of the persecution, perhaps in…
Foreigners and Exiles
St. John Chrysostom, an esteemed Early Church Father, embodies the spirit of the epistle of St. Peter, which declares, “Dear friends, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from sinful desires, which wage war against your soul” (1…
A Last Will and Testament that Expresses a True ROCOR’s Bishop Beliefs Concerning the Moscow Patriarchate
If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear. -George Orwell The Last Will and Testament of Archbishop Antony of Los Angeles The Lord has destined us to live…
From the Ordinations of Aleksandar Radunovic to the Diaconate and Priesthood
On Saturday the 5th/18th of May, 2024, the layman Aleksandar Radunovic was tonsured a reader and subsequently ordained a subdeacon in the morning orthros service, before being ordained to the holy diaconate during the divine liturgy on the same day.…
The Paschal Martyrdom of Neomartyr Panagiotis (+ 1820)
Below is an account of the Englishman Joseph Wolff, an eccentric missionary to the Jews, who relates that when a young man named Panagiotis, in his ignorance of Islamic law entered the Mosque of Omar in Jerusalem (the Dome of the…