Christ is Risen! The Fifth Sunday After Pascha The Sunday of the Samaritan Woman After-feast of Mid-Pentecost Martyr Basiliskos of Comana; Holy Fathers of the Second Ecumenical Council; John Vladimir, king of Serbia Jesus and the Samaritan Woman Photini of Samaria The holy and glorious Great-martyr Photine of Samaria (also Photini or Svetlana), Equal-to-the-Apostles, … [Read more...]

Christ is Risen! Truly He has Risen! Christ is Risen! The Fourth Sunday After Pascha The Sunday of the Paralytic Venerable Pachomios the Great of Egypt; Achilles, bishop of Larisa; Martyr Barbaros the myrrh-streaming of Corfu Jesus Heals the Paralytic Introduction The fourth Sunday of Holy Pascha is observed by the Orthodox Church as the Sunday of the Paralytic. The day … [Read more...]

Christ is Risen! Truly He has Risen! Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian; Venerable Arsenios the Great Pious Joseph of Arimathaea, Righteous Nicodemus and the holy Myrrh-bearing Women; of the Martyrs Timothy the reader and his wife Maura of Egypt; Peter, Archbishop of Argolis; Ekumenios, bishop of Trikala; Venerable Luke of Mt. Stirion; and Venerable Theodosios of the Kiev Caves, … [Read more...]

Christ is Risen! Truly He has Risen! The First Sunday after PaschaSunday of Thomas the Apostle, Called “The Twin” Prophet Jeremiah; Venerable-martyrs Euthymios, Ignatius and Akakios of Prodromou skete on Athos The Sunday of Thomas the Apostle Though the doors were shut at the dwelling where the disciples were gathered for fear of the Jews on the evening of the Sunday … [Read more...]

Pascha (Passover) The Resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ The Resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ Pascha Holy Week comes to an end at sunset of Great and Holy Saturday, as the Church prepares to celebrate her most ancient and preeminent festival, Pascha, the feast of feasts. The time of preparation will give way to a time of fulfillment. The glorious and … [Read more...]

The Entrance of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ into JerusalemPalm Sunday Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom The Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem Palm Sunday On the Sunday before the Feast of Great and Holy Pascha and at the beginning of Holy Week, the Orthodox Church celebrates one of its most joyous feasts of the year. Palm Sunday is the commemoration of the Entrance of our … [Read more...]

Fifth Sunday of Great Lent St. Mary of Egypt The Divine Liturgy of St. Basil Martyrs Terence and Pompey of Carthage and those with them; New-hieromartyr Gregory V, Patriarch of Constantinople; New-martyr Demas of Smyrna St. Mary of Egypt Who was St. Mary of Egypt? Our holy mother Mary was born in Egypt. She had left her parents at the age of twelve to go to Alexandria, where … [Read more...]

Fourth Sunday of Great Lent St. John of the Ladder The Divine Liturgy of St. Basil Martyr Kalliopios of Cilicia; Venerable George, bishop of Mitylene; Repose of Tikhon, Patriarch of Moscow and Enlightener of North America St. John of the Ladder (Climacus) Our venerable and God-bearing Father John Climacus (ca. 579 - 649), also known as John of the Ladder, John Scholasticus, and John … [Read more...]

Third Sunday of Great Lent Veneration of the Precious and Life-Giving Cross The Divine Liturgy of St. Basil Martyr Matrona of Thessalonica; Martyrs Philetos the Senator, his wife Lydia of Rome and those with them; Paul, Bishop of Corinth Elevation of the Precious and Life Giving Cross Each of the Sundays of Great Lent has its own special theme. This Sunday's theme is that in the … [Read more...]

Second Sunday of Great Lent St. Gregory Palamas The Divine Liturgy of St. Basil The Holy Fathers slain at the monastery of Mar Sabbas; New-martyr Myron of Crete St. Gregory Palamas From “A Man Fully Alive” by Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick. On the Second Sunday of Great Lent we celebrate St. Gregory Palamas, the archbishop of Thessalonica in Greece for a number of … [Read more...]

First Sunday of Great Lent The Sunday of Orthodoxy The Divine Liturgy of St. Basil Translation of the relics of Nikephoros, patriarch of Constantinople; Bishops Poplias and Marios The Sunday of Orthodoxy The Sunday of Orthodoxy is the first Sunday of Great Lent. The dominant theme of this Sunday since 843 has been that of the victory of the icons. In that year the iconoclastic … [Read more...]

Sunday of the Last Judgment (Meat Fare) Venerable Prokopios the Confessor of Decapolis; Thalelaeus, hermit of Gabala in Syria The Last Judgment   The parable of the Last Judgment is about Christian love. Not all of us are called to work for “humanity,” yet each one of us has received the gift and the grace of Christ’s love. We know that all persons … [Read more...]

Sunday of the Prodigal Son MLeo, bishop of Catania in Sicily; Venerable Vissarion the Great of Egypt; Agathon, Patriarch of Rome   The Prodigal Son   The Sunday of the Prodigal Son is the second Sunday of pre-Lent, the weeks of preparation preceding Great Lent. It is the Sunday after the Sunday of the Publican and Pharisee and Sunday before Meatfare Sunday. This … [Read more...]

Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee After-feast of the Presentation (Meeting) of Christ Venerable Martinian of Palestine; Venerable Simeon the Myrrh-streaming, Prince of Serbia;Apostles and Martyrs Aquila and Priscilla; Eulogios, Patriarch of Alexandria The Publican and the Pharisee   What is a Publican and a Pharisee? A Pharisee was an externally decent and … [Read more...]

Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost Seventeenth Sunday of Matthew After-feast of the Presentation (Meeting) of Christ The Martyr and Healer Julian of Homs Boukolos, Bishop of Smyrna; Photios the Great, Patriarch of Constantinople Who Was St. Photios the Great, Patriarch of Constantinople?   St. Photios the Great, Patriarch of Constantinople   Who Was St. Photios … [Read more...]

The Three Great Hierarchs and Ecumenical Teachers: Basil the Great,Gregory the Theologian and John Chrysostom Fifteenth Sunday of Luke - The Sunday of Zacchaeus Hieromartyr Hippolytos, Pope of Rome; Virgin-martyr Chrissa of Rome; New-martyr Theodore of Mitylene; Julian, Priest of Aegina   The Sunday of Zacchaeus Zacchaeus was a rich publican at Jericho. Since he was short of … [Read more...]

Thirty-first Sunday after Pentecost Fourteenth Sunday of Luke Hieromartyr Clement, Bishop of Ancyra Martyr Agathangelos; Paulinos, bishop of Nola   Hieromartyr Clement, Bishop of Ancyra, and Martyr Agathangelus Who Were Hieromartyr Clement, Bishop of Ancyra, and Martyr Agathangelus? The Hieromartyr Clement was born in the Galatian city of Ancyra in the year 258, of a … [Read more...]

The Twenty-ninth Sunday after Pentecost Twelfth Sunday of Luke Veneration of the Precious Chains of the Apostle Peter Peusippos and Neonilla, and the martyrs of Cappadocia; Hieromartyr Damaskinos of Hilandar monastery on Athos   The Chains of St. Peter in Rome The Veneration of the Chains of St. Peter On January 16 in the Holy Orthodox Church, we celebrate the … [Read more...]

The Sunday After Theophany Martyr Polyeuktos of Armenia; Venerable Eustratios the wonderworker; New-martyr Parthenas; Philip, metropolitan of Moscow   Services This Week Sun Jan 02 — SUNDAY DIVINE LITURGY - Orthros 8:30am Divine Liturgy 9:30am LIVE STREAM Wed Jan 05 — Theophany Royal Hours 9:00am LIVE STREAM Wed Jan 05 — Theophany Orthros 5:00pm LIVE … [Read more...]

Christ is Born! Glorify Him! The Sunday Before Theophany AftSylvester, pope of Rome; Cosmas the wonderworker, archbishop of Constantinople; Repose of Venerable Seraphim of Sarov   The Baptism of Christ   Theophany (or Epiphany) means shining forth or manifestation. The feast is often called, as it is in the Orthodox service books, Theophany, which means the … [Read more...]