The annual Labor Day holiday honoring the hard-working men and women of our country will be observed this year on Monday September 3, while our new Ecclesiastical year will begin on September 1. Through these two observances we offer our prayerful thanks and supplications to God for all these hard-working citizens and their families, as we are reminded of our Savior's saying in the Gospel of John: "My Father is working still and I am working" (John 5:17). Read more...
The month of August is recognized by our Church as a time when we commemorate the Holy Mother of God and Ever-Virgin Mary. From August 1 - 14 we fast and pray beseeching her to intercede with her Son and our Savior for the health and well-being of mankind. Her obedience to God and her distinction as the handmaid of the Lord has endeared her to our Church from the beginning. We remember the importance of her life in God's divine plan to bring salvation to all people and therefore, celebrate the Dormition of the Theotokos on August 15. Read more...
The early dawn of easter is incomparable in beauty and glory to the dawn of any other day. Heaven and earth embrace one another. God and all of humanity greet each other in a warm embrace. Death is embraced by life, but is shattered and vanishes like darkness encountering the sun's early morning rays of light. Read more...
I am filled with joy whenever I have the occasion to communicate with you. This time I am afforded the opportunity by the Church which invites us with maternal exhortation to begin the Great Fast in a way which is pleasing to God. That is, to do it for the salvation of our soul, something which God desires above all else for us. Read more...
"And we who were in darkness and shadows found the truth." It is for this reason that we celebrate Christmas: the dispelling of the darkness of the unknown and the shadows of fear in order to find the truth of Jesus Christ. Read more...
"Let Creation rejoice! Let nature exult!" With those two brief refrains expressing excitement, the hymnographer greets the Annunciation of the Theotokos. He does so to stress the fact that the Son of God became man in order to save the entire creation and the natural world. Read more...
It is a day of Resurrection! Believe it, my dear brothers and sisters and beloved children in the Lord. You are all here with lit candles in hand, their radiant glow reflecting on your faces, and with your hearts filled with joyful expectation. Believe it! It is a day of Resurrection for all Orthodox Christians no matter where they live. Everything is filled with light, even the hollow and expressionless eyes of those disheartened people who have waited for years for a sign of hope. Darkness and gloom have been chased away by the radiance of the unwaning light. Read more...
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Third Finding of the Precious Head of St. John the Baptist
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