Brothers and Sisters in the Lord: Welcome to our annual Clergy Laity Assembly. Thank you for taking a few days out of your busy schedules to travel to our beloved St. Nicholas Ranch for this important gathering. Your presence for this important gathering of our Metropolis is a great blessing. Let me begin by asking everyone to thank those who organized the Assembly for us, especially Fanis Economidis, the Metropolis Staff, the Ranch Staff and our guest presenters who have all sacrificed of their time for the planning and implementation of this Assembly. Read more...
Brothers and Sisters: One year ago, we gathered to inaugurate the Year of St. Paul, a year to celebrate, to study, and to reflect on the life and ministry of this remarkable saint of the Christian Church. In that year, Christians have traveled to many of the sites where St. Paul preached the Gospel and established the first churches. We have, hopefully, studied his writings more closely and the many excellent works interpreting them for us, from the Fathers of the Church to modern scholars. We close this year of celebration and focus, better informed about St. Paul and with greater insights into his significance for our Church and for our own lives as Christians. While we close this year of St. Paul, like Acts of the Apostles says about him, St. Paul has opened a door of faith for each one of us and invites us to walk through into a deeper relationship with the saint but ultimately with the Most High God, His Son, and His Church. Read more...
Brothers and sisters, Christos Anesti! A year ago when we gathered for our Annual Clergy Laity Assembly, there was a great deal of energy and excitement in the air... but what a difference a year makes! From excitement and energy, we have gone to anxiety and at least psychological depression, if still only economic recession. We are now stressed over the worry about shrinking revenues and potential deficits. Read more...
Sisters and Brothers: I greet you with the traditional Orthodox Paschal salutation: “Christ is risen!” As a sign of our common faith in the resurrection of our Lord and Savior, I hope that throughout this workshop, you might use this salutation and its reply, “Truly” or “Indeed He is risen” to greet one another. Read more...
It is a pleasure, and indeed a great blessing for me, to be with all of you this night as we celebrate this auspicious occasion, marking fifty years of the ministry of the Reverend Protopresbyter John Asimacopoulos... Read more...
"This is the day the Lord has made. Let us rejoice and be glad in it." How fitting are these words from the Book of Psalms when thinking about the wonderful day we have shared. Read more...
Response to His Grace, Bishop Weigand of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sacramento offered by His Eminence, Metropolitan Gerasimos of San Francisco, on the occasion of the celebration of the reception of the holy relics of Ss. Joachim and Anna. Read more...
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Third Finding of the Precious Head of St. John the Baptist
