The Twenty-Sixth Day of February Today the Orthodox Church commemorates Saint Porphyrius, Bishop of Gaza. We read in the Synaxarion that he was present during the historical period when paganism lost its prominence, the great persecutions subsided, and Christianity came to the forefront. However, as is always the case when new rulers take over, there[…]

LOOKING ON TO FEBRUARY 11TH Matthew 25:13-40 “A man going on a journey called his servants and entrusted to them his goods; to one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability. Then he went away. He who had received the five talents went at once and[…]

February 25, 2024 This Sunday the Orthodox Church brings to us the Gospel of the Publican and the Pharisee marking the start of the Triodion period outside the Slavic Tradition that signifies the approach of the Season of Great Lent as we are now three weeks out from its glorious start. This Gospel describes two[…]

February 2nd The fortieth day after His birth, the All-holy Virgin brought her divine Son into the Temple of Jerusalem, in accordance with the Law, to dedicate Him to God and to purify herself (Leviticus 12:2-7; Exodus 12:2). Even though neither the one nor the other was necessary, the Lawgiver did not want in any way to[…]

Sunday of the Canaanite Woman February 18, 2024. Looking onward to this Sunday’s Gospel as the Church enters the Triodion period, we are brought into the world of the Canaanite woman who amid terrible hardship and suffering due to her demon possessed child and all the ailments that result of this runs to the Lord[…]