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Author: Chris Purdef

Nativity Message from Patriarch John X, 2025

  By the mercy of God Almighty John X the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East To My brethren, the pastors of the Holy Church of Antioch And my sons and daughters, wherever they are across this Apostolic See: “O heavens, rejoice and be glad, O mountains, at the birth of Christ.”[…]

Posted on December 23, 2025 by Chris Purdef — Leave a comment

How God Transformed a Priest’s Doubt: A True Story

  By Priest David Proskuryakov December 16, 2025, but what happens when weariness dims even the joy of Pascha? When discouragement clouds the heart, the Lord sometimes answers not with rebuke, but with a miracle. In this moving account, a young priest, worn down by the rigors of monastic life, witnesses a quiet but undeniable act[…]

Posted on December 16, 2025 by Chris Purdef — Leave a comment

Nativity Message from Metropolitan Saba, 2025

  Nativity 2025 My esteemed brothers, the right reverend bishops of the Archdiocese, My beloved sons, the priests and deacons of the Archdiocese, My children in Christ, the dearly loved in the Lord, the sons and daughters of the Archdiocese, In these blessed days, the Holy Church reminds us of the great event accomplished by[…]

Posted on December 22, 2025December 22, 2025 by Chris Purdef — Leave a comment

Seeing Greater Things, Excerpt by Archimandrite Zacharias

  December 11, 2025, man is endowed with the innate need to learn and to discover new means of acquiring knowledge. In his fallen state, however, he tends to confuse this need for novelty with the gratification of the passions and that is why, when we abandon God and turn towards the material world, we[…]

Posted on December 11, 2025 by Chris Purdef — Leave a comment

Silent Hands: A Reflection on the Nativity of Christ. By His Eminence, Metropolitan Saba

  I am struck by the silence in which You entered our wretched world, my sweet Jesus.  You came to us, my Lord, with awe-filled humility. You did not appear in glory and splendor. You turned toward us with a veiled majesty and stillness. You were born in the flesh on a quiet night, in[…]

Posted on December 18, 2025December 18, 2025 by Chris Purdef — Leave a comment

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