We answered many questions regarding how the modern context of diversity can help or hinder the growth of an Orthodox Mission in the United States. How we can use diversity to our advantage, and the correct ways to approach these challenges.
Author: Chris Purdef
Apostle Timothy of the Seventy
January 22, 2025, The Holy Apostle Timothy was from the Lycaonian city of Lystra in Asia Minor. Saint Timothy was converted to Christ in the year 52 by the holy Apostle Paul (June 29). When the Apostles Paul and Barnabas first visited the cities of Lycaonia, Saint Paul healed one crippled from birth. Many of[…]
Translation of the Relics of St. John Chrysostom
January 27, 2025, More than thirty years after John Chrysostom, Patriarch of Constantinople, reposed in the town of Comana, the Most Holy Proclus (the saint’s disciple and successor as archbishop) was presiding over the annual service in honor of the great universal teacher. In his homily, delivered in the cathedral of the Imperial City, Proclus[…]
Venerable Maximus the Confessor
January 21, 2025, Saint Maximus the Confessor was born in Constantinople around 580 and raised in a pious Christian family. He received an excellent education, studying philosophy, grammar, and rhetoric. He was well-read in the authors of antiquity and he also mastered philosophy and theology. When Saint Maximus entered into government service, he became[…]
Venerable Xenia of Rome, and her two female servants
January 24, 2025, Saint Xenia of Rome, in the world Eusebia, was the only daughter of an eminent Roman senator. From her youth she loved God and wished to avoid the marriage arranged for her. She secretly left her parental home with two servants devoted to her and set sail upon a ship. Through[…]