Commemorated November 21. When the Most-holy Virgin Mary reached the age of three, her holy parents Joachim and Anna took her from Nazareth to Jerusalem to dedicate her to the service of God according to their earlier promise. It was a three-day journey from Nazareth to Jerusalem but, traveling to do a God-pleasing work, this[…]

An Early Modern Master of The Orthodox Spiritual Life John A. McGuckin J. A. McGuckin. “Illumined in the Spirit. Studies in Orthodox Spirituality” (vol 3. of the Collected Studies). SVS Press, New York. 2017. pp. 263-280   Many people today have become familiar with the figure of the Russian Pilgrim. The book, The Way of a[…]

  God has been very good to us at St. Jacob of Alaska Orthodox Christian Mission this summer! Since our mission was founded in August of 2021 we had been using a portable folding Altar Table on loan from the Michigan Deanery. In late 2023 the mission started a special collection to build a permanent[…]

  Commemorated on November 14, The Holy and All-praised Apostle Philip was a native of the city of Bethsaida in Galilee. He had a profound depth of knowledge of the Holy Scripture, and rightly discerning the meaning of the Old Testament prophecies, he awaited the coming of the Messiah. Through the call of the Savior[…]

  Plato was from the town of Ancyra in Galatia. He was a Christian by birth and upbringing. While in his youth, he showed great perfection in every virtue. Plato did not conceal his faith in Christ the Lord, but preached it openly, denouncing idolaters because of their worshiping lifeless objects in place of the[…]