Glory to God forever! Through God’s grace and the support of Share the Faith, Saint Anthony the Great Orthodox Mission continues to grow in love, worship, and numbers. In February, we welcomed into our beloved church family the newly baptized and illumined servants Ephraim and Symeon. In March, by Holy Chrismation, God’s handmaiden, Maria, was[…]
Author: Eric Austin
Beginning of Great Lent 2024
Archpastoral Message of His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon March 17, 2024 To the clergy, monastics, and faithful of the Orthodox Church in America, my beloved children in the Lord: Christ is in our midst! I greet you at the outset of the Lenten fast, and I assure you of my prayers for you during this sacred[…]
Update from All Saints Orthodox Mission, Lodi, CA
From: Father Elijah Drake -We recently baptized two catechumens on Nativity (Old Calander). -We also recently made 3 more Catechumens. And 5 more inquirers who have gotten to the place where they have expressed a desire to be made catechumens. -Sadly we had one Catechumen move away because of cost of living and rent. He[…]
Orthodox Missions Can Succeed Anywhere
NOVEMBER 8, 2023 American Life, OCA, Orthodox Missions, Parish Life Sub Deacon Michael Boyar is a member of the board of directors of Share the Faith, a pan Orthodox ministry that funds and promotes Orthodox missions. He evidently knows a lot about the topic of missions, because he saved the parish of SS Peter and[…]
Prayer, Fasting, and Almsgiving
Almsgiving In Christ’s teaching, almsgiving goes together with fasting and prayer. We have seen that this is also the teaching of Isaiah (See Fasting) and of the Old Testament generally. When one prays and fasts, one must show love through active generosity to others. Beware of practicing your piety before men, in order to be[…]
