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[…]

The reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. Matthew (25:31-46) Fr. James Guirguis   The teachings of Our Lord, God and savior Jesus Christ are often quite difficult for us. In fact, it cannot be any other way since God is speaking to man. God is attempting to raise man from his earthly nature[…]

SUNDAY OF THE PRODIGAL SON March 3, 2024 This coming Sunday we remember the Parable of the Prodigal Son. A Gospel that every Orthodox Christian should be very familiar with, we see the events of a young son approaching his father asking for his inheritance to go off into the world to begin a life[…]

This Sunday the Orthodox Church commemorates Forgiveness Sunday, the Sunday prior to the beginning of the Great Lent Period. It is marked by the Gospel reading with the Lord entreating us with the reminder that as we render forgiveness to others, so the Lord will forgive us of our own trespasses. The message of the[…]

March 4, 2024 St. Ioasaph of Snetogorsk Monastery and St. Basil of Mirozh Monastery (1299) The Holy Hieromartyrs Joasaph of Snetogorsk and Basil of Mirozh suffered under the Germans at two of the most ancient of the Pskov monasteries during the thirteenth century. Saint Basil directed the Savior-Transfiguration Mirozh monastery, founded in the year 1156[…]

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[…]