June 25, 2026 THE LARGER THE PARISH, THE WEAKER THE BONDS People often say, “Our parish is one big family.” To which one might reasonably reply: either it is not very large, or it is not quite a family. In a village parish, where the priest knows his flock personally and shares much of[…]
June 22, 2025, Fr. Jesse Rimshas, Rector of St. Jacob of Alaska Mission (ROCOR) in Marquette, MI gives us a word about the inception of the Orthodox Church in the United States as part of the All Saints of North America Feast Day. To learn more about our supported priests, please visit. To learn more[…]
June 10, 2025, time has gone by so quickly in the last decade. There have been things that I have accomplished, there are ways I have grown. There are also things I would have anticipated that I would have achieved; certain milestones. There has always been “something” in me to serve others. To lose[…]
The Nativity of John the Baptist is the first joy sent down by God to the human race, the beginning of its deliverance from the power of the devil, sin and eternal death. — St. John Maximovitch June 24, 2026, “today we celebrate the birthday of one of the most unusual and important people in[…]
Do not remember the former things, nor consider the things of old. Isaiah 43.18 In Christ we are a new creation: If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new (2 Corinthians 5.17). God is the ever-flowing fountain of life: For with You is[…]
May 28, 2026, one of the great tragedies of modern Christianity is that many people know the language of religion while still remaining strangers to the mind of the Church. They speak about theology, morality, Scripture, tradition, and spirituality, yet their inner life is still shaped by the spirit of the age. Their reactions,[…]
