OUR VENERABLE MOTHER ELISABETH THE WONDER-WORKER

My beloved brothers and sisters in Our Risen Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ, CHRIST IS RISEN! TRULY HE IS RISEN! ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ ΑΝΕΣΤΗ! ΑΛΗΘΩΣ ΑΝΕΣΤΗ! On the 24th of April, Our Holy Orthodox Church commemorates Our Righteous Mother ELISABETH the Wonderworker. Apolytikion (Dismissal) Hymn. Plagal of Fourth Tone In thee the image was preserved withContinue reading “OUR VENERABLE MOTHER ELISABETH THE WONDER-WORKER”

23rd of April, the Holy Orthodox Church commemorates the holy and glorious Great-Martyr GEORGE the Trophy-bearer

My beloved brothers and sisters and in Our Risen Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ, CHRIST IS RISEN! TRULY HE IS RISEN! Χριστός Ανέστη! Αληθώς Ανέστη! Glory to His Third Day Resurrection. We bow down to His Third Day Resurrection. Christ is risen from the dead, by death trampling upon Death, and has bestowed LifeContinue reading “23rd of April, the Holy Orthodox Church commemorates the holy and glorious Great-Martyr GEORGE the Trophy-bearer”

The Friday of Renewal (or Bright) Week: The Feast Day of the Life-Giving Spring (or Font)

My beloved brothers and sisters in Our Risen Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ, Christ is Risen! Truly He is Risen! Apolytikion (Dismissal) Hymn of the Mother of God. Third Tone. As a Life-Giving Fount, thou didst conceive the Dew that is transcendent in essence, O Virgin Maid, and thou hast welled forth for ourContinue reading “The Friday of Renewal (or Bright) Week: The Feast Day of the Life-Giving Spring (or Font)”

THE HOLY DAY OF RESURRECTION (Part III)

My beloved brothers and sisters in Our Risen Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ. Χριστός Ανέστη! Christ is Risen! Αληθώς Ανέστη! Truly He is Risen! The reading is from the Holy Gospel according to Saint Mark. Let us attend. Glory To Thee, O Lord, glory to Thee. Chapter 16: 1-8 And when the Sabbath wasContinue reading “THE HOLY DAY OF RESURRECTION (Part III)”

THE RESURRECTION OF OUR LORD, GOD, AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST (Part II)

My beloved brothers and sisters in Christ God, CHRIST IS IN OUR MIDST! HE WAS, IS, AND EVER SHALL BE. THE RESURRECTION OF OUR LORD, GOD, AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST (Part II) Angels in the heavens extol Your Resurrection, O Christ Our Savior. Count us worthy who are here on earth to glorify You withContinue reading “THE RESURRECTION OF OUR LORD, GOD, AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST (Part II)”

THE RESURRECTION OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST

My beloved brothers and sisters in Christ God, CHRIST IS IN OUR MIDST! HE WAS, IS, AND EVER SHALL BE. "Now if Christ is preached that He has been raised from the dead, how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? But IF THERE IS NO RESURRECTION OF THEContinue reading “THE RESURRECTION OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST”

HOLY AND GREAT SATURDAY: “…This is the Blessed Sabbath; it is the day of rest, and on it the Only-Begotten Son of God rested from all His works..”

My beloved brothers and sisters in Christ God, CHRIST IS IN OUR MIDST! HE WAS, IS, AND EVER SHALL BE. 2nd Plagal Tone Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. "The Great Moses mystically foreshadowed this day, saying: And God blessed the Seventh Day. This is the Blessed Sabbath;Continue reading “HOLY AND GREAT SATURDAY: “…This is the Blessed Sabbath; it is the day of rest, and on it the Only-Begotten Son of God rested from all His works..””

HOLY AND GREAT WEEK IS THE ESSENCE OF ORTHODOX CHRISTIANITY

My beloved brothers and sisters in Christ God, CHRIS IS IN OUR MIDST! HE WAS, IS, AND EVER SHALL BE. "Behold the Bridegroom cometh in the midst of the night, and blessed is the servant whom He shall find watching; and again unworthy is he whom He shall find heedless. Beware, therefore, O my soul,Continue reading “HOLY AND GREAT WEEK IS THE ESSENCE OF ORTHODOX CHRISTIANITY”

On the 5th of April, Our Holy Church Commemorates the holy New-Martyr GEORGE who contested at New Ephesus

My beloved brothers and sisters in Christ God, CHRIST IS IN OUR MIDST! HE WAS, IS, AND EVER SHALL BE. On the 5th of April, Our Holy Orthodox Church Commemorates the holy New-Martyr GEORGE at New-Ephesus Saint George, the glorious New Marty of Christ, was born and bred in the city of the New EphesusContinue reading “On the 5th of April, Our Holy Church Commemorates the holy New-Martyr GEORGE who contested at New Ephesus”

HOLY AND GREAT WEEK: The Saturday of Lazarus and Palm Sunday

My beloved brothers and sisters in Christ God, CHRIST IS IN OUR MIDST! HE WAS, IS, AND EVER SHALL BE. HOLY AND GREAT WEEK: The Saturday of Lazarus and Palm Sunday. The Saturday of Lazarus, along with Palm Sunday, occupies a special position between Lent and Holy and Great Week. Following the forty days ofContinue reading “HOLY AND GREAT WEEK: The Saturday of Lazarus and Palm Sunday”