SUNDAY AFTER NATIVITY Holy Righteous Ones: Joseph the Betrothed, David the King, and James the Brother of the Lord TONE 4 Colossians 3:12-16, Galatians 1:11-19 Luke 18:18-27, Matthew 2:13-23 Choir Director: Veronika Welcome We welcome you to the Orthodox Church. Please feel at ease and free to participate in the singing. As a visitor you are […]
Month: December 2012
Parish Bulletin – December 23, 2012
SUNDAY BEFORE THE NATIVITY, THE HOLY FATHERS TONE 4 Hebrews 11:9-10, 17-23, 32-40 Matthew 1:1-25 Choir Director: Veronika Welcome We welcome you to the Orthodox Church. Please feel at ease and free to participate in the singing. As a visitor you are welcome to come forward at the conclusion of the Divine Liturgy and venerate the […]
Why do we Celebrate Christmas on December 25th?
Many Christians think that Christians celebrate Christ’s birth on December 25th because the church fathers appropriated the date of a pagan festival. Almost no one minds, except for a few groups on the fringes of American Evangelicalism, who seem to think that this makes Christmas itself a pagan festival. But it is perhaps interesting to […]
Parish Bulletin – December 16, 2012
SUNDAY OF THE FOREFATHERS TONE 3 Colossians 3:4-11 Luke 14:16-24 Choir Director: Veronika Welcome We welcome you to the Orthodox Church. Please feel at ease and free to participate in the singing. As a visitor you are welcome to come forward at the conclusion of the Divine Liturgy and venerate the Cross offered by […]
Parish Bulletin – December 9, 2012
27TH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST TONE 2 The Conception by Righteous Anna of the Most-holy Theotokos Ephesians 6:10-17 Luke 17:12-19 Choir Director: Veronika Welcome We welcome you to the Orthodox Church. Please feel at ease and free to participate in the singing. As a visitor you are welcome to come forward at the conclusion of […]
Life of St. Nicholas – The Wonderworker
The Holy Hierarch Nicholas the Wonderworker was born in the city of Patara in Lycia. His parents, Theophanes and Nona, were pious, noble and wealthy people. This blessed couple was given a great honor to plant a holy seed in their family that was “like a tree, planted in water, that brings its fruit on […]
Service Schedule for Nativity (Christmas)
Is God Just?
Is God just? Archpriest Alexei Uminsky, rector of the Church of the Life-Giving Trinity in Khokhly (Moscow), reflects on this difficult question. The question of Divine justice is, of course, quite complex. It is probably difficult to call God just – perhaps even impossible – because we do not observe Divine justice in the […]