SUNDAY OF THE CROSS AND ST. TIKHON OF MOSCOW, ENLIGHTENER OF NORTH AMERICA TONE 3 Hebrews 4:14-5:6 Mark 8:34-9:1 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 […]
Fr. Peter
Parish Bulletin – March 31, 2013
SUNDAY OF ST. GREGORY PALAMAS AND ST. INNOCENT, APOSTLE TO AMERICA TONE 2 Hebrews 1:10-2:3 Mark 2:1-12 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 […]
Parish Bulletin – March 24, 2013
SUNDAY OF ORTHODOXY FOREFEAST OF THE ANNUNCIATION TONE 1 Hebrews 11:24-26, 32-12:2 John 1:43-51 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 […]
Parish Bulletin – March 17, 2013
SUNDAY OF THE EXPULSION OF ADAM FROM PARADISE VEN. ALEKSY THE MAN OF GOD, ST. PATRICK ENLIGHTENER OF IRELAND TONE 8 Romans 13:11-14:4 Matthew 6:14-21 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 […]
The Power of the Cross
The Elder wrote about [the sign of the Cross] to one of his spiritual daughters: “The experience of the ages shows that the sign of the cross has great power over all a person’s actions during the entire course of his life. Therefore it is necessary to strive to root in children the habit of protecting […]
The Sign of the Cross
Do not do anything without signing yourself with the sign of the Cross! When you depart on a journey, when you begin your work, when you go to study, when you are alone, and when you are with other people, seal yourself with the Holy Cross on your forehead, your body, your chest, your heart, […]
The Way of the Kingdom
Do all the good you can; do not speak evil of anyone; do not steal from anyone; do not lie to anyone; do not be arrogant towards anyone; do not hate anyone; do not be absent from the divine services; be compassionate to the needy; do not offend anyone; do not wreck another man’s domestic […]
How to be a Child of God
How is it possible to be a child of God? By being free from all passions and showing gentleness to those who offend and wrong us. There is nothing that brings us as near to God and makes us so much like Him as doing these good things. Therefore, when Paul says, “Be ye followers […]
Happiness is a Pure Heart
How mistaken are those people who seek happiness outside of themselves, in foreign lands and journeys, in riches and glory, in great possessions and pleasures, in diversions and vain things, which have a bitter end! It is the same thing to construct the tower of happiness outside of ourselves, as it is to build a […]
The Caress of Prayer
A child needs to be surrounded by people who pray and pray ardently. A mother should not be satisfied by giving her child a physical caress, but should also coddle it with the caress of prayer. In the depth of its soul the child senses the spiritual caress that its mother conveys to it and […]