2015 Paschal Greetings from Bishop Thomas
His Grace Bishop Thomas writes:GREAT AND HOLY PASCHA 2015Beloved brother Hierarchs, Reverend Clergy, God-fearing Monastics, and all my Brothers and Sisters in Jesus Christ our True God:Christ is risen!...
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Pastoral Letter for Great and Holy PaschaDiocese of Toledo and the MidwestApril 12, 2015Dear Fathers, Deacons, and Faithful of Toledo and the Midwest Diocese,Christ is Risen! Indeed He is Risen!!المسيح...
View Article2015 Paschal Letter from Bishop Basil
Pascha 2015"When Thou hadst fallen asleep in the flesh, as one mortal, O King and Lord, Thou didst rise again on the third day, raising up Adam from corruption, and abolishing death: O Pascha of...
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Great and Holy Friday
On Great and Holy Friday, the Orthodox Church commemorates the sufferings of Christ: the mockery, the crown of thorns, the scourging, the nails, the thirst, the vinegar and gall, the cry of desolation,...
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April 15, 2015 + A Paschal Homily
by St. Epiphanius of CyprusSomething strange is happening—there is a great silence on earth today, a great silence and stillness. The whole earth keeps silence because the King is asleep. The earth...
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Russian Choral Group to Give Benefit Concert
On Tuesday, April 28, 2015, St. Raphael Orthodox Church (722 E. College St., Iowa City) will host the choral group Lyra, for a 7:30 p.m. concert. Lyra hails from St. Petersburg, Russia, and is composed...
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Antiochian Parish Featured in Toledo Newspaper
The St. Elias Antiochian Orthodox Church in Sylvania, Ohio, was recently featured in a newspaper article in The Blade, a premier Toledo publication. Archpriest Ayman Kfouf spoke with Religion Editor TK...
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Bishop Thomas Celebrates Palm Sunday 2015 at St. George Church, Bridgeville, PA
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View ArticleSee the Miracle of the Holy Fire
by Maria C. Khoury, Ed.D.Although I am in Boston finishing a very blessed Lenten book tour with Christina books, my eyes are turned to Jerusalem and my heart is in my husband's Palestinian Christian...
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Photo Gallery: Metropolitan Joseph Celebrates Pascha
Christ is Risen! His Eminence Metropolitan Joseph presided over the services for Great and Holy Pascha at the St. Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Cathedral in Brooklyn, NY. Assisting in this high point of...
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Metropolitan Joseph Issues Letter in Support of March for Marriage
On April 25, 2015, on the National Mall in Washington D.C., people will be gathering from around the U.S. for the March for Marriage. This year's March will include an Orthodox Gathering, sponsored by...
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Ancient Faith Interview: "One on One with Metropolitan Joseph"
On Friday, March 27, 2015, Ancient Faith Radio (AFR) released a special interview with His Eminence Metropolitan Joseph, conducted by AFR President John Maddex. Recorded in His Eminence's office in...
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Pascha 2015 at St. George Cathedral, Oakland, PA
Photos courtesy of Christopher Humphrey Photography.
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Mother of God of the "Life-Giving Spring"
Mother of God of the Life-Giving Spring by Vasiliki Oldziey of St. Elias Church, Austin, TXThe Feast of the Life-giving Spring which is kept on the Friday of Bright Week has its origins in the 5th...
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Thomas Sunday
Today the fragrance of spring is shed forth, and the new creation shall rejoice. Today the locks shall be lifted from the doors with the faithlessness of the beloved Thomas, as he shouteth out, Thou...
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Assembly of Bishops Committee Chaired by Metropolitan Joseph Pursues...
Metropolitan Joseph and other bishops at Assembly V meeting in Dallas, TX, Sept. 2014 (Photo:April 16, 2015: From the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the United States of America Can Orthodox...
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April 22, 2015 + About Seeking the Living among the Dead
by St. Nikolai VelimirovichWhy do you seek the living One among the dead? (St. Luke 24:5)The angel of God asks the Myrrh-bearing women as though in astonishment: "Why do you seek the living One among...
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Biography of Fr. Sergius Halvorsen
Father Sergius Halvorsen is Assistant Professor of Homiletics and Rhetoric at Saint Vladimir's Seminary where he also teaches a course in Christian Education and serves as Director of the Doctor of...
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Joint Statement on the Second Anniversary of the Kidnapping the Two...
Source: http://antiochpatriarchate.orgA Joint Statement was issued by the two Patriarchates of Antioch and of All the East, The Greek (Roum) Orthodox Church, and the Syriac Orthodox Church, on the...
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Photos Capture the Beauty of Holy Week and Pascha, 2015
St. Michael Orthodox Church, Louisville, KYChrist is risen from the dead, trampling down death by death, and upon those in the tombs bestowing life! ~Paschal TroparionAs the Antiochian Archdiocese's...
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