Saving God's Creation: Another East-West Alliance
by Fr. George MorelliSSJC-WR President's Message Summer 2015Patriarch Bartholomew I and Metropolitan John of PergamumAn exciting convergence of agreement between major Eastern and Western Churches has...
View ArticleMetropolitan Joseph's Pastoral Message for the Feast of The Nativity of the...
Pastoral Message for the Feast of The Nativity of the TheotokosSeptember 8, 2015 “The joy of the whole world hath shone forth to us from the two righteous ones, Joachim and Anna, the all-extolled...
View ArticleBishop Thomas Visits St. Mary Antiochian Orthodox Church
Bishop Thomas visited St. Mary Antiochian Orthodox Church in Wilkes-Barre, PA, over the weekend of August 22 and 23, 2015. During his visit he presided over Great Vespers which was followed by a...
View ArticleIOCC Video, "Saving Syria's Children," Tells Story of Displaced Families
"Saving Syria's Children," a new video from the International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC), recounts how civil war has robbed more than five million Syrian children of their innocence, homes,...
View ArticlePatriarchal and Hierarchical Divine Liturgies to be Rebroadcast on NOURSAT
The Patriarchal Divine Liturgy from the July Convention in Boston will be broadcast on Lebanese television station NOURSAT at midnightWednesday, September 9 (between Tuesday and Wednesday evening)...
View ArticleMemory Eternal! +Archdeacon Basil Rives
His Grace Bishop Basil writes:While we were all at Divine Liturgy this morning Archdeacon Basil Rives, 94, of Holy Trinity Orthodox Church, Santa Fe, NM, the eldest clergyman of our Diocese of Wichita...
View ArticleBishop Anthony's Pastoral Greetings for the Church New Year
September 1, 2015Church New Year or IndictionOur own family circle is stronger and closer and as in a family, our lives revolve around and are involved with the cycle of feasts and fasts of the church....
View ArticleA Veteran’s Journey of Faith: The Life of Archdeacon Basil Rives
The following article inaugurates a new series on Antiochian.org. In "Antiochian Profiles," we will feature some of the many eminent Christians of past and present who have found a spiritual home in...
View ArticleInvitation to Attend Vigil at St. Thekla Antiochian Orthodox Monastery,...
September 10, 2015Beloved and most Reverend Fathers, Mothers, and Friends of St. Thekla's Monastery,God be with you all.The Lord is Wondrous in His Saints.St. Thekla Antiochian Orthodox Monastery in,...
View ArticleSt. Vladimir's Seminary to Bestow Honorary Doctorate on Metropolitan Joseph
July, 2015: Metropolitan Joseph, Patriarch John X, and The Very Rev. Dr. Chad Hatfield at St. Vladimir's SeminaryOn September 14, 2015, the Board of Trustees and Faculty of St. Vladimir's Seminary will...
View ArticleSeptember Liturgical Texts Available for Download
Bishop Thomas presides over the Procession of the Holy Cross on the Feast of the Exaltation (Elevation) at St. George in Allentown, PAThe Liturgical Texts for September, blessed by His Eminence,...
View Article9th Annual DOWAMA SOYO Basketball Tournament
The 9th Annual DOWAMA SOYO Basketball Tournament will hosted Friday through Sunday, October 2-4, 2015 at St. Elijah Church in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Seminarian Alex Mackoul will be the retreat...
View ArticleSeptember 16, 2015 + On Positive Thinking - Part 5
by St. Paisios the Athonite"For perverse thoughts separate men from God" (Wis 1:3)The Elder started telling us:- I know from experience that in this life people are divided in two categories. A third...
View ArticleA Prayer for September 11
His Grace Bishop Basil writes:Today is the fourteenth anniversary of the terrorist attacks upon our nation in New York, NY, Washington, DC and Shanksville, PA. A service appropriate to the day is the...
View ArticleMetropolitan Joseph's Pastoral Message for the Elevation of the Precious and...
Pastoral Message for the Elevation of the Precious and Life Giving CrossSeptember 14, 2015"As the Cross is lifted up, it urgeth all of creation to praise the immaculate Passion of the One Who was...
View ArticleFeast of the Elevation of the Cross + September 14
Let all the trees of the wood, planted from the beginning of time, rejoice; for their nature hath been sanctified by the stretching of Christ on the Tree. Wherefore, now, we worship Him, lifted up, and...
View ArticleNew Study on Orthodox Generosity and Giving to the Church
The Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the United States of America has released a new study today, "Exploring Orthodox Generosity: Giving in US Orthodox Parishes." The 138-page report is...
View ArticleMetropolitan Joseph Visits St. Ignatius Church + Twin Falls, ID
Karen Hefner writes:On the weekend of August 22-23, 2015, our little parish of St. Ignatius of Antioch Orthodox Church in Twin Falls, Idaho was graced with the presence of His Eminence Metropolitan...
View ArticleAnnual Conference for The Orthodox Christian Association of Medicine,...
The Orthodox Christian Association of Medicine, Psychology, and Religion is honored that Fr. Stavros Kofinas, D.Min., will give the Keynote Address on Thursday evening, November 5, at its Annual...
View ArticleFr. Patrick Henre Ordained to Holy Priesthood
His Grace Bishop Basil writes:AXIOS! Father Patrick Henre of St. Basil the Great Church in Kansas City, KS was ordained to the holy priesthood at his home parish of St. Basil the Great on Sunday,...
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