Ancient Faith Radio Special Features Podcasts on Antiochian Saints
Five talks on Antiochian saints were given at the Annual Conference of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of the British Isles and Ireland. Held at the Hayes Conference Centre in Swanwick,...
View ArticleImportant Updates: Read the June 2016 Midwest SOYO Newsletter!
Download the newsletterChrist is Risen! Indeed He is Risen! The Diocese of Toledo and the Midwest would like to wish everyone a most joyous and blessed period after Pascha! As June has now arrived,...
View ArticleSummer Specials from Antiochian Village Bookstore
It's time to shop for summer resources from the Antiochian Village Bookstore! For kids, there are the new Magic Cubes that fold and unfold to tell the Story of Creation and Life of St. Nicholas. Great...
View ArticleNow Available! 2016 Christian Education Materials and Order Form, and 2016...
The 2016 Christian Education Materials and Order Form (PDF) is now available! Download and use this new form to order materials for your parish programs. Shipping options are available. Call for more...
View ArticleMemory Eternal! + Fr. Gregory Heers
His Grace Bishop Basil writes:Memory Eternal! Fr. Gregory Heers, retired in Simpsonville, South Carolina, fell asleep in Christ on June 12, 2016. May he be granted Paradise, and may you be granted long...
View ArticleJune 15, 2016 + On How the Holy Spirit Is Sent
by St. Gregory Palamas ca. 1296-1359A short while ago, with the strong eyes of faith, we beheld Christ ascending, no less clearly than those accounted worthy to be His eye-witnesses. Nor are we less...
View ArticleDiocese of Charleston Bible Study + June 15, 2016
Acts 25:13-19John 16:23-33Acts 25:13-19 (NKJV) And after some days King Agrippa and Bernice came to Caesarea to greet Festus. When they had been there many days, Festus laid Paul's case before the...
View ArticleResting in Christ While Savoring the Simple Joys This Summer
Happy summer!It is the time of the year in North America that children (and, many times, their teachers, too!) anticipate for months. School lets out for a length of time, routines change, and life is...
View ArticleBishop Anthony's Annual Mission Appeal
June 19, 2016Great Feast of the Descent of the Holy Spirit on PentecostBeloved Clergy and Laity of the Diocese of Toledo and the Midwest,Today we celebrate the Great Feast of the Descent of the Holy...
View ArticleThe Great Feast of Pentecost
The spring of the Spirit hath come to those on earth, dividing noetically into fire-bearing rivers, moistening the Apostles and illuminating them. The fire hath become to them a dewy cloud, lighting,...
View ArticleAntiochian Priest to Speak at 2016 March for Marriage
Father John Oliver, pastor of St. Elizabeth Orthodox Church (Antiochian Archdiocese) in Murfreesboro, TN, has been invited by the National Organization for Marriage to speak at the 2016 March for...
View ArticleBishop Basil Offers Thanks for Parish Life Conference
DOWAMA Clergy with Bishop Basil, 2016 Parish Life ConferenceBishop Basil writes: Most sincere thanks to Fr. George and Kh. Claudia Eber, Dn. Michael and Sh. Vivian Miles, Dn. Stephen and & Sh....
View ArticleJune 22, 2016 + Why Does the Good Lord Permit Assaults on the Orthodox Church?
by St. Nikolai VelimirovichWhy does the good Lord permit assaults and sufferings on the True Faith while He permits the pleasure of tranquility to heresies and paganism? Why? Even St. John Chrysostom...
View ArticleNativity of the Forerunner St. John the Baptist + June 24
O Prophet and Forerunner of the coming of Christ, we honour thee lovingly but cannot extol thee worthily; for by thy birth thy mother's barrenness and thy father's dumbness were unloosed; and the...
View ArticleDiocese of Charleston Bible Study + June 22, 2016
Romans 1:28-2:9Matthew 5:27-32Romans 1:28-2:9 (NKJV) And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting;...
View ArticleOYPC 2016: Antiochian Young Adult Ministry Hosts Second National Conference...
The Orthodox Young Professionals Conference is a four day conference hosted by the Young Adult Ministry of the Antiochian Archdiocese. Young Orthodox Christians from across the country and all...
View ArticleAxios! Deacon Joseph Abouid is Ordained to the Holy Priesthood by Bishop Anthony
Deacon Joseph (Hector) Abouid was ordained by His Grace Bishop Anthony at St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church in Cicero, IL, on June 12, 2016. He has been appointed as the Youth Priest at St. George,...
View ArticleApostles' Fast Begins
From the second Monday after Pentecost until the feast of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul on June 29th, Orthodox Christians celebrate the Apostles' Fast. This year, the fast commences on Monday, June...
View ArticleDn. David Jacobs Ordained to Priesthood
On Sunday, June 26, 2016, His Grace Bishop Thomas ordained Deacon David Jacobs to the Holy Priesthood at St. Mary Church in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.May God Grant him many years!
View ArticleTeacher Resources on Pinterest
Are you familiar with the popular content sharing service that allows members to "pin" images, videos and ideas to share on the world's catalog of ideas? It's called Pinterest! If you haven't visited...
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