Hotel Registration Opens for the 2017 Archdiocese Convention in Miami
Christ in our midst! He is and ever shall be!The buzz continues with great excitement as the 2017 Archdiocese Convention is less than a year away!Hotel Registration opens today, July 28, 2016: visit...
View ArticleLetters from Metropolitan Joseph Regarding Mr. Theodore Daoud
His Eminence Metropolitan Joseph recently sent the following communications to Mr. Theodore Daoud:July 25, 2016Mr. Theodore DaoudDear Mr. Daoud,Blessings and greetings to you in the name of our Lord,...
View ArticleAugust 2016 Newsletter
Dear friend of St. Athanasius Academy:Please remember our prisoner-students. Let them know we care. (Mat. 25:34-40)THE FAITHFUL BRIDE OF JESUS OUR CHRISTJUDITH - THE LIONESS OF JUDAHIn honor of the...
View Article2016 DOWAMA Basketball Tournament
September 23rd-25th, 2016St. Elijah Church + Oklahoma City, OKThe 10th Annual DOWAMA SOYO Basketball Tournament will be hosted at St. Elijah Church in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma over the weekend September...
View ArticleThe Great Feast of the Transfiguration + August 6
"Thou hast been transfigured, O Saviour, on Mount Tabor, indicating the transformation of mankind which shall take place at thy dreadful Second Coming. Moses and Elijah did converse with thee. But thy...
View ArticleDiocese of Charleston Bible Study + August 3, 2016
I Corinthians 7:24-35Matthew 15:12-21I Corinthians 7:24-35 (NKJV)Brethren, let each one remain with God in that state in which he was called. Now concerning virgins: I have no commandment from the...
View ArticleDiocese of Charleston Bible Study + August 10, 2016
I Corinthians 10:12-22Matthew 16:20-24I Corinthians 10:12-22 (NKJV)Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall. No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but...
View ArticleMemory Eternal! + Archpriest Fr. Boniface Black
His Grace Bishop Thomas writes: Earlier today (August 7, 2016) the Archpriest Fr. Boniface Black reposed in the Lord. Father Boniface was the founding pastor of St. Philip Church in Souderton, PA, the...
View ArticleMemory Eternal! + Department Mourns Loss of Fr. Boniface Black
The Department of Sacred Music is deeply saddened by the passing of Fr. Boniface Black. We extend our heartfelt sympathies to Fr. Boniface's family and friends, and especially to Kh. Joyce, a longtime...
View ArticleNew Leadership Appointed for Department of Missions and Evangelism
V. Rev. John D. FinleyV. Rev. Joseph HuneycuttAugust 9, 2016 — Englewood, NJHis Eminence Metropolitan Joseph has appointed V. Rev. John D. Finley as the new chairman of the Department of Missions and...
View Article2017 Creative Arts Festival Lesson Cross-Reference
"My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations." (Mark 11:17)Kindergarten- Together with GodLesson 2 "God's House"The church is God's house. As God's family, we meet in the church building...
View ArticleSummer 2016 Issue of DIAKONIA Available Online
The Summer 2016 issue of DIAKONIA is now available online. This issue highlights the Diocese of Miami and the Southeast. The issue contains:A message from President Dawn EvanchoFor All The Saints by V....
View ArticleAugust 17, 2016 + Committing Ourselves to the Lord's Will
by St. Silouan the AthoniteFather Lazarus, who had been a captain in the army, used to tell the story of how a certain peasant went to fetch wood for the furnace. Exhausted by his labors, he lay down...
View ArticleDormition of the Most Holy Theotokos + August 15
Shudder, O ye heavens! and, O earth, give ear unto these words: God descended once before for our sake; He descends again today for His Mother.--from The Lamentations at the Bier of the Mother of God,...
View ArticleDepartment of Conventions and Conference Planning is Accepting Bids for 2021...
The Department of Conventions and Conference Planning (DCCP) would like to inform parishes that the deadline for submitting bids to host the 2021 Archdiocese Convention is February 1, 2017. Parishes...
View Article"A Flood of Musical Splendor": 2016 Sacred Music Institute
By Paul Jabara, Chairman of the Department of Sacred Music, and Emily Lowe, Coordinator of SMIView the photo galleryLast year, the Sacred Music Institute celebrated its thirtieth anniversary, and it...
View ArticleMemory Eternal! + Shamassy Janice Marie Bourquin
Memory Eternal! + Shamassy Janice Marie BourquinShamassy Janice Marie Bourquin, wife of Deacon John Bourquin of St. Luke Orthodox Christian Church in Erie, CO, reposed at her home late on the night of...
View ArticleMemory Eternal! + Christine M. (Esahak) Lynch
Memory Eternal! + Christine M. (Esahak) Lynch, 83, of Little Falls, NJ, passed away on August 18, 2016. Christine was born in Paterson, NJ on March 4, 1933 to the late Charles and Sarah (Mitchell)...
View ArticleAugust 24, 2016 + On the Two Characteristics of Love
by St. Cosmas of AitoliaIf you wish to be saved, seek no other thing here in this world as much as love.Know my brethren that love has two characteristics, two gifts. One of them is to strengthen man...
View ArticleAugust 31, 2016 + The Way of a Christian
by St. Herman of AlaskaWithout exalting myself to the rank of teacher, nonetheless, fulfilling my duty and obligation as an obedient servant for the benefit of my neighbor, I will speak my mind,...
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