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Winter 2017 Issue of DIAKONIA Available Online

The Winter 2017 issue of DIAKONIA is now available online. This issue highlights the Diocese of Toledo and the Midwest. The issue contains:Using our Prayer Books by His Grace Bishop AnthonyInformation...

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Gleanings from a Book: Parenting Toward the Kingdom by Dr. Philip Mamalakis

I was so excited when I learned that this book was in the works! Before reading it, I had great expectations: I anticipated that it would be filled with gentle nudges towards godliness based both on...

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On Overcoming the Winter Blues

The beginning of February marks the middle of winter for the northern hemisphere. For many people, winter can a dreary and depressing time. Why is this the case? Are children also thus affected by...

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Diocese of Charleston Bible Study + February 8, 2017

2 Peter 3:1-18Mark 13:24-312 Peter 3:1-18 (NKJV) Beloved, I now write to you this second epistle (in both of which I stir up your pure minds by way of reminder), that you may be mindful of the words...

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February 8, 2017 + On Avoiding Church Services

St. Barsanuphius of Optina (1845-1913)St. John Climacus was asked if there are reliable signs by which it's possible to know whether a soul is drawing near to God or moving away from Him. After all,...

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Archdiocesan Convention to Celebrate Bishop Antoun’s Lifetime of Service

After eight decades of “love, humility and sunshine” in service to the Antiochian Orthodox Church, His Grace Bishop Antoun of the Diocese of Miami and the Southeast is retiring from active ministry....

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Sunday of the Prodigal Son

When I disobey in ignorance thy fatherly glory, I wasted in iniquities the riches that thou gavest me. Wherefore, I cry to thee with the voice of the prodigal son, saying, I have sinned before thee, O...

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Now Available: Hyperlinking of Sacred Music Within Liturgical Texts

     Tired of searching for sheet music to match the texts of the divine services while trying to worship in church? The Departments of Sacred Music and Liturgics have teamed up to make things easier...

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Memory Eternal! +Kevin Speier

Memory Eternal! Kevin Speier, youngest child of Fr. Nicholas and Kh. Jan Speier of St. Athanasius Orthodox Church in Santa Barbara, CA, reposed this morning, February 15, 2015, after a valiant battle...

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Diocese of Charleston Bible Study + February 15, 2017

I John 3:21-4:6Mark 14:43-15:1I John 3:21-4:6 (NKJV)Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence toward God. And whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments...

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February 22, 2017 + What Constitutes Our End and Perfect Bliss

by St. John CassianFor then will be perfectly fulfilled in our case that prayer of our Saviour in which He prayed for His disciples to the Father saying "that the love wherewith Thou lovedst Me may be...

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March 1, 2017 + That Faults Can Be Overcome in Three Ways

by St. John CassianAbbot Chæremon's statement that faults can be overcome in three ways. Then the blessed CHÆREMON: There are, said he, three things which enable men to control their faults; viz.,...

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Memory Eternal! + John Roman

John Roman (3rd from left) at the 2015 Archdiocesan ConventionMemory Eternal! John Roman, son of the late Daniel and Olympia Roman of Tucson, AZ, reposed yesterday, February 15, 2017, after a valiant...

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The Torch Newsletter Winter 2016-17 Now Available

The Winter 2016-17 edition of The Torch, the official publication of the Midwest Antiochian Women, is now available online. Click here to download (PDF).AttachmentSizeTorch - Winter 2016-17 (PDF)503.46 KB

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Meatfare Sunday (Sunday of the Last Judgment)

The trumpets shall blow, and the graves shall be empty, and all mankind shall rise trembling. They who have done good shall rejoice with joy, expecting their reward; and those who have done evil shall...

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On the Wings of Divine Love: Antiochian Seminarians Visit the Holy Mountain

Mount Athos — a place where heaven bows down and touches the earth. It is where the veil between this world and the next is thin and translucent. Its soil bears the footprints of countless ascetics and...

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Diocese of Charleston Bible Study + February 22, 2017

Joel 2:12-16Joel 3:12-21Joel 2:12-16 (NKJV)"Now, therefore," says the LORD, turn to Me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning. So rend your heart, and not your garments;...

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St. George Church in Cleveland Hosts 2017 Spring Gathering

The Diocese of Toledo is pleased to announce our Spring Gathering, which will be hosted this year by St. George Church in Cleveland, Ohio, March 17–19, 2017. Bishop Anthony will be our keynote...

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March is Antiochian Women Month

The month of March, designated as Antiochian Women Month by His Eminence Metropolitan Joseph, is a time when the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Women of North America encourage their sisters in Christ...

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Metropolitan Joseph's Pastoral Message for the Great Fast 2017

Pastoral Message for the Great Fast 2017 "The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God endures forever." Isaiah 40:8Great Lent, 2017Beloved Clergy and Faithful of this God-protected...

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