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Salt Lake City Welcomes 25 New Orthodox Christians on Holy Saturday
They had examined the history books, but more importantly their own souls, and after a year of intense preparation and purification, twenty-five catechumens were baptized and chrismated into...
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Miraculous Holy Fire Comes from Jerusalem to Salt Lake City
Photo: Nicole Boliaux, Deseret NewsEvery year, on the eve of Great and All-holy Pascha, the Holy Fire miraculously lights inside the Church of the Holy Sepulcher for the Greek Orthodox Christian...
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Metropolitan Joseph Visits St. George Cathedral, Pittsburgh, PA
On Sunday, April 2, 2017, the community of St. George Cathedral in Pittsburgh, PA, with Fr. Joshua Makoul, was honored to host His Eminence Metropolitan Joseph for the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy.
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The Fast and the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul
By Bishop Thomas Joseph and Peter SchweitzerHaving celebrated the feast of feasts, the Lord’s Pascha, and Pentecost fifty days thereafter, we are about to embark upon the Apostles’ Fast, which this...
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It’s time for Vacation Church School!
Do you already have your Parish’s Vacation Church School scheduled? Are you trying to find the right program? If you’re still searching, visit The Orthodox Marketplace online! The Twelve Great...
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On Evaluating the Sunday Church School Year
The school year is wrapping up in North America. For many of us, this means that Sunday Church School will also be taking a summer break. A change from the usual routine is a good time for us to think...
View ArticleAn Open Letter from the Heritage Foundation Chairman, Economos Antony Gabriel
Dear fellow Antiochian,Saint John Chrysostom once exclaimed: Glory to Thee, O God, For all things!"Lest, we forget."Yes, we give thanks to Almighty God for all of our beloved pioneers who knitted the...
View ArticleLest We Forget: Economos Antony Gabriel Introduces The Honor Wall
An Open Letter to the ArchdioceseBy Economos Antony GabrielTo The Archdiocese Board of Trustees, Pastors , Parish Council Members and Faithful of our God Protected Archdiocese:AL MASSIH. QAM!May you be...
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June 7, 2017 + Part II: Address to Young Men on the Right Use of Greek...
From St. Basil the GreatOutline of Sections 3-4III. Profane learning should ornament the mind, as foliage graces the fruit-bearing tree.IV. In studying pagan lore one must discriminate between the...
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Keeping the Empty Tomb in our Hearts and Turning our Crosses into Victory
By Fr. Joshua MakoulHaving completed Holy Week and Pascha, we were able to experience the transition from the long, darker services of Holy Thursday and Holy Friday to the brighter and joyful services...
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Register Now for October Iconology and Iconography Workshop at Antiochian...
Vladislav Andrejev, IconographerThe Antiochian Village Conference and Retreat Center will be hosting an intensive 6-day icon workshop on October 1–7, 2017. Students will learn both the theory and...
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Apostles' 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...
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Axios! Holy Synod of Antioch Elects New Metropolitan of Archdiocese of Hama,...
By the grace of the Holy Spirit, the Holy Synod of Antioch, under the presidency of His Beatitude Patriarch John X, elected His Grace Bishop Nicholas Baalbaki as the new metropolitan archbishop of the...
View ArticlePhronema the Lifeblood of Orthodoxy
By Bishop Thomas Joseph and Peter SchweitzerThe Greek word φρόνημα, transliterated in English as phronema is difficult to capture in a single word since it is more of a way of being in the world or a...
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Original Christmas Pageant for 2017, Available for Download
Now available for download! An original Christmas pageant entitled Light of the World written by Rebekah Yergo, the Church School Director at St. John Chrysostom Orthodox Church in York, PA, is...
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An Intentional Summer Plan
The school year is wrapping up in North America. For many of us with school-aged children, this means our schedules will change because there is no school or we take a break from homeschooling. This is...
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Gleanings From A Book on Prayer
We Pray by Daniel OpperwallI never expected to be charmed by a nonfiction book. However, We Pray, written by Daniel Opperwall and illustrated by Jelena and Marko Grbic is no ordinary nonfiction book!...
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Memory Eternal! + Metropolitan Antonio of Mexico, Central America and Venezuela
"I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live." John 11:25His Beatitude Patriarch John X of Antioch, the Holy Synod of Antioch, and the Archdiocese of...
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A Reflection for Father’s Day: Who Else Will Raise the Second Generation of...
By Fr. George ShalhoubOn June 18th, we will celebrate and honor every father again on Father’s Day.In the Holy Orthodox Church, no man is defined without a woman, no woman is defined without a man, and...
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Fatherhood, A Kind of Asceticism
By Deacon Thom CroweAt three in the morning, our house is quiet and dark. The distractions of the day all fade into silence, no to-do lists, no errands, no calls, nothing. I learned this the night we...
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