What better way to begin the journey of Great Lent than to celebrate our faith and to remember that we are not alone. The Sunday of Orthodoxy allows us to celebrate the victory of the true Faith over iconoclasm. We also rejoice in the blessing of being able to be surrounded by visible reminders of the Church Triumphant: those who have gone
on before us, enduring me race well until the end; who continue to intercede on our behalf.
March 14, 2021 As we begin the Great Fast, the Church reminds us today of Adam’s expulsion from Paradise. God asked Adam and Eve to fast but they did not obey Him. As a result, they were expelled form Eden and lost the life of blessedness, knowledge of God, and communion with Him, for which they were created.
The Saint of the Month, is Holy Righteous Simeon the God-Receiver. God promised him that he would not die until … read more. Click here to Download the Newsletter
Her father, the pagan Dioscorus, was a rich and illustrious man in the Syrian city of Heliopolis. Her Mother died when she was young. Seeing Barbara’s extraordinary beauty, her father decided to hide her from the eyes of strangers. Therefore, he built a tower for Barbara, where only her pagan teachers were allowed to see her. Click here to Download the Newsletter
The newsletter contains a lot of interesting content, a “Prayer“, “Do you Know?“, “What I have learned!“, “Cross Word“, and more interesting information, the saint of the month is “Apostle Andrew. The Holy Apostle Andrew the First-Called was the first of the Apostles to follow Christ, and was the brother to the holy Apostle Peter. From Bethsaida as a youth he turned with all his soul to God. After Pentecost, Saint Andrew went to the Eastern lands preaching the Word of God. He went through Asia Minor, Thrace, Macedonia, and upon reaching the River Danube, he went along the coast of the Black Sea. On his journeys St. Andrew endured many sufferings and torments from pagans but continued to preach about the Savior who worked miracles through him. Holy Apostle Andrew established Christian Churches and preached Christ on his journey to Patra, where he eventually suffered martyrdom. Click here to Download the Newsletter
The newsletter contains a lot of interesting content, a “Prayer“, “Do you Know?“, “What I have learned!“, “Cross Word“, and more interesting information, the saint of the month is “Saint Demetrius”. The Great Martyr Demetrius the Myrrh-Gusher was the son of a Roman proconsul in Thessalonica. The parents of Saint Demetrius were secretly Christians and he was baptized and raised in the Christian Faith in secret church in his father’s home. Click here to Download the Newsletter