...JOHNSTOWN, PA ---  The Very Rev. Protopresbyter Robert Buczak  has announced today, the following schedule of live broadcasts of Holy Week and Paschal Services at Christ the Saviour Cathedral:   Matins of Holy Friday (Reading of 12 Passion Gospels) -Thursday April 17, 2014 - 7:00 pm; Holy Friday Vespers - Fri April 18, 2014  - 7:00pm;  Resurrec...

... Very Reverend Protopresbyters, Very Reverend and Reverend Fathers, and the Faithful of our God-Protected Diocese:  CHRIST IS RISEN!    INDEED, HE IS RISEN! On this great and glorious feast of Pascha—the Resurrection of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, our hearts are filled with tremendous joy, our souls are transformed and we bask in the Light of Truth. I wish to share with you the inspirin...

... and Readers from Bright Friday through the afternoon of Bright Saturday. This annual Clergy gathering was postponed from February of this year, due to inclement weather. Meeting in the joy of Pascha, during Renewal or Bright Week will afford the clergy of the Diocese the opportunity to gather in joyful prayer and fellowship with His Grace, Bishop Gregory, and prayerfully reflect on keeping th...

... Homily of His Grace, Bishop Gregory of Nyssa for the Seventh Sunday of Pascha   Family Day Liturgy - Camp Nazareth  (Sunday June 1, 2014)     4918 ...

...instructed in the ways of Orthodoxy. Those candidates met (usually with the Bishop himself) and were given proper preparation for their Baptism and Chrismation that would happen on the eve of Holy Pascha. One such Bishop’s instructions we have preserved for us. St. Cyril of Jerusalem was Bishop from about the year 350 until his death in 386. What has been preserved for us is St. Cyril’s Catechet...

...ery Rev. Protopresbyter Robert Buczak has announced that all  Divine Services for Holy Week at Christ the Saviour Cathedral will be live streamed.  Holy Friday Vespers, Resurrection Matins and the Paschal Divine Liturgy will also be archived for on-demand viewing.  Please Note: The Resurrection Matins broadcast will be temporarily halted during the Procession and will resume as the faithful re-e...

...s the last even as the first. He gives rest to him who comes at the eleventh hour in the same was as him who has labored from the first. He accepts the deed, and commends the intention.” (from The Paschal Homily of St. John Chrysostom) God does not compel anyone to love Him. God does not force anyone to obey Him. God has revealed an inexhaustible love toward humanity in His plan for our salvatio...