...wn personal resurrection, and offer gratitude to Him Who has rolled away the stone and the stench of our personal sins, faults, and shortcomings. In that newness of life that is the glory of the Pascha, let us ever walk in the knowledge of the Resurrection, in the power of the Holy Spirit. CHRIST IS RISEN! CHRISTOS VOSKRESE! CHRIST IS RISEN! With love and joy in the Risen Christ, Most sin...

...is saving labor of love. Their horizon was still marked by the shadow of the old. The infinite dawn had yet to arise in their hearts. So it was that the Holy Women proceeded to the Tomb that first Pascha morning. So it was that they fully expected to find the Lord of Glory sleeping in His grave. So it was that their purpose was to complete the rites of burial. But in bringing their fragrant myrr...

...llective experience the guidelines for Lenten Fasting. Essentially, the rule of the Church for Lent is to "Strict Fast" -abstaining from meat and dairy products from the First Monday of Lent until Pascha. This time includes both Saturdays and Sundays, which in the Orthodox reckoning are considered apart of Lent, unlike the reckoning of the Western Churches. To those who are able, we wholeheartedly...

...of God. Let this altar of our hearts be surrounded, be enveloped with the incense of prayer, the sweet savor of thanksgiving, gratitude and praise.           Brothers and Sisters in Christ, this Pascha, this Holy and Great Feast of the Resurrection, let us leap up from the lethargy that sin instills in us, and put off the unprofitable works of the dream [or nightmare!] worlds that we may have cr...

...d Sisters in Christ, We greet you in the strength and grace of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ as we begin the Lenten Season, knowing that He will guide you in prayer, fasting, and worship unto Pascha, the great and glorious celebration of salvation and life. In the Gospel of Matthew we read that as Christ traveled through the cities and villages teaching, preaching, and healing, “He saw the ...

...egment of the weekly Orthodox Christian radio program Come Receive the Light was recorded at the Diocesan Chancery yesterday. His Eminence, Metropolitan Nicholas, was invited to participate in the Paschal Program by Father Christopher Metropulos, Pastor of St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church of  Fort Lauderdale, Florida, the founder and editor of the radio program. His Eminence will be joined on t...

... Friday, April 13th. Resurrection Matins will be served at 9 am at the Sts. Cyril and Methodios Camp Church, with the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy at 10 am, with a procession around the church. A paschal meal will be served in the Dining Hall afterwards. I heartily encourage clergy and faithful to attend, especially those who are in the vicinity of Camp Nazareth. I mean this celebration of Brig...

...ved at Camp Nazareth. Resurrection Matins will be served at 9 am at the Saints Cyril and Methodios Camp Church, and the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy at 10 am, with a procession around the church. A paschal meal will be served in the Dining Hall of the Main Lodge afterwards. A "free-will" offering will be taken. I heartily encourage clergy and faithful to attend, especially those who are in the vi...

... Friday, April 28th. Resurrection Matins will be served at 9 am at the Sts. Cyril and Methodios Camp Church, with the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy at 10 am, with a procession around the church. A paschal meal will be served in the Dining Hall afterwards. I heartily encourage clergy and faithful to attend, especially those who are in the vicinity of Camp Nazareth. I mean this celebration of Brig...

... Martyr Patriarch Gregory V, every face broke into a wide smile and many eyes filled with tears of joy. The Metropolitan stood before the Gate where Patriarch Gregory was hung by the Ottomans on Pascha Sunday 1821. He prayed and kissed the Gate that has been shut since that holy martyrdom and shall ever remain so. (Later, in the Cathedral of Athens and All Greece, His Eminence would reverence th...