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St. Gabriel Urgebadze

...on May 1 is a major Communist holiday, “International Workers’ Day”, and in 1965 the Communists held a parade and rally in a major square, which also happened to be Holy Saturday, the day before Pascha. Father Gabriel was returning from serving the Divine Liturgy and saw a 26-foot picture of Lenin decorating a side of a building with the caption “Glory to Great Lenin!” Unnoticed by the guards, F...

Olga of Alaska, A Saint?

...gside her husband, not so much in preaching and teaching the faith but living it and teaching it by her example. She knew by heart the hymns of many feast days, including Palm Sunday,Holy Week and Pascha in Yupik. According to the stories of those who know her, she showed special care for native women who suffered physical and sexual abuse. She would invite them into the privacy of the tradition...

Listen To Carpatho-Rusyn Hymns and Carols

...Kolady (Christmas Carols) Rusyn Folk Songs Marian Hymns Great Lent Pascha (Easter) [] ...

The Lenten Triodion: Sunday of the Publican and Pharisee

...o God through worship, prayer, fasting, and acts of charity. It is also on this day that the Triodion is introduced, a liturgical book that contains the services from this Sunday, the tenth before Pascha (Easter), to Great and Holy Saturday. [] ...

The True Nature of Fasting

...hop Nikolai, forms the foundation of all the worship of the Orthodox Church; it is the one and only basis for our Christian life and hope. Yet, in order for us to experience the full power of this Paschal re- joicing, each of us needs to pass through a time of preparation. ' We waited,' says Bishop Nikolai, 'and at last our expectations were ful- filled. ' Without this waiting, without this expect...

The True Nature of Fasting

...hop Nikolai, forms the foundation of all the worship of the Orthodox Church; it is the one and only basis for our Christian life and hope. Yet, in order for us to experience the full power of this Paschal re- joicing, each of us needs to pass through a time of preparation. ' We waited,' says Bishop Nikolai, 'and at last our expectations were ful- filled. ' Without this waiting, without this expect...

Archpastoral Letter For Great Lent 2024

...e: As we begin Holy and Great Lent this year on March 18th, I want to share with you a few thoughts so that we may journey through this reflective period and arrive at the Great Feast of Feasts, PASCHA to receive the Resurrected Christ.      We are reminded that there can be no true fast, no genuine repentance, no reconciliation with God, unless we at the same time reconcile with one another. ...

Diocesan Parishes Invited To Submit Holy Week and Pascha Photos!

...JOHNSTOWN, PA --  Diocesan Parishes are cordially invited to submit via email up to 3 photos of  this year's Holy week and Paschal services for inclusion in a special photo gallery,  "Pascha throughout the Diocese".  It is asked that parishes avoid sending low resolution cell phone camera quality photos as they may also be...

Archpastoral Letter For Pascha 2024

...lesh, but by God.”     St Gregory of Nyssa, Today I greet you with great love and joy in the Name of our Lord, God and Saviour Jesus Christ following His glorious Resurrection. On Great and Holy Pascha, we behold the triumph of Christ, as He rose from death to life, from darkness of the tomb into the Light. With the Resurrection of Christ, all Creation is filled with a new Light of life and joy....

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