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...al Junior ACRY is inviting all parishes, Church school classes and other parish organizations to aid in this endeavor of providing for the needs of others through this diocesan mission during this Paschal season and Summer. This appeal is a great opportunity to teach the lesson of our Lord that He never leaves us orphaned. Let us take the opportunity to join in the ministry to offer ourselves in m...
...rit, the fulfillment of promises and of our hope." Vespers sticheron at Psalm 140 Today, we celebrate one of the greatest feasts of our Holy Orthodox Church, ranking it, if we will, only after Pascha, the Feast of Feasts, and Theophany. Every Feast of our Church is important to us because God Himself has something to reveal to us and teach us from the events of salvation history which He has u...
...or's office and, not without a bit of hesitation, announced that I would be missing 'Introduction to Ancient Greek' to attend Holy Week services. This was two years ago, when I was a sophomore and Pascha did not fall on the same day as western Easter. He turned towards me in surprise. 'Are you Greek? Your last name's not Greek. Is it your mother's side?' 'No,' I said. 'Russian?' 'No. I'm Ame...
...r theology, our reckoning of time, our iconography, our divine worship, our hymnography, our traditions, in essence, every aspect of our Faith. We must not neglect them! Surely, you will celebrate Pascha and the Nativity, but there is so much more richness, spiritual richness, to be gained by observing the rest of the feasts and fasts with the same dedication. Once again I encourage you to make go...
... his Body, that obedience to his Spirit, which will reveal us as his disciples before the world.”The complete text of this statement is available here: The second statement, “Celebrating Easter/Pascha Together,” is a re-affirmation of the Consultation’s 1998 document, “A Common Response to the Aleppo Statement on the Date of Easter/Pascha.” In this new text, the members emphasize the importance...
...ified Liturgy. (In the modern practice a light Lenten meal early in the day is generally observed). In the centuries following the time of the Didache the Feast of the Resurrection of the Lord - Pascha - was observed with at first a forty hour fast, then a week long fast and then a forty day fast - known to us as Great Lent. This forty-day fast was generally well established in the fourth centur...
...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...
...is the Pillar of Fire of the Children of Israel. It is the Bright Smoke of Solomon's Temple. It is the Brilliance of the Cloud on the Mountain of Transfiguration. It is the Ineffable Brightness of Pascha, and the Gladsome Light of the Holy Dormition. This Grace calls every man, woman and child. "God is willing that no one should perish," St. Peter writes in his second Epistle, "Instead, that all...
...My Father and your Father, to My God and your God, and I will raise you up with Me to that Jerusalem which is above, to the Kingdom of heaven.'" AMEN! At this critical point in our Journey to Holy Pascha, let us decide whether we, as individuals and parishes, will take up our cross, deny our baser selves, and follow the Way of ascetic discipline for the healing of our souls, or, whether we will si...