Monthly Archives: December 2015

Sunday after the Nativity – The Holy, Righteous Ones: Joseph the Betrothed, David the King and James the Brother of the Lord

The three saints we are commemorating today are all related to our Lord. We will first look at King David on his own and then consider an issue linking St. Joseph and Saint James. King David was a forefather of Jesus Christ. … Continue reading

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The Genealogy of Jesus Christ (The Sunday before Christmas)

In today’s Gospel we have the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the long list of his ancestors. For those of us who remember older translations, this was a long list of “begats”, i.e., “Abraham begat Isaac, and Isaac begat Jacob” and so on. … Continue reading

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St. Herman of Alaska (commemorated August 9th and December 13th)

Saint Herman was the first Orthodox saint to be canonized in America and is considered the patron saint of North America by Orthodox Christians. St. Herman was born in the 1750s in the town of Serpukhov in the Moscow governate. No one … Continue reading

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St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, Commemorated May 9th and December 6th (270-343 AD)

In religion, as in other fields of life, there are theory and practice. The theory is doctrine, our beliefs about God, beginning with the two fundamental doctrines, the Trinity (God is three persons and one substance) and the Incarnation (the belief that Jesus … Continue reading

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