Dear Friends of the Church of Our Lady of Kazan, In consideration of the impending severe weather and its aftermath, Great Compline with the reading…
February 8, 2026 After coffee hour on a frigid Sunday in February, parishioners and guests gathered for theannual parish meeting of the Church of Our…
Tomorrow, we begin Great Lent, a gift of God, a time for us to re-examine our priorities: for example, the primacy of healthy, life-enriching relationships within ourselves, with others—both those that love us and those that hate us—and ultimately with God. And we should carry out this examination in joy, peace, patience, kindness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control—all fruits of the spirit as Saint Paul tells us (Galatians 5:22-23).
Dear Faithful of the Church of Our Lady of Kazan, Great Lent calls us to reorient our lives toward Christ: to manifest His love and…
The Son of Man comes in glory, yet the story turns our gaze away from the throne. The King identifies Himself not with the powerful or the admired, but with those who live on the edges of life: the hungry, the stranger, the sick, the imprisoned. It is as though Jesus is saying, “If you want to find Me, look where the world is least inclined to look.”
In the Orthodox Church, the Roman Catholic Church and in some other churches, it is said that there are seven sacraments: Baptism, Chrismation, Holy Communion,…