Commemorations

Before Christ ascended into heaven he told his disciples “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and…

The English word martyr comes from a Greek word which means witness. In the secular world the word martyr was used to mean witness but soon…

On February 2nd the Church celebrates the Meeting of the Lord, one of the twelve great feasts of the church. Among Western Christians, this feast is…

St. Anthony the Great In the Orthodox Church we have a one year lectionary (many other Christians have a three year lectionary). This means we hear…

As Orthodox Christians, we should and probably do, read the lives of the saints and pray to them. However, the saints sometimes seem “strange” to us.…

The Greek word Theophany means an appearance of God. The word Epiphany means a ‘shining forth’. In this case both of these words refer to today’s…