Commemorations
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Saint Innocent of Alaska (1797-1817) and Saint Thomas the Apostle (72 AD): Two Great Missionaries
View MoreThe Orthodox Church has been a missionary church right from the beginning. Before Jesus Christ ascended into heaven He said to his apostles “Go therefore and…
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The Repose of St. John the Theologian (September 26th)
View MoreSt. John the theologian is one of the four evangelists, or authors of the Gospels. St. John was the son of Zebedee and Salome, who were…
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The Relics of the True Cross
View MoreSeptember 21st is the leave-taking of the feast of the Elevation of the Cross (September 14th) so as we are still within this festal period…
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The Exultation of the Holy Cross
View MoreThe feast of the Holy Cross commemorates two “rediscoveries” of the Holy Cross (the cross on which Christ was crucified) in 326 AD and again…
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The Beheading of the Holy Glorious Prophet, Forerunner, and Baptist John
View MoreThe Beheading of the Prophet, Forerunner of the Lord, John the Baptist: The Evangelists Matthew (Mt.14:1-12) and Mark (Mark 6:14-29) provide accounts about the martyric…
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Saint John, Evangelist and Theologian – Commemorated May 8th
View MoreSt. John is call an evangelist, which means a person who wrote a Gospel. He is the first saint to be called a theologian because…