Category Archives: Commemorations

The Relics of the True Cross

Posted on September 21, 2015 by gldstrm

September 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 it is appropriate to consider the relics of the True Cross. In the years 326-328 … Continue reading →

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The Exultation of the Holy Cross

Posted on September 14, 2015 by gldstrm

The feast of the Holy Cross commemorates two “rediscoveries” of the Holy Cross (the cross on which Christ was crucified) in 326 AD and again in 614 AD. These rediscoveries happened in this way. In 70 AD, the Roman army … Continue reading →

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The Beheading of the Holy Glorious Prophet, Forerunner, and Baptist John

Posted on August 29, 2015 by gldstrm

The 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 end of John the Baptist in the year 32 after the Birth of Christ. Following … Continue reading →

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Saint John, Evangelist and Theologian – Commemorated May 8th

Posted on May 10, 2015 by gldstrm

St. John is call an evangelist, which means a person who wrote a Gospel. He is the first saint to be called a theologian because of the depth and breadth of theological wisdom in his Gospel and other writings. The … Continue reading →

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Saint Athanasius the Great (296-373 AD) – Commemorated May 2nd

Posted on May 3, 2015 by gldstrm

At every Divine Liturgy we sing or say the Nicene Creed, so called because the first part of the Creed was adopted by the Fathers of the First Ecumenical (General) Council held in the city of Nicea in the year … Continue reading →

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