Nativity Message
The Nativity Message of His Eminence Archbishop Nicolae of the Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese in the Americas can be found here: EnglishRomanian
Author: Fr. Peter
Great Vespers
If anyone is in the area tonight, we are having Great Vespers at 5pm here in the church. Fr. Greg is coming down from Worcester so it should be a great service....
Parastas (Paos) Service
The third part of the Funeral Service is what is called the Parastas or Memorial Service. This service is served on the 40th day after the falling asleep as wel...
Pastoral Joys
This morning I had a great breakfast with Fr. Greg and returned to the church to find the other furnace in the church on the fritz. We have three hot air furnac...
Orthodox Funeral Service Part II
In the last post the pre-funeral liturgies were covered. In this post I would like to look at the actual Funeral Liturgy and some of the symbolism of the things...
Festivus
Okay, how many of us remember the “Seinfeld” episode Festivus for the Rest of Us? It was just on not that long ago. Well it would seem that Festivus...
Missionary Blogger
Orthodox Missionary John Burnett from Uganda has a blog about various topics check it out here. Send John an e-mail and thank him for his service to the church....
Romania’s Communist Past
Thanks to Missionary Floyd Frantz for this information. Dear Friends of the St. Dimitrie Program, Often times, we all get pretty bleak about the situation here ...
Orthodox Funeral Service
I have been wanting to write something about the funeral service since the funeral last week. So I thought today would be a good day. The Funeral Service is act...
Christmas Shopping
So yesterday I was able to finish my Christmas Shopping. This is far in advance for me as I am usually running around on Christmas Eve finishing up. Now I just ...