Frequency of Confession
As the season of Great Lent begins to come to a close and we are looking ahead to Holy Week most Orthodox Christians start to think about their confession. Yes...
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Sermon ~ Behold Thy Cross
The Gospel of Mark 8:34-38; 9:1 The Lord said: “If anyone wishes to come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever w...
8 April ~ The New Martyr John Naukliros
The Holy New Martyr John Naukliros (“the Shipmaster/Skipper”) (Greek: Ιωάννης ο Ναύκληρος ) was an Orthodox Christian during the seventeenth century...
Thrd Sunday of Great Lent ~ Veneration of the Holy Cross
On the Third Sunday of Great and Holy Lent, the Orthodox Church commemorates the Precious and Life-Giving Cross of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Services in...
The Date of Easter
Unless you live under a rock you know that today is the Western World it is Easter. The Orthodox are celebrating Easter a little latter this year, May 5th. So...
The Outskirts
Yesterday, I had the honor of participating in the 34th Annual Food Share Radiothon on WESO 970 AM here in Southbridge. Food Share is the food pantry organizat...
Lenten Prayer
O great Lord and God! You have led us from corruption to imperishable life through the life-giving death of Your Christ. So, now, deliver our senses from the mo...
William Henry Preble
For the last 20 years or so, my brothers and I have been involved in researching our family heritage. We have spent most of that time researching the Preble si...
The Image We Project
Saturday night, the Churches of the Worcester Council of Orthodox Churches gathered at St. George Cathedral in Worcester to commemorate the great feast day that...
The Pope and the Patriarch
Like most of the world, I have been paying pretty close attention to what the new Pope of Rome is doing these days. From what I have seen and from what I have ...