Pentecost
Pentecost SundayJohn 7:37-52; 8:12 Article on the Pentecost Icon from Orthodox Wiki. Pentecost by Fr. Alexander Schmemann Icon from www.goarch.org
Peter Preble
Faith • Grief • History • Hope
Peter Preble
Faith • Grief • History • Hope
Tag Church History
Sunday of the Samaritan Woman
Acts 11:19-30John 4:5-42 Today we look at the woman at the well. She is a Samaritan and therefor not one that should be hanging around with Jews. She also has a past, let’s just say she is not the type…
The Paschal Homily of St John Chrysostom
At the Resurrection Service we read the ancient homily near the end of the Liturgy. This year I read this but in previous years the Cantor has read it while the faithful came to communion. I am glad I decided…
Saint Patrick, Enlightener of Ireland
Just so the Westerners out there don’t think they have cornered the market on St. Patrick… Green vestments tomorrow! Apolytikion in the Third ToneO Holy Hierarch, equal of the Apostles, Saint Patrick, wonderworker and enlightener of Ireland: Intercede with the…
Sunday of Orthodoxy
Today is the First Sunday of Great Lent also known as the Sunday of Orthodoxy. On this day we celebrate the restoration of the veneration of the Holy Icons after the Iconoclastic period of Church history. For the Orthodox Icons…
Anglicans
Never being one to enter a room that I am not wanted in, I thought I would share this link with you all about the situation going on in the Anglican Communion. Things are not all sunshine and roses at…
St. Nicholas
From the Greek Archdiocese Website: This Saint lived during the reign of Saint Constantine the Great, and reposed in 330, As a young man, he desired to espouse the solitary life. He made a pilgrimage to the holy city Jerusalem,…
Ecumenical Patriarch
Here is a little blurb about the Patriarch also from his website: The Ecumenical Patriarchate is the primary ecclesiastical centre of the Orthodox Church throughout the world, tracing its history to the Day of Pentecost and the early Christian communities…