The Prayer of St. Ephrem
O Lord of my life, take away from me the spirit of laziness, faintheartedness, ambition and idle talk. But grant me rather the spirit of chastity, humility, pat...
Tag: Lent
Sunday of Orthodoxy Vespers
Sunday of Orthodoxy Icon Last night, clergy and laity from the 12 Orthodox Churches in our area joined together to celebrate the Sunday of Orthodoxy. The first ...
Archbishop Nicolae’s Meditation for the Sunday of Orthodoxy
We all know that the first Sunday of Great Lent is called the Sunday of Orthodoxy and that it was instituted in the year 843, at the end of the period of the Ec...
The Lenten Fast
I often get questions this time of year about the Orthodox practice of fasting during Great Lent. Fr. Oliver Herbel on his Red River Orthodox Blog has pos...
Forgiveness Sunday
On this last Sunday of the period known as the Triodion we face the final judgment of Adam and his eventual expulsion from paradise. We read the story in the Bo...
St. Brigit on Fasting and Hospitality
Once, St. Brigit and two of her sister nuns were traveling during Lent, and it so happened that they were offered hospitality by a pagan chieftain whose land th...
Liturgy Schedule for Lent
St. Michael Orthodox Church and St. Columba of Iona Orthodox Monastery publishes the list of Divine Services during Great Lent. The schedule is printed be...
Bishop Michael ~ Why We Fast
FASTING: 7 Questions and 7 Answers from Ken James Stavrevsky on Vimeo.
Ten Tips for Holy Week and Pascha
1. Make participation at the Services a priority. 2. In our homes we should strive to “keep out the world” and enter into the peace, solemnity, and theology of ...
5th Sunday of Great Lent ~ St. Mary of Egypt
The Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt is the Fifth and last Sunday of Great Lent. It is the start of the last week of Great Lent. It commemorates Saint Mary of Egypt ...