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...
Tag: Lent
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 ...
Feasting During the Fast
We have passed the mid point of our Lenten Journey and now the difficult time of the fast begins. We have completed as much as we have yet in front of us ...
4th Sunday of Great Lent ~ St. John Climacus
The Sunday of St. St John of the Ladder (Climacus) is the fourth Sunday of Great Lent. It commemorates St John Climacus (+649), the author of the work The Ladde...
2nd Sunday of Great Lent ~ St. Gregory Palamas
The Sunday of St. Gregory Palamas is the Second Sunday of Great Lent. It commemorates St. Gregory Palamas (+1359). It falls between the Sunday of Orthodoxy and ...
Sunday of Orthodoxy
The Sunday of the Triumph of Orthodoxy is celebrated on the first Sunday of Great Lent. It is the celebration of the victory of the iconodules over the iconocla...