On the weekend of February 10-12, Archimandrite Fr. Sergius traveled from St. Tikhon’s Orthodox Monastery in PA with the miraculous icon of St.Anna. A large crowd sang with us and then were anointed with oil and venerated the icon, along with the relics of Sts. Joachim and Anna, plus a small piece of the Robe […]
Sanctity of Life Sunday His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon has declared Sunday, January 22, 2023 as Sanctity of Life Sunday to be recognized in parishes of the Orthodox Church in America, and has issued the following statement. Resources for liturgical prayers and petitions can be found here. Sanctity of Life Sunday follows the annual March for
Funeral Arrangements for Reader Ignatius (Jeff) Constant who departed this life on Saturday, December 17. Visitation at Farley Funeral Home 265 Nokomis Ave S, Venice, FL 34285 on Thursday, December 22 from 5-7 pm with the Memorial Service at 6:30pm. The Funeral Service will be at HSOC at Noon on Friday, December 23 with burial
Holy Synod issues statement on same-sex relationships and sexual identity The Orthodox Church teaches that the union between a man and a woman in marriage reflects the union between Christ and His Church (Eph. 5). As such, marriage is by this reflection monogamous and heterosexual. Within this marriage, sexual relations between a husband and wife
By Priest Demetrios Makoul for Pravmir Throughout our day, we must always return to that still, quiet spiritual desert within us. We must start our day there, we return to it throughout the day, and we then return there at the end of the day. It is difficult to stay or feel connected to God due
Statement on the overturning of Roe v. Wade Archpastoral Message of His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon Monday, June 27, 2022 To the Hierarchs, Clergy, and Faithful of the Orthodox Church in America: Christ is in our midst! He is and ever shall be! On June 24, the American people received the news that the Supreme Court
Sunday, June 19, 2022 Passed by the full membership on June 19, 2022 Preamble We, the members of the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the United States of America, promote and uphold the sacred and inviolable essence of human life. The continued challenges of our time prompt us to publish a more comprehensive statement
The Reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. Matthew. (4:18-23) At that time, as Jesus was walking by the Sea of Galilee, He saw two brothers, Simon who is called Peter and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen. And He said to them, “Follow Me, and I
Sanctity of Life Statement Friday, June 24, 2022 NEW YORK – Today the United States Supreme Court issued its opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. The Court did not outlaw abortion. It merely returned that decision to the people to decide in their respective States. In its recent statement entitled, On the Sacredness
Venerable Mary of Egypt Commemorated on April 1 Saint Zosimas (April 4) was a monk at a certain Palestinian monastery on the outskirts of Caesarea. Having dwelt at the monastery since his childhood, he lived there in asceticism until he reached the age of fifty-three. Then he was disturbed by the thought that he had
4th Sunday of Great Lent: St John Climacus (of the Ladder) Troparion & Kontakion The Fourth Sunday of Lent is dedicated to Saint John of the Ladder (Climacus), the author of the work, The Ladder of Divine Ascent. The abbot of Saint Catherine’s Monastery on Mount Sinai (6th century) stands as a witness to the
The Sunday of the Last Judgment is also known as Meatfare Sunday, or Carnival Sunday. This is the last day that meat can be eaten before the Lenten fast. Dairy products are allowed on each day of this week, even Wednesday and Friday. The next Sunday is the Sunday of Cheesefare, It is the last
Sunday of the Prodigal Son The Prodigal Son The Sunday after the Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee is the Sunday of the Prodigal Son. This parable of God’s forgiveness calls us to “come to ourselves” as did the prodigal son, to see ourselves as being “in a far country” far from the Father’s
