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Just Enough Crumbs - 09/23/07
The 17th Sunday after Pentecost
Fr. John Haluszczak
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Two Commandments for Our Times - 09/09/07
The 15th Sunday After Pentecost
Fr. Charles Baxter
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The Guests at the Marriage Feast - 09/02/07
The 14th Sunday after Pentecost
His Eminence Archbishop Vsevolod
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A Harvest is Expected - 08/26/07
The 13th Sunday After Pentecost
Fr. Deacon Ihor Mahlay
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The Great Commandment - 08/19/07
The 12th Sunday After Pentecost
Fr. Myroslav Schirta
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Great Lent 2008! - 02/22/08 Permanent Conference of Ukrainian Orthodox Bishops
Beyond the Borders of Ukraine Great Lent 2008 “Turn not your face away from me, for I am afflicted.
Tend to my soul and speedily heal it” (Ps 26:9).” Thus, the Great Prokimen of the Forgiveness Sunday Vesper Service is chanted as the Royal Doors are closed. Adam is expelled from Eden, and we, the children of God, the followers of Christ Who is the Light of the world, begin our pilgrimage of Great Lent, the Great Fast. |
Patriarchal Proclamation on the Holy Pascha! - 04/16/08 Dearly beloved Brethren and Children in the Lord, “Behold, the winter has passed!” “Arisen is the spring” of salvation; “flowers appear across the land, the sound of the turtle-dove is heard, … the vines are in bloom and give forth their fragrance”. |
2008 Great Lent Web Resources! - 02/22/08 Click here to Begin Your 2008 Great Lent Journey! |
Pascha 2008! - 04/16/08 To the venerable clergy of all ranks and the devout laity of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church beyond the borders of and within Ukraine. May the Peace of the Risen Lord be with you all! Christ is Risen! Indeed He is Risen! |
I’m a College Student: How Could I Possibly Find Time to Pray! - 08/08/08 by Albert S. Rossi, Ph.D.
During an Orthodox College Fellowship retreat last spring, a college student said, "If I put Christ first, the suffering will be great and the joy will be greater." |
The Feast of the Transfiguration! - 08/17/08 In the biblical narratives of our Lord's Transfiguration it is easy to discern different points of inclusion and emphasis peculiar to each writer. Only Luke, for instance, mentions that Jesus was praying was He was transfigured, and only Matthew remarks that the disciples "fell on their faces."
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The Falling Asleep of the Mother of God! - 08/26/08 "Let us crown the Church with songs on the falling asleep of the ark of God; for today doth heaven open its bosom to receive her who gave birth to the One whom all cannot contain. And earth doth adorn itself in blessing and splendour, restoring the fount of life." (Vesperal Litiya of the Feast, Fifth Tone) |
His All Holiness, the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, on the Day of the Protection of the Environment - 09/01/2008! - 08/30/08 Once again, as the ecclesiastical year begins, we are called to reflect – with renewed spiritual intensity in Christ and especial sensitivity – on the state of our bountiful planet, and to offer particular prayers for the protection of the whole natural world.
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St. Philip's Fast! - 11/18/08 We are currently living through the Pre-Nativity Fast – also known as Philip’s Fast because it begins on 15/28 November, the day following the Feast of the Holy Apostle Philip and known in the Western Church as Advent. This fast continues to the Great Feast of the Nativity of our Lord and God and Savior Jesus Christ – the Incarnation – God becoming one of us for no other reason than to prove the depth of His Love for us.
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The Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple! - 12/04/08 Today in the Holy Orthodox Church we celebrate the feast of the Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple. Leading the procession into the Temple were virgins with lighted tapers in their hands, then the three-year-old Most-holy Virgin, led by her father and mother. The virgin was clad in vesture of royal magnificence and adornments as was befitting the “King’s daughter, the Bride of God” (Psalm 44:13-15). Following them were many kinsmen and friends, all with lighted tapers. Fifteen steps led up to the Temple. Joachim and Anna lifted the Virgin onto the first step, then she ran quickly to the top herself, where she was met by the High Priest Zachariah, who was to be the father of St. John the Forerunner. Taking her by the hand, he led her not only into the Temple, but into the “Holy of Holies,” the holiest of holy places, into which no one but the high priest ever entered, and only once each year, at that.Zachariah “was outside himself and possessed by God” when he led the Virgin into the holiest place in the Temple, beyond the second curtain-otherwise, his action could not be explained. The Most-holy Virgin remained in the Temple and dwelt there for nine full years. While her parents were alive, they visited her often. When God called her parents from this world, the Most-holy Virgin was left an orphan and did not wish to leave the Temple until death or to enter into marriage. The Most-holy Virgin Mary was the first of such life-vowed virgins, of the thousands and thousands of virgin men and women who would follow her in the Church of Christ. Through her intercessions, O Lord Jesus Christ our God, have mercy upon us, and save us. Amen. Read more> |
The Nativity of our Lord Proclamation of the Ecumenical Patriarch! - 12/20/08 The great and sacred day of Christmas has dawned, the metropolis and mother of all feasts, inviting each of us to spiritual uplifting and encounter with the Ancient of Days, who became an infant for us.
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Nativity of Christ Archpastoral Letter! - 12/20/08 Once again, we experience, by the grace of God, the Great Feast of the Nativity of Our Lord, God and Savior Jesus Christ in the midst of Winter, bringing to us a Spring-like joy, the joy of the birth of the Infant, “a great joy which will be for all people…for there is born to you this day in the city of David, a Savior, Who is Christ the Lord” (Luke 2: 10-11).
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Great Lent - 2009! - 02/17/09 The Holy Church at this time of Great Lent calls us, the faithful, to reflect upon our spiritual life. After comparing our life with the teachings of God’s Ten Commandments, the Lord’s sermon about “the blessed” and the highest standard of love – the commandment to “love your enemies” – we are called to condemn our deeds and to repent. This process requires a spiritual rebirth... |
Sunday of Cheesefare and Mission Sunday! - 02/23/09 May our hearts be filled with hope and love as we prayerfully anticipate the triumphant Resurrection of Christ our God; and may we be given the strength and courage to share this glorious promise with our brothers and sisters around the world.
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The Feast of the Sunday of Orthodoxy - March 8, 2009! - 02/22/09 We, the Hierarchs of the Standing Conference of the Canonical Orthodox Bishops in the Americas, greet you with love and blessings on the Feast of the Sunday of Orthodoxy, the first Sunday of Holy and Great Lent. This year, amidst the tumult and the insecurity that seem to pervade the globe, we exhort all of you to stand firm in your Orthodox Faith in God, the Faith that has established the world, the Faith that is the bedrock of our Holy Church, the pillar and ground of truth (1 Timothy 3:15). |
Ecumenical Patriarch: Catechetical Homily For Holy and Great Lent! - 02/23/09 The fast proposed to us by our Holy Church is not any deprivation, but a charisma. And the repentance to which it calls us is not any punishment, but a divine gift.
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Pascha 2009! - 04/04/09 The most festive and joyous Feast of all Feasts of the ecclesiastical year is that of the glorious Resurrection of our Lord. As we sing in the ninth irmos of the Paschal Canon at Matins: “This chosen and holy day is the first of the Sabbaths, the queen and lady, the feast of feasts, and the festival of festivals...” In these Holy Paschal days we heartily greet you, our Orthodox brothers and sisters in Diaspora and scattered throughout the whole world. We wholeheartedly greet our beloved faithful who reside in Ukraine. May the Risen Lord unite us all in His love, fill our souls with spiritual joy, and infuse our hearts with peace and harmony... |
Patriarchal Proclamation for Pascha 2009! - 04/08/09 The Resurrection! And this Resurrection is an equally unquestionable historical reality! This reality has immediate and salvific consequences for all of us. The Son of God, who is at the same time the Son of Man, was risen. |
18th Anniversary of Ukraine's Independence! - 08/23/09 For those who rightfully focus on the spiritual reality of that which occurred eighteen years ago, the event of August 1991, was clearly a good gift from God. It was the answer to fervent prayers uttered and noble deeds accomplished over centuries; prayers and deeds often sealed in blood, shed out of love, for the nation and her people. Read more> |
Nativity of the Birth-Giver of God! - 09/20/09 "Your birth, O Birth-Giver of God, brought joy to the whole world, for from you dawned the sun of righteousness, Christ our God. Freeing us from the curse, He gave us His blessings. Abolishing death, He granted us eternal life." |
SCOBA: DISABILITY AND COMMUNION! - 09/21/09 Persons with disabilities comprise the largest minority group in the United States, with almost 20% of the population facing disability in one form or another. Disability affects people of all backgrounds, nations and races, of both genders and any age. A disability stems from an impairment that is either congenital, or the result of disease, injury, or the developmental and aging processes.
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The Universal Exaltation of the Precious and Life-Giving Cross! - 09/24/09 On September 27th, the Church celebrates the feast of the Elevation of the Holy Cross. Two events connected to the Honorable Cross of our Lord are commemorated this day: first, the finding of the Cross by the Empress Helena in the Holy Land; and second, the return of the Cross from Persia to Jerusalem in the year 628. "O Lord, save Your people, and bless You inheritance. Grant victories to the Orthodox Christians over their adversaries. And by virtue of Your Cross, preserve Your habitation." |
Famine (Holodomor) in Ukraine: 1932 - 1933! - 10/23/09 During the autumn every year we Ukrainians in the homeland and in the Diaspora gather together to honor the memory of our brothers and sisters who were made to suffer through the Holodomor of 1932-33.
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Patriarchal Proclamation for Pascha 2010! - 04/03/10 Once again, the sacred day of Pascha has dawned in full delight and splendor, dispersing joy, comfort, gladness and assurance of life to all faithful, despite the heavy atmosphere that prevails in our world on account of the multidimensional crisis with all its familiar painful consequences for our daily life.
Christ has risen from the tomb as divinely human; and humanity has risen with Him! The tyranny of death belongs to the past. The hopelessness of hades’ captivity has irrevocably gone. The only powerful Giver of life, having through His Incarnation voluntarily assumed all of the misfortune of our nature and all that it entails, namely death, has already “brought death to hades by the lightning of divinity,” granting us life – and “life in abundance.” (John 10.10) |
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