The Fountain of miracles sat down at the fountain at the sixth hour to revive the fruit of Eve. For Eve had been cast

The Scriptures tell us that, forty days after His Resurrection, our Lord appeared in the flesh to His disciples for a last time. At the

I.  GOD, CREATION, AND MAN The Orthodox Church calendar assigns readings for each day of the year.  These readings are to be read at Church

Fasting is probably on least in this country.  There are more differences in obser­vance between families on this point than on any other.  Some families

On March 25th we celebrate the feast of the Annunciation. The event commem­orated is recoun­ted in Luke 1: 26-38. An “annun­ciation” is an “announcement”, and

On the Feast of the Annuncia­tion we commemorate both the angel Gabriel’s announcement to the Virgin Mary that she was chosen to be the mother

On the Feast of Pentecost we commemorate the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the apostles and the creation thereby of the Church. We experience

“Men, Galileans, why do you stand looking into heaven?  This Jesus who has thus ascended from you into heaven will return in the manner which

The month of June is rounded off by the commemoration of the Apostles Peter and Paul.  The Church has given them the common title “The

The Orthodox calendar designates the first Sunday after Pentecost as the feast of “All Saints”.  Every day of the year celebrates the memory of some