The Anaphora, the great consecration prayer in the Divine Liturgy, contains a commemoration of the saints, beginning with a listing of ten kinds or categories

“And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, ‘Blessed

O Christ. O great and most holy Pascha! . . . Grant that we may more perfectly partake of Thee in the never-ending day of

Our Lord spent most of His ministry before His crucifixion in public. He worked His miracles openly. He delivered His teach­ing to crowds assembled to

As St. Paul attested when he wrote that “we preach Christ cru­cified” (I Cor. 1:23), the Passion of our Lord has always stood at the

The third Sunday of Pascha is dedicated to the holy Myrrh­bearers:  Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus who provided a proper, although has­ty, burial for our

“In giving birth you preserved your virginity! In falling asleep you did not forsake the world, 0 Theotokos!” (Troparion of the Dormition of the Theotokos)

The beginning of August inaugurates a series of great feasts of the Church extending into the middle of September.  The first of these festivals commemorates

The month of May includes the secular commemoration of Mother’s Day. This observance is not a feast of the Church nor is it given any

The last days of Holy Week commemorate the climactic events of our Lord’s earthly ministry. Clouds of doom gather inexorably around the Savior. Yet He