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posted by St. Matthew the Apostle Orthodox Church at 7:34 PM
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Divine Liturgy 10:00 AM
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O Christ God, You have ascended in Glory,
Granting joy to Your disciples by the promise of the Holy Spirit.
Through the blessing they were assured
That You are the Son of God,
The Redeemer of the world!
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posted by St. Matthew the Apostle Orthodox Church at 5:55 AM
posted by St. Matthew the Apostle Orthodox Church at 5:35 AM
His Beatitude, Metropolitan JONAH gathered with the bishops of the holy synod to honor Archbishop DMITRI upon his retirement. His Eminence was the first bishop of the Diocese of the South, providing decades of service as a missionary pastor to congregations stretching from New Mexico to the Carolinas. Eis polla eti, despota! Many Years, Master!
posted by St. Matthew the Apostle Orthodox Church at 3:29 PM
posted by St. Matthew the Apostle Orthodox Church at 6:14 AM
Today is the midpoint of the fifty days between the Feasts of Pascha and Pentecost. St John tells us (John 7:14) that "in the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the Temple, and taught." This coming Sunday, the Church will commemorate the meeting of our Lord with the Samaritan Woman at the well, which is foreshadowed in the Troparion appointed for this day:
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In the middle of the feast, O Savior,
Fill my thirsting soul with the waters of piety,
As You cried to all:
If anyone thirst, let him come to me and drink!
O Christ God, Fountain of life, glory to You!
posted by St. Matthew the Apostle Orthodox Church at 10:22 AM
posted by St. Matthew the Apostle Orthodox Church at 7:02 PM
Years ago, after the customary reading of the Paschal Homily of Saint John Chrysostom at the Paschal Vigil, Metropolitan ANTHONY (Bloom) shared these thoughts with the congregation:
If I may I wish to add just a few words of my own. Christ is life and the victory of life. In the world in which He came, death was prevalent and seemed to be all-powerful over men; when He came, He defeated death by His resurrection. And nowadays we live in a world which is full of torment, of pain, of fear, of murder, of death, and we may say, “But where is the victory?”.. The victory is in each of us, the victory is in all those of us who believe that death cannot separate us from God, that death is no longer a victory of evil over us, but a triumph of us through our faith, because death is no longer separation. Saint Paul says that for him death is a meeting with Christ; as long as he lives in the flesh he is separated, partly, from God. But with his death he enters in full unity and communion with Him. This is our faith, but there is more to it in a sense, because life is triumphant in our midst. However frightening and dark the world is nowadays, we know that victory has already been won, that God has won and that we who believe in Him partake together with Him in His victory. And therefore, let us bring, to all around us, this message of life and glory!
Christ is risen!
(image from www.orthodoxwiki.org; quotation from www.mitras.ru/eng/eng_112.htm)
posted by St. Matthew the Apostle Orthodox Church at 6:08 AM
