by Lawrence on January 7, 2011
Truly the Son of Man, Christ our true God is this day given to us by the Holy Spirit through Mary, the Immaculate and Ever-virgin Theotokos Today is December 25, according to the ancient Julian calendar of the Orthodox Catholic Church, the day of the Holy Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ. The original five [...]
by Lawrence on October 18, 2010
Interview with Mother Agapia (Stephanopoulos), Superior at the Convent of Saint Nicholas, the Wonderworker, of the Syracuse Diocese, ROCOR (See pages 6-7 of the Missionary Leaflet) THE MILESTONES The first thing that struck me was the overwhelming response from clergy and laity throughout the US and even in Australia to our appeal. It was obvious [...]
by Lawrence on September 23, 2010
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk is Chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations. Recently he gave an address to the Annual Nicean Club Dinner at Lambeth Palace in which he politely but firmly pointed out that the dialogue between the Orthodox Church and the Anglicans, “is doomed to closure if the unrestrained liberalization [...]
by Lawrence on January 2, 2010
MORNING PRAYERS On arising from sleep, stand before the holy icons with reverence and fear of God; make the sign of the sign of the Cross and say: IN the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Then the introductory prayers: Glory to Thee, our God, glory to [...]