Orthodox News Briefs for May 10, 2016
ST. NILUS’ ICON STREAM MYRRH PASCHA FIRES IN FIVE ORTHODOX CHURCHES * NEW YORK FIRE RULED NON-SUSPICIOUS NEW BOOK EXAMINES THE DIVISION OF ORTHODOX/ORIENTAL ORTHODOX CHURCHES UKRAINIAN ORTHODOX IN...
Weekday Devotional
Tuesday John 21: 15-25 So when they had eaten breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you love Me more than these?” He said to...
Devotional for Sunday, May 8
‘Thomas Sunday’ ST. GREGORY: “It was not an accident that that particular disciple was not present. The Divine mercy ordained that a doubting disciple should, by feeling in his...
Orthodox Devotional for Pascha
“We waited and at last our expectations were fulfilled. When the Patriarch sang “Christ is risen”, a heavy burden fell from our souls. We felt as if we also...
Orthodox Devotional for Sunday, April 24
Palm Sunday/Entry into Jerusalem (John 12:1-18) ST. NIKOLAI VELIMIROVICH: “At the glorious Entry of the Lord Jesus into Jerusalem, and even in the Temple itself, the children cried out:...
Orthodox Devotion for Sunday, April 17
Gospel: Mark 10:32-45 Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt who left a life of lust and sex to repent in the desert for the rest of her life,,...
Orthodox News Briefs for 04/16/16
SHROUD OF TURIN AND CLOTHE ARE FROM THE SAME PERSON CHRISTIAN MILITIA IRAQ (*Note: article is biased but informative) ROMANIAN ORTHODOX ACCOUNTS FOR ONLY 37% OF NEW CHURCH BUILDINGS...
Sunday Devotion for April 10
Gospel: Mark 9:17-31 (casting out the demon from the possessed boy whose father lacked faith) Venerable Bede: For no man at once reaches to the highest point, but...
Sunday Devotion for April 3
St. John Chrysostom on Mark 8:34-9:1 “And this He says, because it may happen that a man may suffer and yet not follow Christ, that is, when he does...
Sunday Devotion for March 27
Reading Mark 2:1-12 – Healing of the Paralytic VENERABLE BEDE: We are also informed, that many sicknesses of body arise from sins, and therefore perhaps sins are first remitted,...