The Sunday of Orthodoxy is the first Sunday of Great Lent. The dominant theme of this Sunday since 843 has been that of the victory of the icons. In that year the iconoclastic controversy, which had raged on and off…
This Sunday is a very important Sunday for all faithful Orthodox Christians, coming as it does before the beginning of Great Lent, and as part of the Church’s Triodion journey to help us achieve Theosis. Reviewing our progress, the first…
A Letter from His Eminence DEMETRIOS, Archbishop of America Beloved Brothers and Sisters in Christ, We are truly blessed to enter once again this sacred and holy season of Great Lent, a time of prayer and reflection, a time of…
My Beloved Ones As we continue through the period of Triodion, today gives us an opportunity to look behind us, to Christmas, and ahead, to Holy Week, as we consider the virtue of patience. Today, February 2nd, 40 days after…
Nativity 2017 Today doth Bethlehem receive Him Who sitteth with the Father forever. Today the angels glorify, as worthy of God, the babe that is born, shouting: Glory to God in the highest, and on earth be peace, and goodwill…
