A short explanation of “Saturday of the Dead” or “Saturday of Souls”, and then: “Why do we pray for the dead?” Three simple reasons.
Month: February 2010
Questions on Forgiveness Sunday
This coming Sunday is the “Sunday of Forgiveness”, the last day before the beginning of Great Lent. Here are a few questions and answers about this day.
Updated Building Chronology with lots of pictures.
It aint perfect yet, since we use rather barbaric editing tools (can you believe that we wrote this whole thing in Word and converted it to HTML?), but here is an up to date building chronolgy. We anticipate being finished in time for Pascha this year (and even before Palm Sunday) …
NB: Angelic children. A story told by Archimandrite Zacharias
Archimandrite Zacharias of St John the Baptist Monastery in Essex England has told this story. I have benefited from many things Fr Zacharias has said, but nothing as much as this:
He tells of a Greek priest he knows who has three sons who are like angels. …
Sunday Of The Last Judgment. Audio Homily 2010.
Why is this scripture read today, two Sundays before Great Lent begins? What is its meaning? What are the two critical characteristics of those who will be saved? How are we to understand the things the righteous did and the unrighteous did not do, and their identical answers to the Lord? What must we do?
Come Receive the Light interview with Matushka Marina, Diaconissa Genevieve
See “Come Receive the Light” for the following:
“On this very special episode of Come Receive the Light, guest host Kevin Allen speaks with NFL superstar Troy Polamalu and his wife Theodora Polamalu about their work with FOCUS North America. Tune in to hear them talk about their work to fight poverty in North America and to find out how you can help.
[Certainly the above sounds interesting, but excuse me for the following catcning my eye a little more! FS]
Also with us are Matushka Marina Holland and Diaconissa Jennifer Park from St Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church in McKinney, TX. They’re here to give families some tips on fasting and to tell us about their wonderful online recipe archive. …
Just received from our Diocesan secretary regarding donations to Haiti.
Just recieved from our Diocesan secretary regarding donations to Haiti. …
As promised in the letter of 4/17 January, 2010 this letter contains specific details regarding collections for those suffering in Haiti which you have been conducting in your parishes since the time of the serious earthquake there on January 12.
Bishop Peter has received the report of Deacon Matthew Williams and has decided that the best course of action at this time is to support the Fund for Assistance of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia with the funds collected in our parishes. The Fund for Assistance will see to it that the funds are used in the best possible way to support our Orthodox Christian brothers and sisters in Haiti …
Cal Thomas: Super commercial. This is morality, not politics.
This is worth reposting. I want my flock and anybody who reads this blog to know that if they are going to be Christians, or even decent human beings, they must be making courageous moral choices. One more or less "invisible" moral choice is to choose to not be swept along by the times and have… Continue reading Cal Thomas: Super commercial. This is morality, not politics.