Author: Dn. Nicholas Park

St. Nicholas Orthodox Church,  McKinney, Texas Electronic Newsletter September 12/25 14th Sunday after Pentecost O Lord, Save Thy people and bless Thine inheritance! Grant victory over adversaries, and by Thy cross preserve Thy habitation!   Tuesday, September 27th is the Feast of the Exaltation of the Precious Cross. Let us come together — on Monday… Continue reading Electronic Newsletter September 12/25

Thy nativity, O Theotokos Virgin, hath brought forth joy to all the world. For from thee hath dawned forth the Sun of Righteousness, Christ our God,an annulling the curse and bestowing the blessing, abolishing death and granting us life everlasting!   Joachim and Anna give birth in their old age to a baby girl named… Continue reading Thy Nativity, O Theotokos Virgin…

  St. Nicholas Orthodox Church,  McKinney, Texas Electronic Newsletter September 5/18 13th Sunday after Pentecost Announcements Prayer Requests Schedule of Divine Services in the Coming week Fasting in the Coming week Announcements We will be holding our annual membership and pledge drive in September. If you consider St. Nicholas your parish home, please consider filling… Continue reading Electronic Newsletter September 5/18

St. Nicholas Orthodox Church, McKinney, Texas Electronic Newsletter August 29/ September 11 12th Sunday after Pentecost Beheading of St. John the Baptist     The glorious beheading of the forerunner is a certain divine dispensation, that the coming of the Savior might also be preached to those in Hades. Lament then, Herodias, that thou hast… Continue reading Electronic Newsletter August 29/ September 11

St. Nicholas Orthodox Church, McKinney, Texas Electronic Newsletter August 15/28 11th Sunday after Pentecost Dormition of the Theotokos     In giving birth thou didst preserve thy virginity; In thy dormition thou didst not forsake the world, O Theotokos. Thou wast translated unto life since thou art the Mother of Life, and by thine intercessions… Continue reading Electronic Newsletter August 15/28 Dormition of the Theotokos

In the introduction to his explanation of the prayer, "Our Father," St. Maximus the Confessor explains the meaning of prayer in connection with his very profound understanding of the nature of free will and its role in salvation. Prayer, according to St. Maximus, consists ideally in petition for that which God desires to give us… Continue reading St. Maximus on Prayer and Free Will