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Venerable Pimen the Great Commemorated on August 27 Saint Pimen the Great was born about the year 340 in Egypt. He went to one of the Egyptian monasteries with his two brothers, Anoub and Paisius, and all three received monastic tonsure. The brothers were such strict ascetics that when their mother came to the monastery to see her children, they did not come out to her from their cells. The mother stood there for a long time and wept. Then Saint Pimen said to her through the closed door of the cell, “Do you wish to see us now, or in...
Lives of all saints commemorated on August 13 Leavetaking of the Transfiguration of our Lord On the Leavetaking of the Transfiguration, all of the service for the Feast is repeated, except for the Entrance at Vespers, the Old Testament readings, Litya, the Polyeleos and Gospel at Matins, and the blessing of grapes at Liturgy. The Gospel and Epistle readings at Liturgy are those prescribed for the day. The Typikon should be consulted for any possible variations. Saint Tikhon, Bishop of Voronezh, Wonderworker of Zadonsk and All Russia Saint Tikhon of Zadonsk, Bishop of Voronezh (in the world Timothy), was born...
Apostle Silas of the Seventy Commemorated on July 30 The Holy Apostle of the Seventy Silas was a disciple of the Savior. Saint Silas was a respected figure in the original Church at Jerusalem, one of the “chief men among the brethren” (Acts 15:22). The Council of the Apostles was convened at Jerusalem in the year 51 to deal with the question of whether Gentile Christian converts should be required to observe the Mosaic Law. The Apostles sent a message with Paul and Barnabas to the Christians of Antioch, giving the decision of the Council that Christians of Gentile origin did...
Join us for 7th Sunday of Matthew Prophet Ezekiel, Martyr Trophimus and 14 Others in Lycia, Hieromartyr Apollinaris Bishop of Ravenna, St Pelagia of Tinos Sunday (23/7): Matins 10am, Divine Liturgy 11am Saint Apollinaris was a disciple of the Apostle Peter, whom he followed from Antioch to Rome sometime during the reign of the Roman emperor Claudius (41-54). Saint Peter appointed Apollinaris as Bishop of Ravenna. Arriving in Ravenna as a stranger, Saint Apollinaris asked shelter of a local inhabitant, the soldier Irenaeus, and during their conversation he revealed the purpose for which he had come. Irenaeus had a blind...
Join us for the Sunday of the 630 Holy Fathers of the 4th Ecumenical Council Saturday (15/07): Great Vespers 5:30pm Sunday (16/07): Matins 10am, Divine Liturgy 11am, Moleben Service for Ukraine 6pm On this Sunday, in the Holy Orthodox Church, we commemorate the 630 holy and God-bearing Fathers of the Fourth Ecumenical Council, which convened in Chalcedon in 451 against the Monophysites. The Holy Fathers were, once again, concerned with the nature of Jesus Christ. The false teaching arose that Christ’s human nature (considered by heretics as less perfect) dissolved itself in His divine nature (considered by heretics as more...
Join us for the Fifth Sunday after Pentecost Hieromartyr Pancratius Bishop of Taormina, Saint Dionysius the Rhetor & His Disciple Saint Metrophanes, Michael Paknanas neomartyr Saturday (8/7): Great Vespers 5:30pm Sunday (9/7): Matins 10am, Divine Liturgy 11am, Moleben Service for Ukraine 6pm The Hieromartyr Pancratius, Bishop of Taormina, was born when our Lord Jesus Christ yet lived upon the earth. The parents of Pancratius were natives of Antioch. Hearing the good news of Jesus Christ, Pancratius’ father took his young son with him and went to Jerusalem in order to see the great Teacher for himself. The miracles astonished him,...
