This section of our website has articles about Orthodoxy and our church. These articles are also currently subdivided into three categories: - Orthodox Church, a collection of articles about the Orthodox Church. We hope the articles in this section will be helpful to both inquires of Orthodoxy, and to those who are members of the Church.
- Worship, a collection of articles about services, prayers, and worship of the Orthodox Church.
- Saints and Icons, a collection of articles about saints, their relics, or their icons. We hope to include articles, of special interest to our parish, on the saints who are depicted on our icons, or whose holy relics rest here. Articles on our feast day icons will be included here also.
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Worship
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Written by Archbishop Peter
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The Lukan Jump
by Archbishop Peter
What is the "Lukan Jump"? The
annual cycle of the Gospels is composed of four series:
- With the exception of the Sunday of Orthodoxy, the
Gospel of
St. Mark is read during the Lenten period on Saturdays and
Sundays.
The Gospel of St. John is read [daily] from Pascha
until
Pentecost Sunday.
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The Gospel of St. Matthew, divided over
seventeen
weeks beginning with the Monday of the Holy Spirit - from the
twelfth week,
is read on Saturdays and Sundays while the Gospel of St. Mark is
read on
the remaining weekdays.
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The Gospel of St. Luke is read, divided over nineteen
weeks,
beginning on the Monday after the Elevation of the Holy Cross. From
the
thirteenth week of reading St. Luke, it is only read on Saturdays and Sundays, while St.
Mark's
Gospel is once again read on the remaining weekdays.
Why, after the Feast of the Elevation of the Holy
Cross, is the reading of the Gospel of St. Matthew [and Saint Mark,] suddenly interrupted,
and why
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Saints and Icons
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Written by Administrator
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Icon of The Presentation (Meeting) of Our Lord
 This Icon of the Presentation (Meeting) of Our Lord , is found on the Iconostas of our
church, in the row of great feasts.
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Orthodox Church
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Written by St. John Climacus
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On Repentance
From the Ladder of Divine Ascent by St. John Climacus
Repentance is the renewal of baptism.
Repentance is a contract with God for a second life. A penitent is a buyer of humility.
Repentance is constant distrust of bodily comfort...
Repentance is the daughter of hope and the renunciation of despair ....
Repentance is reconciliation with the Lord by the practice of good deeds contrary to the sins.
Repentance is purification of conscience.
Repentance is the voluntary endurance of all afflictions...
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Saints and Icons
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Written by Administrator
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Icon of the Righteous Ancestor of God, Anna
This Icon of the Righteous Ancestor of God, Anna, is found on the Iconostas of our church, On the north deacon door.
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Worship
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Written by Fr. Seraphim Slobodskoy
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The Beheading of St. John the BaptistFr. Seraphim Slobodskoy [The church remembers the Beheading of the Prophet, Forerunner of the Lord, John the Baptist on August 29] The preaching of John the Baptist was of short duration.
Having prepared people to receive the Saviour, he ended his life with a
martyr’s death. Soon after the baptism of the Lord, John was put in prison by
the Galilean King Herod. This Galilean King, Herod Antipas, was the son of
Herod the Great, who slaughtered the fourteen thousand Bethlehem infants.
John upbraided King Herod because he had married
his brother Philip’s wife, Herodias, even though his
brother was still alive. Herodias became embittered against for this and wanted
Herod to kill him. But Herod would not agree to this because he considered John
to be a great prophet and feared the people. However, to appease her, he put
John in prison. Herodias was not satisfied with this, especially as Herod
himself listened with pleasure to the admonitions of John and often acted on
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Worship
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Written by Fr. Gregory Petrov
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Akathist Hymn, Glory to God for All Things
This
Akathist, also
called the "Akathist of Thanksgiving," was composed by Protopresbyter
Gregory Petrov shortly before his death in a prison camp in 1940. The
title is
from the words of Saint John Chrysostom as he was dying in exile. It is a
song
of praise from amidst the most terrible sufferings.
(Trisagion
Prayers)
Kontakion 1
Everlasting
King, Thy
will for our salvation is full of power. Thy right arm controls the
whole course
of human life. We give Thee thanks for all Thy mercies, seen and unseen.
For
eternal life, for the heavenly joys of the Kingdom which is to be. Grant
mercy
to us who sing Thy praise, both now and in the time to come. Glory to
Thee, O
God, from age to age.
Ikos 1
I was born a
weak,
defenceless child, but Thine angel spread his wings over my cradle to
defend
me. From birth until now Thy love has illumined my path, and has
wondrously
guided me towards the light of eternity; from birth until now the
generous
gifts of Thy providence have been marvelously showered upon me. I give
Thee
thanks, with all who have come to know Thee, who call upon Thy name.
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Saints and Icons
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Written by Administrator
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Icon of the Entrance of the Theotokos in the Temple
This Icon of the Entrance of the Theotokos in the Temple, is found on the Iconostas of our church, in the row of great feasts.
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