Articles Section

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.

Also see our Salvation History Section and our list of Videos.

Fountain of Immortality

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Fountain of Immortality

I am pleased to share with you my master thesis project, which is a meditation on the Divine Liturgy. I pray that this film will bring you to a fuller and deeper appreciation for the Divine Liturgy.
(Please feel free to post and share this with anyone who may be interested.)
In Christ,
- Rdr. Alexander Koranda

Watch the video here.

John of San Francisco & Shanghai

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St. John of San Francisco & Shanghai

Michael Maximovitch was born June 4, 1896, into a noble family in the Ukraine. He entered law school at the age of 18 and then began theological studies at 25. Due to the anti-religious conditions imposed by the communists, Michael left Russia and was tonsured a monk in a Serbian monastery, taking the name John. The same year, 1926, he was ordained priest. He kept an austere ascetic discipline all his life.

The Calendar of the Orthodox Church

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The Calendar of the Orthodox Church

^{Dr. Lewis J. Patsavos, Ph.D.}

1. Religious Calendar: History and Development

Within the Orthodox Church feast days and fast days are reckoned according to two distinct calendars, the Julian Calendar and the Gregorian Calendar. The first is attributed to the Roman Emperor Julius Caesar, whose name it bears. It was later corrected in the sixteenth century by Pope Gregory XIII due to the ever-increasing discrepancy between calendar time and calculated astronomical time. Thus the Gregorian Calendar came into being.

And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from the evil one

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And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from the evil one

^{Fr. Alexander Schmemann}

^{Number 7 of 8 commentaries on The Lord's Prayer broadcast on Raido Liberty by Fr. Alexander Schmemann to listeners in the former Soviet Union. (Translated by Alexis Vinogradov)}

The last petition of the Lord's Prayer reads: "And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from the evil one" ^{(Mt 6:13)}.

Quite early on this petition led to misunderstanding and was subjected to all sorts of interpretations. First of all, what is the possible meaning of "lead us not"? Is it possible that God himself is responsible for tempting us, for sending us the sufferings, trials, temptations, and doubts which fill our life and so often make it unbearable? Or perhaps, does God torture us at least for the sake of our eventual illumination and salvation?

Furthermore, who is this "evil one" from whom we seek deliverance? This expression was and is often translated as simply "evil:' while the Greek original, apo tau ponirou, can be translated as either "from the evil one" or "from evil."

St. Tikhon's Orthodox Monastery Museum & Icon Repository

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St. Tikhon's Orthodox Monastery Museum & Icon Repository

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Subcategories

Orthodox Church
Articles about the Orthodox Church

This section of our website, is a collection of articles about the Orthodox Church. We hope the articles in this section will be helpful to inquires of Orthodoxy, Catechumens, and to those who are members of the Church.

Good starting points would be:
- The Orthodox Church: An Introduction
- Meeting The Orthodox
- What is the Orthodox Church?
- Sources of Christian Doctrine
- A Pastoral Letter on the Occasion of the Third Christian Millennium (a re-telling of the Good News of God's love for us)
Article Count:

93
Worship
Articles on services and prayers.

This section of our website has a collection a collection of articles about services, prayers, and worship of the Orthodox Church.

Good starting points would be:
Article Count:

82
Saints and Icons
Articles on Saints and Icons

This section of our website, is 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.

Besides enhancing the beauty of our church, icons remind and instruct us in matters pertaining to the Christian faith. They can lift us up to the prototypes which they symbolize, to a higher level of thought and feeling, to help transform us and sanctify us. Icons can stimulate us to imitate the virtues of the holy personages depicted on them. They serve as a means of worship and veneration.

Good starting points would be:
- Icons
- The Saints - Holy Tradition
Article Count:

59
Videos

Articles by Video

This part of our website is where we post videos for now. They may be moved into other categories on the website, whatever seems best.

(All the 7 questions 7 answers vedios are noiw in this category.)

Article Count:

34