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Word of Wisdom
PASTORAL LETTER ON THE FEAST OF THE LORD’S NATIVITY 2011
Most Reverend Fathers,
Beloved Christians,
The Feast of the Lord’s Nativity offers us again an occasion for joy and proclamation of the wonder that took place in the Bethlehem cave, God’s descent to earth in order to bring us to God, to renew and to illumine all creation. The songs of the service of this holy feast together with the Church Fathers proclaim and interpret the wonder of the renewal of mankind and of the entire creation through the Incarnation of the Son of God.
Adam’s disobedience, instigated by Eve, brought us alienation from God and death. This is the ancestral sin or ancient sin that marks every person born of woman from Adam to Christ. But God found the way to overturn the fall and bring a remedy also through woman, through the Virgin Mary: “Today Adam’s bonds are loosed and Paradise is opened to us. Behold, the serpent is brought to naught, seeing that a woman he deceived has now become the Mother of the Creator. Oh the depths, the richness, the wisdom and the knowledge of God! That very instrument of sin that had brought death to all flesh now becomes today the first fruits of salvation to the world, through the Mother of God” (“Glory” of the Aposticha). Through a woman came sin and through a woman came salvation, turning Adam and Eve’s refusal into humility and obedience through the words Behold the handmaid of the Lord. Be it unto me according to Your Word.…read more
The Church Today
A Meditation by Vicar Bishop Ioan Casian of Vicina
"And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, glory as of the Only Begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth" (John 1:14).…read more
News
Each day the streets of Athens become more crowded with families newly evicted from their homes due to job loss and the inability to pay their bills. As Greece's escalating economic woes drive more and more families into a desperate struggle to keep a roof over their heads and food on the table, International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC) in cooperation with Apostoli...(Continue)
Dr. Margaret Barker to Deliver Schmemann Lecture at St. Vladimir's Seminary
On Sunday, January 29, 2012, Dr. Margaret Barker, the independent scholar who developed what is now known as “Temple Theology”—a unique approach for studying ancient Christianity—will be presenting a free and public lecture at St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary, Yonkers, NY. ...(Continue)
H.E. Archbishop Nicolae visited two parishes in California
The feast of Epiphany was cause for great joy for the Romanian Orthodox faithful in California. H.E. Archbishop Nicolae visited two of the Romanian parishes on the occasion of this great feast. On Friday, January 6, Archbishop Nicolae served the Divine Liturgy and the great blessing of the water at the Elevation of the Holy Cross parish in Upland, CA. ...(Continue)
IOCC Opening Doors to Education for Children of the Famine
As the young refugee children of Somalia's famine begin to regain their strength under the watchful care of international relief organizations, many are heading back to class in one of the several elementary schools existing in the refugee camp of Bokolomanyo and other nearby camps in Dolo Ado, Ethiopia. ...(Continue)
Greece's Children Bear the Brunt of a Country in Crisis
In a society where family is paramount, the current plight of Greek children is especially alarming. Tough government austerity measures and a struggling economy have given birth to the "new poor", a term used to describe the tens of thousands of middle-class Greeks, particularly parents struggling to feed their children and to keep a roof over their heads. ...(Continue)
Credinţa - The Faith Magazine
July - September, 2007
Credinţa Almanach 2007
Today's saints
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Archbishop Nicolae's
Pastoral Itinerary
January 30, 2012 - Sts. Three Hierarchs - Divine Liturgy at Sts. Constantine and Helen Cathedral, Chicago
January 29, 2012 - Divine Liturgy at Sts. Constantine and Helen Cathedral, Chicago
January 27, 2012 - Meeting of the Committee for Canonical Regional Planning of the Assembly of Bishops, Chicago
January 22, 2012 - Divine Liturgy at Sts. Constantine and Helen Cathedral, Chicago
January 15, 2012 - Divine Liturgy at St. Nicholas parish, New York
Bishop Ioan Casian's Pastoral Itinerary
January 30, 2012 - Sts. Three Hierarchs - Divine Liturgy at Sts. Constantine and Helen Cathedral, Chicago
January 29, 2012 - Divine Liturgy at St. Dimitrios / Sts. Three Hierarchs parish, Richmond Hill, ON
January 22, 2012 - Divine Liturgy at the Protection of the Mother of God Monastery, Wentworth, QC
January 15, 2012 - Divine Liturgy at St. Dimitrios the New Mission, Montreal, QC
January 8, 2012 - Divine Liturgy at St. John the Baptist Cathedral, Montreal, QC