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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
The Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of North and Central America, which is comprised of the 65 canonical Orthodox bishops in the United States, Canada and Mexico, join their voices with the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and all those who adamantly protest the recent decision by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, and call upon all the Orthodox Christian faithful to contact their elected representatives today to voice their concern in the face of this threat to the sanctity of the Church’s conscience....(Continue)
Fifth edition of the Symposium of Romanian Orthodox Spirituality
The fifth edition of the Symposium of Romanian Orthodox Spirituality of our Archdiocese will take place at Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, Brookline, Massachusetts, at the Reading Room of the Iakovos Library on Saturday, March 17, 2012 from 12:30 pm until 4:30 pm. ...(Continue)
Eparchial Council Meeting of the Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese in the Americas
On Monday, January 30, 2012, the Eparchial Council meeting of the Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese in the Americas was held in Chicago under the chairmanship of His Eminence Archbishop Nicolae. The work-session was preceded by the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy at the Archdiocesan Cathedral for the feast of the Holy Three Hierarchs. ...(Continue)
Scout Sunday is February 5, 2012
On Sunday, February 5, 2012, Scouts all over the United States will celebrate National Scout Sunday. This Sunday is set aside to honor God and to remind us that we are all His Creatures and made in His Image or more precisely – to image (reflect) Him to the world....(Continue)
Meeting of the Committee for Canonical Regional Planning of the Assembly of Bishops
The Committee for Canonical Regional Planning met in-person on Friday, January 27, 2012, at the headquarters of the Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese in Chicago, Illinois, hosted by Archbishop Nicolae, Chairman of the Committee. Committee members present in addition to His Eminence were Archbishop Justinian, Russian Orthodox Church in the USA; Metropolitan Jonah, Orthodox Church in America; and Bishop Demetrios of Mokissos representing Metropolitan Iakovos, Greek Orthodox Archdiocese. ...(Continue)
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Archbishop Nicolae's
Pastoral Itinerary
February 16, 2012 - participation at the meeting of the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church, Bucharest
February 15, 2012 - participation at the meeting of the National Ecclesiastical Assembly, Bucharest
February 5, 2012 - Divine Liturgy at Sts. Constantine and Helen Cathedral, Chicago
February 2, 2012 - Presentation of our Lord in the Temple - Divine Liturgy at Sts. Constantine and Helen Cathedral, Chicago
January 30, 2012 - Sts. Three Hierarchs - Divine Liturgy at Sts. Constantine and Helen Cathedral, Chicago
Bishop Ioan Casian's Pastoral Itinerary
February 16, 2012 - participation at the meeting of the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church, Bucharest
February 15, 2012 - participation at the meeting of the National Ecclesiastical Assembly, Bucharest
February 5, 2012 - Divine Liturgy at the Protection of the Mother of God Monastery, Wentworth, QC
February 2, 2012 - Presentation of our Lord in the Temple - Divine Liturgy at the Protection of the Mother of God Monastery, Wentworth, QC
January 30, 2012 - Sts. Three Hierarchs - Divine Liturgy at Sts. Constantine and Helen Cathedral, Chicago