Our Mother, the Church, is again inviting us to celebrate the Dormition of the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary and Mother of our God. Events relating
1. THE HOLY APOSTLE PETER Peter was the son of Jonah and the brother of Andrew, the First-called. He was of the Tribe of Simeon
Sunday of the Chinese Martyrs Second Sunday after Pentecost/Second Sunday of Matthew Synaxarion On this day, second Sunday of Matthew, we celebrate the Synaxis (gathering)
“When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly a sound came from heaven like the rush of
On the Saturday before Pentecost we commemorate all departed pious Christians, with the idea that the occasion of the coming of the Holy Spirit not
Introduction The Feast of the Ascension of our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ is celebrated each year on the fortieth day after the Great
On Wednesday of the sixth week of Pascha, we celebrate the Leavetaking of the Feast. While most Feasts have their Leavetaking on the eighth day,
Most of the faithful don’t know about this feast. Apart from priests and a few other Christians who are more closely involved with the Church,
Acknowledgments The Ecumenical Patriarchate expresses its gratitude to the distinguished researchers, Greek and Russian, who with their irreproachable scholarly contribution were instrumental in restoring the
In the ancient Church, each city had its own bishop, who was the president of the eucharistic assembly and its shepherd, responsible for pastoral service
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