St Stephen’s Day
A blessed name day to all those named Stephen or Stephanie – also special festal greetings to all deacons on this day! Thank you for your ministry! “First-martyr and apostle…
December 2025
The Divine Maternity
The Syanxis of Mary, the Mother of God The Byzantine calendar today honors Mary’s important role in the Christmas narratives. “…For behold, from now on all generations will call me…
2025 Christmas Message. Bishop François Beyrouti
Bishop François’ 2025 Christmas Message for us. Christ is Born. Glorify Him!
In prayer before the Child 2025
Your birth, O Christ our God, has shed upon the world the light of knowledge … Christ is born! Glorify him! Something to reflect upon: In our silence, Heaven whispered…
Merry Christmas 2025
“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” Jn. 3:16
Christmas Liturgies
On Wednesday, December 24 at 5:30 PM, we will celebrate the Paramony of the Nativity. Paramony literally means “permanence” and refers to Christians keeping all night Vigils in the church…
The Holy Prophet Haggai
Today, December 16, the Church liturgically recalls the memory of the Holy Prophet Haggai. The prophet Haggai, in 520 B.C., preached that the temple must be rebuilt for the sake…