On our national day of giving Thanks
“If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.” (Meister Eckhart) Thanksgiving is a time for us to recall and to…
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The Holy Philemon and his companions
Today the Church commemorates the memory of one Saint Paul’s close collaborators in preaching Savior’s Good News. He was born in Turkey and died in Colossae. One of Saint Philemon’s…
New Prefect for the Eastern Churches at Vatican
The Holy Father nominated today the Prefect for the Dicastery for Eastern Churches, Archbishop Claudio Gugerotti, until now Nuncio to Great Britain, and previous Nuncio to Ukraine. Archbishop Gugerotti, 67,…
An interview with Bishop François
Read an interesting and inspiring interview with Bishop François here.
St John Chrysostom
Today, November 13th, we commemorate the great Saint John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople. It’s his edition of the Divine Liturgy we pray most Sundays of the church year. He’s also…
Why do Christians fast?
We are asked to observe several fasts in the course of the year. Some do it; others do not. Some know why the Church encourages us to fast; many have…
Byzantine Gospel Reflection for the Eighth Sunday after the Holy Cross
What we do to prepare for the Sunday Liturgy does matter. While all of us have busy lives on daily basis, we can never allow a so-called inability prepare for…