Watching for the Bridegroom?
Behold, the Bridegroom comes at midnight, and blessed is the servant whom He shall find watching; and again, unworthy is the servant whom He shall find heedless. Beware, therefore, O…
Great and Holy Week and Pascha
Palm Sunday 2021
Great and Holy Week begins on Sunday with the great cries of hosanna sung as the Lord enters his passion. Jesus had just raised Lazarus from the dead, and now…
Divine Liturgy for Pentecost Sunday -online
“Blessed are You, O Christ our God who revealed the fishermen as most wise by sending them the Holy Spirit; through them You caught the entire world. Loving Master,…
Ascension Day -online
O Christ God, You have ascended in Glory, / Granting joy to Your disciples by the promise of the Holy Spirit. / Through the blessing they were assured / That…
The Feast of the Ascension
40 Days after Pascha the Church celebrates the reality of the Messiah’s physical return to the Father, to glorified with Him and to prepare a place a for you and…
Midway to Pentecost 2020
Today, May 6, in the Byzantine Church following the Gregorian calendar, it is the feast of half-Pentecost (half of the Pascal Time). Let’s attend to the Gospel text of today…
Patriarch Joseph’s Paschal Message 2020
Paschal Message of His Beatitude Joseph Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch of Antioch and All the East April 12, 2020 Christ is risen! With a heavy heart we cry out the…