The Fourth Sunday of the Great Fast (Lent)
On the 4th Sunday of Lent on the Byzantine liturgical calendar, we remember a great monastic father, St. John Climacus (579-649). He wrote a book called, “The Ladder of Divine…
Saints and Blesseds
St. Andrew, the first called by Christ
As the First-Called, Andrew was the first of the Apostles to follow Christ, and he later brought his own brother, the holy Apostle Peter, to Christ (John 1:35-42). “St. Andrew…
Holy Apostle James, son of Alphaeus
Today, the Byzantine Church liturgically recalls the memory of Saint James. The Byzantine Church discerns three apostles named James: James the Greater, the son of Zebedee; James, the Brother of…
Liturgy for the Dormition of St Ann, July 25
Feast of the Dormition of Saint Ann, tomorrow, July 25. Divine Liturgy at 5:30 PM. Join us for prayer. Icon: The Dormition of St Ann.
St Mary Magdalene, equal of the Apostles
Today, the Church honors the Myrrh-bearer and Equal of the Apostles, Mary Magdalene, a woman of “firsts” and who conveyed hope in a dark world. “O Mary Magdalene, you were…
Ss. Cosmas and Damian, healers
On July 1, we celebrate the memory of two holy men that are included in a special category of sanctity in the Byzantine Church: Unmercenary Healers. There were man who…