Saint Barbara was from Heliopolis of Phoenicia and lived during the reign of Maximian.
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"The next day a great crowd who had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem. So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, crying, 'Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes ...
The book had been sent through OCPM’s growing program called Storybook Connections™. By training and enabling OCPM volunteers to bring children’s books and recording equipment into a nearby jail, ...
Note: If it is not a leap year the hymns of Saint John are transferred to the 28th. This Saint was born about the year 350, and was, according to some, from Rome, according to others, from Dacia ...
We, the Orthodox clergy of Houston and Southeast Texas, are compelled by our responsibilities before God to speak out plainly against the rebellion against God’s created order that we see being waged ...
"The Lord said to his disciples, 'You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of man will be delivered up to be crucified.'" ...
grant victory to the faithful over their adversaries. And protect Your commonwealth, by the power of Your Cross. The Feast of the Universal Exaltation of the Precious and Life-Giving Cross is ...
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WASHINGTON – His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America met yesterday, July 16, 2019 with President Donald Trump at the White House Oval Office. The meeting was attended by Vice President Mike ...
"'Come, O blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and ...
"It is the day of Resurrection; let us be radiant for the festival, and let us embrace one another. Let us say, O brethren, even to those that hate us: Let us forgive all things on the Resurrection; ...