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Synaxarion for Holy and Great Friday

SYNAXARION  FOR  HOLY  AND  GREAT  FRIDAY On this day, Holy and Great Friday, we celebrate the awesome, holy, and saving Passion of our Lord and God and Savior Jesus Christ—the spitting, the blows with the palm of the hand, the buffeting, the mockery, the reviling, the wearing of the purple […]

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Video Message for Holy Week ~ Metropolitan Demetrius

The Holy Week message of our Bishop, Metropolitan Demetrius.  Let us take the words of His Eminence to heart and truly believe in and glorify Our Savior Who suffered for us! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5owFkPBoRE

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Lazarus Saturday ~ Metropolitan Anthony Khrapovitsky

Blessed Metropolitan Anthony Khrapovitsky LAZARUS SATURDAY               HAVE YOU EVER NOTICED, dear reader, that in all of Christ’s Parables there occurs but one proper name? If you have noticed, have you ever tried to ascertain why our Lord calls only this Lazarus by name, while even his rival during his […]

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Communiqué of the Holy Synod Concerning the Present Situation ~ Athens, March 11/24, 2020

 Church of the Genuine Orthodox Christians of Greece Holy Synod  Communiqué of the Holy Synod Concerning the Present Situation ~Athens, March 11/24, 2020  Beloved Fathers and Brethren; Beloved Children in the Lord:  In the middle of the Great Fast, with the Precious and Life-giving Cross, the very symbol of sacrifice, love, and victory, exalted […]

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Sermon by Metropolitan Demetrius from March 16/29 2020

This is an audio clip from a livestream on March 16/29 2020 The Metropolitan called in to St. John of San Francisco Orthodox Monastery and gave a homily via phone to the monks and to all of the faithful listening live online. Metropolitan Demetrius addresses the flock concerning the Gospel […]

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Special Statement on Services at Saint Vladimir’s

All public services at St. Vladimir Church in Edmonton are canceled until the coronavirus crisis has subsided abiding by the mass gathering restrictions set out by the Alberta government. For more information, please email Fr. Andrew at this address: [email protected].    

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Third Video Message of Metropolitan Demetrius to the Faithful

Metropolitan Demetrius of America addresses the flock a third time encouraging them to pray in their homes if they are not able to get to church; and on prayers “for those who are absent with a reasonable cause.”  

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Teaching of the Holy Fathers On Illness ~ Father Seraphim Rose

  Everyone, whether or not he is a Christian, must expect a certain amount of sickness and discomfort to enter his life. Physical pain is universal; no one escapes it. Therefore, how much we suffer from illness, or how intensely, does not matter so much as how we understand these infirmities.The […]

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A Second Video Message of Encouragement to the Faithful ~ Metropolitan Demetrius (G.O.C.)

Metropolitan Demetrius, sending another message of encouragement to the faithful concerning the present trials in conjunction with the Sunday of the Veneration of the Holy Cross.