Akathist to The Theotokos Series This week I am starting a series exploring the Akathist to the Theotokos. The first reason I want to do this is because the Akathist is one of my favourite Byzantine prayers. The second reason is that there is so much theology packed in the Akathist, that I often have …
Venerable Epiphanius, Bishop of Cyprus We celebrate the Venerable Saint Epiphanius on May 12th. He was born to a Jewish family, around A.D. 315. Then, after witnessing a monk giving his clothes to the poor, he converted to Christianity. Epiphanius’ conversion brought him to the desert, where he became a disciple of the recluse St. …
Charity and Love – Great Lenten Retreat Week Seven Welcome to Holy Week, where we will focus on the greatest of all virtues: Love/Charity. God made us to know Him, to LOVE Him, to serve Him in this world, and to be happy with Him forever in the next (Baltimore Catechism). When we receive this …
Hope – Great Lenten Retreat Week Six Welcome to our sixth week of our Great Lent retreat, with hope as our virtue to grow in. This is the forth article in our Great Lent retreat series. So if you missed the earlier article on Humility and Justice, check it out here. Our second week’s article …
Faith – Great Lenten Retreat Week Five Welcome to the fifth week of our Great Lent retreat, with faith as our virtue to grow in. This is another article in our Great Lent retreat series. So if you missed the earlier article on Humility and Justice, check it out here. Our second week’s article on …
Diligence and Prudence – Great Lenten Retreat Week Four Welcome to our fourth week of our Great Lent retreat, with prudence and diligence as our virtues to grow in. This is the forth article in our Great Lent retreat series. So if you missed the earlier article on Humility and Justice, check it out here. …
Fortitude – Great Lenten Retreat Week Three Fortitude is our virtue as we enter the third week of our Great Lent retreat. This is the third article in our Great Lent retreat series. So if you missed the earlier article on Humility and Justice, check it out here. And you can find last week’s article …
Temperance and Living in the Moment – Great Lenten Retreat Week Two Welcome to our second week of our Great Lent retreat, with temperance and living in the moment as our virtues to grow in. This is the second article in our Great Lent retreat series. So if you missed last week’s article on Humility …
Humility and Justice – Week One of our Great Lenten Retreat. Great Lenten Retreat Last year we did a great decluttering challenge for Lent, to focus on detachment. This year we are going to do a seven week series on the virtues! We will start with the four cardinal virtues and a relatable virtue for …
Nativity of Christ: Byzantine Christmas One of the obvious differences in how the East and West celebrate the Nativity is the Calendar day. The Gregorian calendar, which is also the current calendar used by the secular world, places the date of Christmas on December 25th. And the Annunciation on March 25th, and so on. The …
