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Parish Feastday Photo Report Now Available

Parish Feastday Photo Report Now Available

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At Christ the Savior parish, we recently experienced many grace-filled days, beginning with His Grace, Bishop George of Mayfield serving on Sunday, August 26th, followed by feastday services for the Dormition of the Theotokos on Tuesday.  Festal services for the parish feastday of the Icon “Not Made by Hands” were served on Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning.  Photos are available here: Sunday, August 26th: Hierarchical Divine Liturgy with Bishop George serving Tuesday, August 28th: Festal Services for Dormition with the…

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Parish Picnic this Sunday after Liturgy

Parish Picnic this Sunday after Liturgy

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We will be having our Parish Picnic this coming Sunday at Beech Fork State Park (off 152) following the Divine Liturgy.  The picnic is being held in honor of our feastday celebrations, which fell on August 29th (Wednesday of this week).  Photos of the event are available by clicking here.

The Obnora Road

The Obnora Road

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Excellent article from pravoslavie.ru… The Obnora Road. A Historical EssayOld Russian monasticism was a clear manifestation of the morality of Russian secular society: the yearning for departure from the secular world was growing along with the rise of moral standards and not because of increasing calamities. It means that Russian monasticism was renouncing the world for the sake of ideals too high for it, and not for the sake of principles hostile to it. —V. Klyuchevsky

Homily on the Sunday of All Saints of Russia

Homily on the Sunday of All Saints of Russia

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In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Congratulations, Brothers and Sisters, on the feast of All Saints of Russia, on which we commemorate all those saints who have shone forth in the Russian land. We know from sacred history that Russia was not always a land united in its love for God and for the Holy Orthodox Church.  Ancient Russia was a pagan land, devoid of the light of the Gospel.  It…

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Sermon on Holy Pentecost by St John of San Francisco

Sermon on Holy Pentecost by St John of San Francisco

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Source: fatheralexander.org God is a holy Trinity. A Trinity consubstantial and indivisible. Consubstantial, that is, one essence, one nature. A Trinity indivisible: the Son has never been divided from the Father, nor the Holy Spirit from the Father or the Son, and never will be divided. The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are not three gods, but one God, since They have one nature. But not only because of this. People also have one nature, one essence. But with people…

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Tonight’s Akathist with Class has been cancelled

Tonight’s Akathist with Class has been cancelled

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Tonight’s akathist and the continuation of the class on “The Unseen Warfare” has necessarily been postponed due to choir constraints and updates from those usually attending the class indicating that they will not be able to be present tonight.  For those of you who wish to attend services this evening, I strongly recommend attending the Vigil tonight at the monastery for Sts. Constantine and Helen, transferred to tomorrow due to Pentecost.

“The Light Always With Us”, An Interview with Archpriest Alexey Ohotin

“The Light Always With Us”, An Interview with Archpriest Alexey Ohotin

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A very interesting interview with Archpriest Alexey Ohotin, the rector of Holy Annunciation Church in Flushing, NY (ROCOR).  I found it especially interesting that his great uncle was the Spiritual Father and Confessor of St. Elizabeth (Feodorovna) the New Martyr and Grand Duchess of Russia. Natalia Volkova, Archpriest Alexey OkhotinThe Light Always With UsIn the Mystery of confession, a person opens his soul, and God forgives him through the priest. Sometimes even after absolution from a sin, a person is…

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