Clergy Wives Announce Online Gathering for Clergy Widows
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Clergy Wives Announce Online Gathering for Clergy Widows
The Office of Pastoral Life’s Clergy Wives Ministry of the Orthodox Church in America has announced a special online gathering for clergy widows: Merry Widows Coffee, Tea, & Chat.
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May God grant His Eminence Archbishop Irénée of Ottawa and the Archdiocese of Canada many years on the occasion of his Name Day!
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Today we commemorate the Repose of the New-Hieromartyr Cosmas of Aitolia, Equal of the Apostles
Read the account: https://www.oca.org/saints/id/lives/102390
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Repose of the New-Hieromartyr Cosmas of Aitolia, Equal of the Apostles
The New Hieromartyr Cosmas, Equal of the Apostles, in the world Constas, was a native of Aitolia. He studied at first under the guidance of the archdeacon Ananias Dervisanos, and afterwards continued his education on Mount Athos, at the Vatopedi school renowned…
Today we commemorate Apostle Titus of the Seventy and Bishop of Crete
Read the account: https://www.oca.org/saints/id/lives/102393
More saints commemorated today: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2025/08/25
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Read the account: https://www.oca.org/saints/id/lives/102393
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Apostle Titus of the Seventy and Bishop of Crete
Saint Titus, Apostle of the Seventy was a native of the island of Crete, the son of an illustrious pagan. In his youth he studied Hellenistic philosophy and the ancient poets. Preoccupied by the sciences, Titus led a virtuous life, not devoting himself to…
Today we commemorate Martyrs Adrian and Natalia and 23 companions, of Nicomedia
Read the account: https://www.oca.org/saints/id/lives/102398
More saints commemorated today: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2025/08/26
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Martyrs Adrian and Natalia and 23 companions, of Nicomedia
The Martyrs Adrian and Natalia were married in their youth for one year prior to their martyrdom, and lived in Nicomedia during the time of the emperor Maximian (305-311). The emperor promised a reward to whomever would inform on Christians to bring them…
DCE Releases More Lessons for New Year-Long Curriculum
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DCE Releases More Lessons for New Year-Long Curriculum
The OCA Department of Christian Education has released five more lessons at three grade levels in the “Blessed is the Kingdom” series, a new school-age curriculum based on themes…
New Music Downloads: September 14
Serbian Chant
- Troparion
- Kontakion
- Antiphons
- Before Thy/Your Cross
- Prokeimenon
- Hymn to the Theotokos
- Communion Hymn
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Serbian Chant
- Troparion
- Kontakion
- Antiphons
- Before Thy/Your Cross
- Prokeimenon
- Hymn to the Theotokos
- Communion Hymn
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Music Downloads - Elevation of the Life-giving Cross
Index of liturgical music for the Elevation of the Life-giving Cross (September 14)
New Music Downloads: September 8
Serbian Chant
- Troparion
- Kontakion
- Prokeimenon
- Hymn to the Theotokos
Communion Hymn
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Serbian Chant
- Troparion
- Kontakion
- Prokeimenon
- Hymn to the Theotokos
Communion Hymn
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Music Downloads - Nativity of the Theotokos
Index of liturgical music for the Nativity of the Theotokos (September 8)
Today we commemorate Venerable Pimen the Great
Read the account: https://www.oca.org/saints/id/lives/102404
More saints commemorated today: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2025/08/27
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Venerable Pimen the Great
Saint Pimen the Great was born about the year 340 in Egypt. He went to one of the Egyptian monasteries with his two brothers, Anoub and Paisius, and all three received monastic tonsure. The brothers were such strict ascetics that when their mother came to…
New Music Downloads: September
Hymns in Serbian Chant
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Hymns in Serbian Chant
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Music Downloads - September
Index of various liturgical music for daily worship in the month of September
Texts for Liturgical Services: September 21, 23-26, 28
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Texts for Liturgical Services
Today we commemorate Venerable Moses the Ethiopian of Scete
Read the account: https://www.oca.org/saints/id/lives/102414
More saints commemorated today: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2025/08/28
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Read the account: https://www.oca.org/saints/id/lives/102414
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Venerable Moses the Ethiopian of Scete
Saint Moses lived in Egypt during the fourth century. He was an Ethiopian, and since he was black of skin he was called “Murin” (meaning “like an Ethiopian”). In his youth he was the slave of an important man, but after he committed a murder, his master banished…
New Music Downloads: August 31
- Tropar/Kontak ("TT")
- Stichera at Lord, I call
- Doxastichon at Lord, I call
- Doxastichon at the Aposticha
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- Tropar/Kontak ("TT")
- Stichera at Lord, I call
- Doxastichon at Lord, I call
- Doxastichon at the Aposticha
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Music Downloads - August
Index of various liturgical music for daily worship in the month of August
Today we commemorate the Beheading of the Holy Glorious Prophet, Forerunner, and Baptist John
Read the account: https://www.oca.org/saints/id/lives/102419
More saints commemorated today: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2025/08/29
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Read the account: https://www.oca.org/saints/id/lives/102419
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The Beheading of the Holy Glorious Prophet, Forerunner, and Baptist John
The Beheading of the Prophet, Forerunner of the Lord, John the Baptist: The Evangelists Matthew (Mt.14:1-12) and Mark (Mark 6:14-29) provide accounts about the martyric end of John the Baptist in the year 32 after the Birth of Christ. Following the Baptism…
Archpastoral Message from His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon on the Beginning of the Ecclesiastical New Year
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Holy Synod - Encyclicals - The Beginning of the Ecclesiastical New Year 2025
To the Clergy, Monastics, and Faithful of the Orthodox Church in America,
My Beloved Children in the Lord,
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My Beloved Children in the Lord,
Joyous…
Reflection from His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon on the Beheading of Saint John the Forerunner
Today we fast, honoring the greatest born of women, the crown of the prophets, the one who must decrease, the friend of the Bridegroom, the holy Prophet and Forerunner and Baptist John. John’s death was a glorious witness to God, a triumph over the powers of darkness, and a step toward his immortal place in heaven at the side of Christ our true God. Nevertheless, we fast because the powers that put John to death – the power of pride, vainglory, hypocrisy, people-pleasing, hatred of criticism, love of pleasure, and so forth – often tempt us. Indeed, we may find ourselves held in the grip of these passions just as tightly as were Herod and Herodias. The present commemoration reminds us that man’s ill-formed...
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Today we fast, honoring the greatest born of women, the crown of the prophets, the one who must decrease, the friend of the Bridegroom, the holy Prophet and Forerunner and Baptist John. John’s death was a glorious witness to God, a triumph over the powers of darkness, and a step toward his immortal place in heaven at the side of Christ our true God. Nevertheless, we fast because the powers that put John to death – the power of pride, vainglory, hypocrisy, people-pleasing, hatred of criticism, love of pleasure, and so forth – often tempt us. Indeed, we may find ourselves held in the grip of these passions just as tightly as were Herod and Herodias. The present commemoration reminds us that man’s ill-formed...
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Today we commemorate Saint Alexander, Patriarch of Constantinople
Read the account: https://www.oca.org/saints/id/lives/102420
More saints commemorated today: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2025/08/30
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Read the account: https://www.oca.org/saints/id/lives/102420
More saints commemorated today: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2025/08/30
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Saint Alexander, Patriarch of Constantinople
Saints Alexander, John and Paul, Patriarchs of Constantinople, lived at different times, but each of them happened to clash with the activities of heretics who sought to distort the teachings of the Church. Saint Alexander (325-340) was a vicar bishop during…
May God grant His Eminence Archbishop Alexander of Dallas, the South, and the Bulgarian Diocese many years on the occasion of his Name Day!
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Today we commemorate the Placing of the Cincture (Sash) of the Mother of God
Read the account: https://www.oca.org/saints/id/lives/102442
More saints commemorated today: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2025/08/31
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The Placing of the Cincture (Sash) of the Mother of God
The Placing of the Venerable Belt of the Most Holy Theotokos in a church of Constantinople’s Chalcoprateia district took place during the reign of the emperor Theodosius the Younger. Before this the holy relic, entrusted to the Apostle Thomas by the Mother…