The Orthodox Church in America Announces Restructuring and Expansion of the Clergy Wives Ministry
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The Orthodox Church in America Announces Restructuring and Expansion of the Clergy Wives Ministry
The Orthodox Church in America announces the reorganization and expansion of the Clergy Wives Ministry under the Office of Pastoral Life.
This transition affirms the Church’s ongoing…
This transition affirms the Church’s ongoing…
Today we commemorate Hieromartyr Cornelius the Centurion
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Hieromartyr Cornelius the Centurion
Soon after the sufferings of the Lord Jesus Christ on the Cross and His Ascension into Heaven, a centurion by the name of Cornelius settled at Caesarea in Palestine. He had lived previously in Thracian Italy. Although he was a pagan, he distinguished himself…
Today we commemorate the Universal Exaltation of the Life-Giving Cross
Read the account: https://www.oca.org/saints/id/lives/102610
Saints commemorated today: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2025/09/14
Read sermon: https://www.oca.org/fs/sermons/the-cross-the-preserver-of-the-universe
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Read the account: https://www.oca.org/saints/id/lives/102610
Saints commemorated today: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2025/09/14
Read sermon: https://www.oca.org/fs/sermons/the-cross-the-preserver-of-the-universe
Music downloads: https://www.oca.org/liturgics/music-downloads/elevation-of-the-lifegiving-cross
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The Universal Exaltation of the Precious and Life-Giving Cross
The pagan Roman Emperors tried to obliterate the holy places where our Lord Jesus Christ suffered and rose from the dead, so that they would be forgotten. Emperor Hadrian (117-138) ordered that Golgotha and the Lord's Sepulchre be buried, and that a temple…
Reflection from His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon on the Great Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross
The final chapter of the Didache refers to a sign of outspreading, or expansion, and many have understood this sign to be the sign of the Cross. On the Cross, Christ stretches out his arms in order to embrace all creation. In his Incarnation, he becomes small; on the Cross, he displays the magnitude, the unfathomable greatness, the sheer and inconceivable bigness, of divine love. Let us therefore make the sign of the Cross, the sign of this divine love, with reverence and deliberateness. This is not just a matter of rote external piety; it is a way constantly to call to mind the saving self-emptying and crucified love of our Lord and God and Savior Jesus Christ.
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The final chapter of the Didache refers to a sign of outspreading, or expansion, and many have understood this sign to be the sign of the Cross. On the Cross, Christ stretches out his arms in order to embrace all creation. In his Incarnation, he becomes small; on the Cross, he displays the magnitude, the unfathomable greatness, the sheer and inconceivable bigness, of divine love. Let us therefore make the sign of the Cross, the sign of this divine love, with reverence and deliberateness. This is not just a matter of rote external piety; it is a way constantly to call to mind the saving self-emptying and crucified love of our Lord and God and Savior Jesus Christ.
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Today we commemorate Greatmartyr Nikḗtas the Goth
Read the account: https://www.oca.org/saints/id/lives/102615
More saints commemorated today: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2025/09/15
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Read the account: https://www.oca.org/saints/id/lives/102615
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Greatmartyr Niketas the Goth
The Holy Great Martyr Niketas (Nikḗtas) was a Goth (a Germanic tribe). He was born and lived on the banks of the Danube River, suffering for Christ in the year 372. The Christian Faith was already spreading throughout the territory of the Goths at that time.…
On Saturday, September 13 and Sunday, September 14, 2025, His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon made an archpastoral visit to St. Tikhon’s Orthodox Theological Seminary and St. Tikhon of Zadonsk Monastery for the Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross. This visit marks the first of the new academic year.
On Saturday, His Beatitude met with the new and returning seminarians, answering their questions on the various aspects of seminary life and offering guidance on balancing study, prayer, family life, and personal responsibilities. ...
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On Saturday, His Beatitude met with the new and returning seminarians, answering their questions on the various aspects of seminary life and offering guidance on balancing study, prayer, family life, and personal responsibilities. ...
More photos and information: https://www.oca.org/news/headline-news/his-beatitude-metropolitan-tikhon-visits-stots-for-feast-of-the-exaltation-of-the-cross
Today we commemorate Great Martyr Euphēmia the All-praised
Read the account: https://www.oca.org/saints/id/lives/102626
More saints commemorated today: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2025/09/16
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Read the account: https://www.oca.org/saints/id/lives/102626
More saints commemorated today: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2025/09/16
Music downloads: https://www.oca.org/liturgics/music-downloads/september
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Great Martyr Euphemia the All-praised
The Holy Great Martyr Euphemia (Euphēmia / Ευφημία) was the daughter of Christian parents, the senator Philophronos and his wife Theodosia. She suffered for Christ in the year 304 in the city of Chalcedon, on the Bosphorus opposite Constantinople, the Queen…
May God grant His Grace Bishop Nikodhim of Boston and the Albanian Archdiocese many years on the occasion of the anniversary of his consecration to the episcopacy!
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Eis polla eti despota!!
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New Article Warns Parishes of Copyright Challenges
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New Article Warns Parishes of Copyright Challenges
The Orthodox Church in America is drawing attention to a growing problem for parishes and nonprofit institutions: so-called “copyright trolls.” Specialized law firms scour the internet…
Texts for Liturgical Services: October 1, 5, 6, 9, 12
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