Texts for Liturgical Services: October 18, 19, 23, 25
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Today we commemorate the Synaxis of All Saints of Alaska
Read the account: https://www.oca.org/saints/id/lives/102712
More saints commemorated today: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2025/09/24
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Synaxis of All Saints of Alaska
On the anniversary of the arrival of the Russian missionaries in Alaska (1794), we remember Saint Herman of Alaska, Saint Innocent, Saint Jacob Netsvetev, and the New Martyrs Saint Peter the Aleut, Protomartyr of America, and Saint Juvenal.
Today we commemorate the Repose of Venerable Sergius the Wonderworker, Abbot of Radonezh
Read the account: https://www.oca.org/saints/id/lives/102725
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Read the account: https://www.oca.org/saints/id/lives/102725
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Repose of Venerable Sergius the Wonderworker, Abbot of Radonezh
Saint Sergius of Radonezh was born in the village of Varnitsa, near Rostov, on May 3, 1314. His parents were the pious and illustrious nobles Cyril and Maria (September 28). The Lord chose him while still in his mother’s womb. In the Life of Saint Sergius…
Today we commemorate the Repose of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian
Read the account: https://www.oca.org/saints/id/lives/102731
More saints commemorated on this day: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2025/09/26
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Repose of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian
The Holy, Glorious All-laudable Apostle and Evangelist, Virgin, and Beloved Friend of Christ, John the Theologian was the son of Zebedee and Salome, a daughter of Saint Joseph the Betrothed. He was called by our Lord Jesus Christ to be one of His Apostles…
In Memoriam: Archpriest Michael Zaparyniuk Jr.
May Father Michael's memory be eternal!
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In Memoriam: Archpriest Michael Zaparyniuk Jr.
Archpriest Michael Zaparyniuk Jr. fell asleep in the Lord on Monday, September 22, 2025. He was 92 years old and leaves behind two grieving families,…
New Music Downloads: September 28
- Troparion
- Stichera at Lord, I call
- Doxastichon at Lord, I call
- Doxastichon at the Aposticha
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- Troparion
- Stichera at Lord, I call
- Doxastichon at Lord, I call
- Doxastichon at the Aposticha
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Music Downloads - September
Index of various liturgical music for daily worship in the month of September
Today we commemorate Apostle Mark of the Seventy
Read the account: https://www.oca.org/saints/id/lives/102733
More saints commemorated on this day: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2025/09/27
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Read the account: https://www.oca.org/saints/id/lives/102733
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Apostle Mark of the Seventy
The Holy Apostle Mark of the Seventy, also named John, is mentioned by the holy Apostle and Evangelist Luke in the Acts of the Apostles (Acts 12:25, 15:37-39) and also by the holy Apostle Paul in both the Epistle to the Colossians (Col 4:10) and the Epistle…
To the clergy, monastics, and faithful of the Orthodox Church in America, beloved children in the Lord,
Christ is in our midst!
The holy services constantly urge the faithful to join music and song: “On this solemn day of our feast let us strike the spiritual harp.” “Come, O ye faithful, and let us honor in hymns the Ever-virgin Maid.” “With the whole assembly born on earth we honor the Cross, singing its praises.” “Therefore we cry to thee, O Theotokos, in song.” “Today let us, the faithful, dance for the joy, singing to the Lord with psalms and hymns.” “Let us sound the cymbals: let us shout aloud in songs.” Pages could be filled with such exhortations gleaned from the pages of the service books.
This is a reminder that Church music is our common responsibility...
Read the rest of His Beatitude's letter: https://www.oca.org/holy-synod/statements/his-beatitude-metropolitan-tikhon/church-musician-sunday-2025
Christ is in our midst!
The holy services constantly urge the faithful to join music and song: “On this solemn day of our feast let us strike the spiritual harp.” “Come, O ye faithful, and let us honor in hymns the Ever-virgin Maid.” “With the whole assembly born on earth we honor the Cross, singing its praises.” “Therefore we cry to thee, O Theotokos, in song.” “Today let us, the faithful, dance for the joy, singing to the Lord with psalms and hymns.” “Let us sound the cymbals: let us shout aloud in songs.” Pages could be filled with such exhortations gleaned from the pages of the service books.
This is a reminder that Church music is our common responsibility...
Read the rest of His Beatitude's letter: https://www.oca.org/holy-synod/statements/his-beatitude-metropolitan-tikhon/church-musician-sunday-2025
Today we commemorate Martyr Wenceslaus, Prince of the Czechs
Read the account: https://www.oca.org/saints/id/lives/102754
More saints commemorated on this day: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2025/09/28
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Read the account: https://www.oca.org/saints/id/lives/102754
More saints commemorated on this day: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2025/09/28
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Martyr Wenceslaus, Prince of the Czechs
The Holy Prince Wenceslaus (Vyacheslav) of the Czechs was a grandson of the holy Martyr and Princess Ludmilla (September 16), and he was raised by her in deep piety. He began to rule at age eighteen after the death of his father Prince Bratislav (+ 920).…
Today we commemorate Saint Onuphrius of Saint David Gareji Monastery, Georgia
Read the account: https://www.oca.org/saints/id/lives/103888
More saints commemorated on this day: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2025/09/29
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Saint Onuphrius of Saint David Gareji Monastery, Georgia
Saint Onuphrius of Gareji (Otar Machutadze in the world) lived and labored in the 18th century. He was a Kartlian aristocrat famed for his wealth, hospitality, and charity. Longing for the ascetic life, Otar wore a hair shirt under his distinguished raiment…
In Memoriam: Priest Theodore Gregory
May Father Theodore's memory be eternal!
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May Father Theodore's memory be eternal!
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In Memoriam: Priest Theodore Gregory
Priest Theodore Gregory, Rector of Holy Trinity Orthodox Church in Rahway, NJ, fell asleep in the Lord on Monday, September 29, 2025.
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Today we commemorate Hieromartyr Gregory, Bishop of Greater Armenia, Equal of the Apostles
Read the account: https://www.oca.org/saints/id/lives/102818
More saints commemorated on this day: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2025/09/30
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Hieromartyr Gregory, Bishop of Greater Armenia, Equal of the Apostles, Enlightener of Armenia
The Hieromartyr Gregory, Enlightener of Greater Armenia, was born in the year 257. He was descended from a line of Parthian Arsakid kings. Anak, the father of Saint Gregory, was a Parthian by birth. In his quest for the Armenian throne, Anak and his brother…
May God grant His Eminence Archbishop Michael of New York and the Diocese of New York and New Jersey many years on the occasion of his Name Day!
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Support the Orthodox Christian Deaf Association During Deaf Awareness Month
During Deaf Awareness Month, the Orthodox Christian Deaf Association (OCDA) mission is to minister specifically to and with the deaf and hard-of-hearing community.
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Today we commemorate the Protection of our Most Holy Lady the Mother of God and Ever-Virgin Mary
Read the account: https://www.oca.org/saints/id/lives/102824
More saints commemorated on this day: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2025/10/01
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Read the account: https://www.oca.org/saints/id/lives/102824
More saints commemorated on this day: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2025/10/01
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The Protection of our Most Holy Lady the Mother of God and Ever-Virgin Mary
This miraculous appearance of the Mother of God occurred in the mid-tenth century in Constantinople, in the Blachernae church where her robe, veil, and part of her belt were preserved after being transferred from Palestine in the fifth century. On Sunday…
Reflection from His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon on the Feast of the Protection of the Theotokos
Today we celebrate the Protection of the Theotokos and also two of the Church’s great singers and melodists, St. Roman and St. John Cucuzeles. There is a deep connection between our hymnography and the person of the Theotokos: her song, the Magnificat, is, in a sense, the first song of the Church. Likewise, she, more than any other, inspires the Christian people to sing; with few exceptions, our services throughout the year, day by day, are punctuated by the many beautiful theotokia in her honor. As we celebrate her loving maternal protection, which likewise accompanies us all the days of our life, let us recommit ourselves to singing her praises every day in song. In particular, the daily practice of reading her akathist, or at least her supplicatory canon, is recommended by many saints and elders.
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Today we celebrate the Protection of the Theotokos and also two of the Church’s great singers and melodists, St. Roman and St. John Cucuzeles. There is a deep connection between our hymnography and the person of the Theotokos: her song, the Magnificat, is, in a sense, the first song of the Church. Likewise, she, more than any other, inspires the Christian people to sing; with few exceptions, our services throughout the year, day by day, are punctuated by the many beautiful theotokia in her honor. As we celebrate her loving maternal protection, which likewise accompanies us all the days of our life, let us recommit ourselves to singing her praises every day in song. In particular, the daily practice of reading her akathist, or at least her supplicatory canon, is recommended by many saints and elders.
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UPDATED In Memoriam: Priest Theodore Gregory
May Father Gregory's memory be eternal!
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May Father Gregory's memory be eternal!
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In Memoriam: Priest Theodore Gregory
Priest Theodore Gregory, Rector of Holy Trinity Orthodox Church in Rahway, NJ, fell asleep in the Lord on Monday, September 29, 2025.
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Today we commemorate Blessed Andrew the Fool-For-Christ at Constantinople
Read the account: https://www.oca.org/saints/id/lives/102838
More saints commemorated on this day: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2025/10/02
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More saints commemorated on this day: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2025/10/02
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Blessed Andrew the Fool-For-Christ at Constantinople
Blessed Andrew, Fool-for-Christ, was a Slav and lived in the tenth century at Constantinople. From his early years, he loved God’s Church and the Holy Scriptures. Once during a dream, the saint beheld a vision of two armies. In the one were men in radiant…
Today we commemorate Hieromartyr Dionysius the Areopagite, Bishop of Athens
Read the account: https://www.oca.org/saints/id/lives/102843
More saints commemorated on this day: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2025/10/03
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Read the account: https://www.oca.org/saints/id/lives/102843
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Hieromartyr Dionysius the Areopagite, Bishop of Athens
Saint Dionysius lived originally in the city of Athens. He was raised there and received a classical Greek education. He then went to Egypt, where he studied astronomy at the city of Heliopolis. It was in Heliopolis, along with his friend Apollophonos where…