Synaxis

The first antiphon from the Divine Liturgy of St John Chrysostom (Psalm 102) is amazing. The song of praise of the infinite mercy of God is...

Fr Gregory Hallam of the Antioch Abouna blog has recently comiled what I think is a very good introduction to the basics of Orthodoxy, lead...

I'm not entirely sure what's going on here, but I just took this from the ROCOR home page. One has to wonder what the bishop in the...

Troparion Celebrating the newly manifest commemoration of the holy King Edward, who shone forth of old in the virtues and suffered undeserve...

When Jesus had been baptised, just as he came up from the water, suddenly, the heavens were opened to him and he saw the Spirit of God desce...

In spite of reformation iconoclasm, the Mother of God is still remembered in popular tradition in England. It was not for nothing that Engla...

You will remember that I commented on a previous post about a week ago to say that my scale had finally arrived and I weighed 15st 10lbs. W...

again. :-) Thy Nativity, O Christ our God, hath shined upon the world the light of knowledge; for thereby, they that worshipped the stars we...

As many as have been baptised into Christ have put on Christ. Alleluia! Blessed be God! I am to be received into the Holy Orthodox Church by...

The fermented juice of the grape, good and wholesome Iknow that liturgically, the Orthodox amongst our number did this back September, and o...

I hate them! Loathe them! Detest them! I can't stand the way that those of us who don't make them are made to feel as though we'...

Lord, grant me the serenity to accept the things that I cannot change, the courage to change the things that I can, and the wisdom to know t...

A happy and holy Christmass to all of you who are celebrating the Incarnation of our Lord at this time. Many blessings.

Heaven, preserve us!

Thine illustrious life filled the angels with awe and put the demons to flight in terror, while it adorneth the congregations of the faithfu...