Synaxis

I tried to think up a witty play on "LloydsTSB" but failed miserably, hence the rather dull post title. I'm sorry. :-( I am d...

Ok, so having promised blog updates on this month's feasts I went and missed Ss Peter and Paul and the Feast of All Holy Apostles. By t...

...please pray for the repose of Stella, that God may have mercy upon her and draw her unto Himself. Some of you may remember that I posted...

I haven't really been pottering around much in the Western Rite blogosphere over the last couple of weeks and so managed to miss the new...

Please see the entry here from 17/05/07 for a video of the events.

The royal banners forward go; the Cross shines forth in mystic glow; where He in flesh, our flesh Who made, our sentence bore, our ransom pa...

The exchange after a recent post reminded me of the history of ROCOR praying for "the Orthodox episcopate of the suffering Church of Ru...

This is just a quick "heads up" to folk who don't already know that the proceedings in Moscow this Thursday, the Feast of the ...

It would appear that, while news of Patriarch Alexei's death has been spreading rapidly, the Patriarch himself seems to be under the imp...

The day fast approaches. Since my reception into the Orthodox Church last year, I have heard much about the difficult history of the Church...

Cultivated by God, thou hast proved to be a most honoured cultivator of piety, and thou hast gathered for thyself sheaves of virtues; for ha...

In giving birth thou didst preserve thy virginity; in thy dormition thou didst not forsake the world, O Theotokos. Thou wast translated unt...

The Diocese of Sourozh has a pretty , new website.

There's a wonderful video here from St Paul's Church , Houston. I thought I'd share because it is quite moving. The link is a ...

Just some thoughts (PDF) recently added to the parish collection .