Synaxis

I have a great personal devotion to Blessed Seraphim of Platina, and look forward to his official glorification by our synod, (it being my c...

I have just prayed Vespers for the Feast of the Ascension. As I was about to start, I picked up the Festal Menaion so I would have all of ...

The green of the fertile soil, the red bloodshed of slavery, the black of the ethnic heritage, the golden-yellow sunshine, and the stars of ...

With the Saints, give rest, O Christ, to the souls of thy servants, where there is neither sickness nor sorrow, but life everlasting. Thou...

Not my own effort this time but here is a comparison done by Father Deacon Benjamin over at his blog.

The epiklesis from the Divine Liturgy of St Mark. ======================================== The people sing the following prayers slowly and ...

Christ Pantokrator in the Old Rite Church of the Nativity, Erie In this second post about the Old Rite, I want to share some of the treasure...

A quickie. Is anybody able to help with my questions here ? Thank you.

I have recently developed something of an interest in the Old Rite. I find it absolutely fascinating, although I do have mixed feelings abo...

I have just learnt from Aristibule's blog that two of our ROCOR Western Rite priests are currently in hospital. Fr Michael of St Petro...

O holy hierarch Patrick, wonder­worker equal to the apostles, enlightener of the Irish land: entreat the merciful God, that He grant our sou...

Thanks to Elizabeth over at The Garden Window for this rather fun quiz. I must admit it wasn't the result for which I'd hoped. ;-)...

In the Sarum Use of the Orthodox Roman Rite, before the Mass of Easter Day, the Holy Things are returned from the Sepulchre, where they have...

Thou wast an Apostle of Christ who learned from the pre-eminent Peter, and didst shine like the sun upon the lands of the Alexandrians, bei...

O pure and immaculate and likewise blessed Virgin; who art the sinless Mother of thy Son, the mighty Lord of the universe; thou who art invi...