To the Reverend Clergy, Monastics and Faithful of the Diocese of the West: “Indeed the hour is coming, yes, has now come, that you will be scattered, each to his own, and will leave Me alone. And yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me. These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world […]
Dear beloved children in the Lord, It is with profound pain and sorrow that we see the situation unfolding in Ukraine. The invasion of Russian troops has already caused death and destruction in many areas of the country and, as the battle progresses, the human cost continues to rise. It is heartbreaking to see the images of destroyed buildings, homes, and traffic jams as refugees […]
February 28th, 2022 To the Reverend Clergy and Faithful of the Diocese of the West, The purpose of Lent is not to force on us a few formal obligations, but to “soften” our heart so that it may open itself to the realities of the spirit, to experience the hidden “thirst and hunger” for communion with God. †Protopresbyter Alexander Schmemann, Great Lent Dearly beloved: In […]
To the Clergy, Monastics, and Faithful of the Orthodox Church in America,My Beloved Children in the Lord, CHRIST IS BORN! GLORIFY HIM! I greet you all today on this Great Feast of our illumination. At the Vesperal Divine Liturgy of Saint Basil the Great for this Feast we sing: When the Lord Jesus was born of the holy virgin, the whole universe was filled with […]