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Published: 14 December 2019

Christmas is coming!  The hearts of all Christians are directed towards Bethlehem, as they prepare to receive the Savior: “Christ from heaven is coming, welcome Him,” as our Church urges us with its beautiful hymns.  At the same time, the Church honors and celebrates today the glorious Ancestors of the Lord, from the Righteous Abraham up to the Blessed Virgin Mary, from whom Jesus Christ was born.   Those who came before lived in complete obedience to God’s will and firmly believed in His promises, such as Isaac who was to be sacrificed, Moses in the Exodus, the Prophet Daniel among the Lions, or the Three holy Youths in the furnace!

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Published: 07 December 2019

The Lord’s exhortation, “Be holy, for I am holy” (1 Peter 1:16), is for all people at all times.  This is why holy people can be found on all levels of society, from the aristocrat and distinguished scholar or philosopher, to the simple villager with little education.

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Published: 30 November 2019

St. Porphyrios was born in 1906 in a village in Evia (Greece). From an early age, he strongly desired to become a monk, and at age 13 he went to Mount Athos.

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Published: 23 November 2019

On November 25th, the Church commemorates St. Catherine the Great Martyr, who is one of the best known saints in the entire Christian world, East and West.  In some countries of Europe, she is honored as the “Guardian of Letters,” because of the great education she had received.

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