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SSCORRE! Saint Sophia Cathedral Online Resources for our Religious Edification Topic of the Week – Why Do the Orthodox Hold Religious Processions with Incorrupt Relics, the Cross, and Miracle-working Icons?     The origins of processions in the Church life is evident in both the Old and New Testament including the Exodus of the Hebrews from Egypt and the transfer of the Ark of the Covenant by King David.  “In the subsequent liturgical practice of

SSCORRE! Saint Sophia Cathedral Online Resources for our Religious Edification Topic of the Week – A Homily in Preparation for the Celebration of Christmas: According to Saint John Chrysostom A feast day is about to arrive and it is the most holy, august, and awesome of all feasts; it would be no mistake to call it the chief and mother of all holy days. What feast is that? The day of Christ’s birth in the flesh. It

SSCORRE! Saint Sophia Cathedral Online Resources for our Religious Edification Topic of the Week – Imitate the Life of the Saint Whose Name You Bear “At Holy Baptism each person is given a Christian name—the name of an angel or of some holy person. This bestowal of a Christian name at baptism as a profound meaning and a great significance. A Christian name serves not only to distinguish one person from another, but also establishes an

SSCORRE! Saint Sophia Cathedral Online Resources for our Religious Edification Topic of the Week – Persecution of the Faithful; An Example from the Life of St. Nektarios Throughout Church history the faithful have been persecuted by those outside of the Church, but sometimes by those within the Church. While the former is mostly easier for the faithful to recognize at the time that it is happening, sometimes the latter is only revealed to the entire

SSCORRE! Saint Sophia Cathedral Online Resources for our Religious Edification Topic of the Week – Persecution of the Faithful Throughout Church history the faithful have been persecuted by those outside of the Church, but sometimes by those within the Church. While the former is mostly easier for the faithful to recognize at the time that it is happening, sometimes the latter is only revealed to the entire body of the Church years later. What is important

SSCORRE! Saint Sophia Cathedral Online Resources for our Religious Edification Topic of the Week – Occasions and Spiritual Meditations Proceeding From Them “…one can turn his meditation from every occasion and from every visible creature to things invisible, for example: from the visible world to the invisible; from the visible light to the invisible and eternal Light, that is to God; from visible darkness to the invisible darkness, that is to the devil and sin, from