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THE GREAT MARTYR EUPHEMIA THE ALL-PRAISED

09/16/2026

The Holy Great Martyr Euphēmia (Ευφημία) was the daughter of Christian parents, the senator Philophronos and his wife Theodosia. She suffered for Christ in the year 304 in the city of Chalcedon, on the Bosphorus opposite Constantinople, the Queen of Cities. Priscus, the Proconsul of Chalcedon, issued a decree which required all the inhabitants of Chalcedon and the surrounding area to attend a pagan festival, in order to worship and offer sacrifice to the idol

The Great Paraclitic Canon

08/03/2026

Published by Pemptousia Partnership on August 7, 2020 Archbishop Stylianos of Australia † The time from August 1 to 15 is a period in the Church’s year during which the Orthodox soul turns to Our Most Holy Lady the Mother of God, with eyes full of contrition. For the two weeks before the feast of the Dormition, the bells ring at sunset and crowds of the faithful go to sing the Great Paraclitic Canon. Of course, we have

Dormition of the Righteous Anna, the Mother of the Most Holy Theotokos

07/25/2026

Commemorated on July 25 Saint Anna was the daughter of the priest Matthan and his wife Mary. She was of the tribe of Levi and the lineage of Aaron. According to Tradition, she died peacefully in Jerusalem at age 79, before the Annunciation to the Most Holy Theotokos. During the reign of Saint Justinian, the Emperor (527-565), a church was built in her honor at Deutera. Emperor Justinian II (685-695; 705-711) restored her church, since Saint

Saint Kyriaki the Great Martyr

07/07/2026

Saint Kyriaki was the daughter of Christian parents, Dorotheus and Eusevia. She was given her name because she was born on Sunday, the day of the Lord (in Greek, Kyriaki). Kyriaki was raised in a Christian enviornment and was highly respected, extremely educated, and philanthropic, but also very beautiful. Dorotheus and Eusevia were elderly and wanted security for Kyriaki upon their deaths which could be obtained through marriage. Kyriaki, being very devout in her Christian

Again and Again

06/05/2026

~By Stephen Freeman June 3, 2025 I was visiting a hospice patient back around 2000. The home was quite modest as was the woman who was the subject of my visit. We had conversations that ranged over her life and her family – the things that mattered most for her in her last days. The climax of our time together came when she pulled out her heavily worn Bible (King James) to show me something.

The Fall of Constantinople, [573] years ago (May 29th, 1453 – [2026])

05/29/2026

~Konstantinos Holevas, Political Scientist Five hundred and [seventy-three] years have gone by since that accursed day, 29 May 1453. When the cry “The City has fallen” rang out and the Reigning City, the City of Saints, Emperors and legends passed into the occupation of the Ottoman dynasty. Thus began the years of Turkish rule. The Greek nation survived, but Constantinople and Ayia Sofia (The Church of Holy Wisdom) remain in foreign hands. Today we honour

Bright Friday: Theotokos of the “Life-Giving Spring”

04/17/2026

ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ ΑΝΕΣΤΗ! CHRIST IS RISEN! The feast of the Life-giving Spring has its origins in the fifth century. It commemorates the consecration of the Church built next to it outside of Constantinople. The very large and beautiful church named in honor of the Theotokos of the Life-giving Spring was built by the Emperor Leo the Great (457-474) in Valouki, west of Constantinople (now Balıklı, Istanbul). Emperor Leo (January 20), before his ascension to the throne, had encountered a blind

The Fourth Tuesday of Great Lent. St Patrick: Revealer of the Holy Trinity

03/17/2026

St Patrick is not only a saint for the Irish or for Roman Catholics. He is verily an Orthodox Saint and celebrated on March 17. He lived from the late 4th Century until the late 5th Century. Patrick was actually from Wales, not Ireland but was taken captive by pirates to Ireland. He was actually sold as a slave and made a herder of swine. It was during his time as a slave that he

Cultivating Creative Listening: Homily on the Sunday of Gregory Palamas

03/08/2026

~Sermon preached by Claire Koen, PhD Candidate, Fordham University, on Sunday, March 31, 2024 Glory to the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, Amen. Over the last few weeks of Antiochian Women’s month we have heard about forgiveness and healing, mercy and judgment, and the sacraments that the church offers us to aid us in our paths towards theosis. Today, on the Sunday of Gregory Palamas, we remember this great saint and his

St Theodore and the Miracle of the Kollyva

02/28/2026

On the 1st Saturday of Great Lent, we commemorate St Theodore the Tyre and the miracle of the kollyva (κόλλυβα). St Theodore has his own feast, February 17 which is the date of his repose. However, there is a great miracle associated with him that is celebrated every year on that 1st Saturday in Great Lent. St Theodore the Tyre was a soldier in the region of Pontus, in Asia Minor. Tyre is the Latin

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THE GREAT MARTYR EUPHEMIA THE ALL-PRAISED

The Great Paraclitic Canon

Dormition of the Righteous Anna, the Mother of the Most Holy Theotokos

Saint Kyriaki the Great Martyr

Again and Again

The Fall of Constantinople, [573] years ago (May 29th, 1453 – [2026])

Bright Friday: Theotokos of the “Life-Giving Spring”

The Fourth Tuesday of Great Lent. St Patrick: Revealer of the Holy Trinity

Cultivating Creative Listening: Homily on the Sunday of Gregory Palamas

St Theodore and the Miracle of the Kollyva

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