For this reason, after prayerful consideration, I, Alexei, Bishop of Sitka and Alaska, am hereby making the formal request to Your Beatitude as the Primate of the Orthodox Church in America to begin the process that, if it be in accord with God’s will, would lead to her glorification....
Only Eastern Orthodox Christians who have been baptized and chrismated and have fasted, prayed, and confessed are permitted to partake in communion. After baptism, tiny babies and children are taken to the chalice to receive holy communion. The priest gives the gifts using a spoon called a “...
Then I saw the accumulated snow/ice at the end of my driveway and realized I’d better get that out of there before it froze again. So I grabbed a shovel and started to work. Ten minutes later, I saw our neighbor coming across the yard saying, “Let me do that.” He took the s...
my family expands to almost a quarter of a million in number. There is not a day that goes by when I don’t think about these precious winged beings. I am a shameless Apis mellifera-loving hussy. I talk bee and English is now my second language … Come have holy bee communion. I’...
and doing what works for your family. I’ll include links to some Catholic All Year products, in case that’s helpful. But if you haven’t set aside a budget for Holy Week that’s okay too. When I started doing all this stuff with my family fifteen years ago I put everything we ...
LOVE-LETTER ONE – Healing Holy Mother Church and the World Through Holy Communion and Confession The First Secret of Medjugorje is Not the Illumination of Conscience (The Warning of Garabandal) Preceding Signs To The Warning – 7 Days-Nights The Cross of Our Savior Will Be Seen in the Sky...
It was named after his father. William Penn initially requested the name ‘Sylvania,’ which is Latin for ‘forest,’ but the Privy Council added ‘Penn,’ to honor William Penn Sr. Penn fought against this for a while, worried that he would be considered vain for naming his new territory...
“I want to grant a complete pardon to the souls that will go to confession and receive Holy Communion on the Feast of My Mercy(1109 p. 412 –Divine Mercy in My Soul, Congregation of Marians, 1987).” This promise is extraordinary! Blessed Pope John Paul the Great – officially institut...
[2]This article was published on the same day that I met with Fr. Edward. [3]A prayer read outside of the altar at the end of the Divine Liturgy, after Communion. [4]The service before Liturgy in which the priest begins to cut the bread that will become Holy Communion. ...
If churches started doing the same, including taking up a special offering [not only for Christmas but also each week] for a “building for the needy fund”, I wonder how long before enough money was raised to start the housing the homeless would like to see happen? In Central FL ...