Venerable Parasceva (Petka)

Commemorated October 14/27

St. Nikolai Velimirovich

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Venerable Parasceva (Petka)

Commemorated October 14/27

St. Nikolai Velimirovich

The virgin Parasceva always yearned for the ascetic life for the sake of Christ. After her parents' repose, she left her home and went first to Constantinople, then to the wilderness of Jordan, where she lived the ascetic life until old age. Who can express all the labors, sufferings and demonic temptations that St. Parasceva endured in the course of her many years?

Archbishop Gregory (Boriskevich)—From Volhynia to Chicago

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Archbishop Gregory (Boriskevich)—From Volhynia to Chicago

On October 13/26, 1957, an outstanding hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad, Archbishop Gregory (Boriskevich) of Chicago and Detroit reposed in the Lord. His biography also outlines the little-known history of the Belorussian autonomous Church and the circumstances surrounding it in the early twentieth century.

The Widow of Nain

Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost

Archpriest Andrew Phillips

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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

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The Widow of Nain

Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost

Archpriest Andrew Phillips

Today's Gospel concerns the resurrection of the son of the widow of Nain. We recall that this miracle occurred just after the healing of the servant of the centurion, a healing which had taken place at a distance.We can notice how this miracle of resurrection, like all the Lord's miracles, happened for two reasons.

Saint Edwin of Northumbria, King and Martyr, and Saint Ethelburgh, Queen and Abbess of Lyminge

Commemorated October 12/25

Dmitry Lapa

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Saint Edwin of Northumbria, King and Martyr, and Saint Ethelburgh, Queen and Abbess of Lyminge

Commemorated October 12/25

Dmitry Lapa

The ferocious pagan called Penda soon afterwards began to rule over the Kingdom of Mercia in present-day central England. The northeastern part of the country then was called Northumbria, which was later ruled by Edwin, who was still a pagan but who was destined to become one of the apostles of his Kingdom. Let us now recall his life.

Making Choices. Should Your Spiritual Father Tell You What to Do?

Fr. Ted Bobosh

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Making Choices. Should Your Spiritual Father Tell You What to Do?

Fr. Ted Bobosh

Sometimes we come to a crossroads in life where we have to make a decision as to which way to go.