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The Publican and the Pharisee

Posted in Exploring Orthodoxy, St. Aidan Community, Youth and Young Adults | Tagged Orthodoxy, parable, Pharisee, St. Aidan - by Rebecca

Today we have the parable of the Publican and the Pharisee. Luke 18:10-14 (Gospel) 10 “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a Read more…

Lenten Fasting

Posted in Children and Parents, Exploring Orthodoxy, St. Aidan Community, Youth and Young Adults | Tagged Fasting, Orthodoxy, parables, St. Aidan - by Rebecca
Lenten Fasting

The Fathers know that not every Orthodox Christian is diligent about fasting. So they give us a very gradual introduction to the struggle of Lenten fasting: First, this coming week, nobody fasts. Read more…

Is Easter (Pascha) a Pagan Holiday?

Posted in Exploring Orthodoxy, St. Aidan Community | Tagged Orthodoxy, pascha, St. Aidan - by Rebecca
Is Easter (Pascha) a Pagan Holiday?

Father Jeremy from orthodoxroad.com writes the following: Many of us have read articles or seen memes floating around the internet that attempt to tie the celebration of Christ’s resurrection to Read more…

Responding to God’s Gifts

Posted in Children and Parents, Exploring Orthodoxy, St. Aidan Community, Youth and Young Adults | Tagged alms, lent, Orthodoxy, St. Aidan - by Rebecca
Responding to God’s Gifts

Lenten Giving: All of life is a gift, a free gift, given to us by God. This one basic truth frames our relationship with God and one another. It also Read more…

Pascha Time

Posted in Exploring Orthodoxy, Glimpses of Glory, St. Aidan Community | - by Rebecca
Pascha Time

We are creatures of linear time, always moving forward, only glancing back imperfectly at the past. We dream of travelling at will along our time line. Whether it is Superman Read more…

Parables

Posted in Exploring Orthodoxy, St. Aidan Community | Tagged Orthodoxy, parables, pascha, St. Aidan - by Rebecca
Parables

Lenten services have lots of parables. Father Jeremy of Orthodox Road recommends the following books to learn more about them: There’s a tendency for us modern folks to feel that Read more…

2022 Pascha Dates

Posted in Children and Parents, Events, Exploring Orthodoxy, St. Aidan Community, Youth and Young Adults | - by Rebecca
2022 Pascha Dates

Join us in our Paschal celebrations!! Feb.   6 – Zacchaeus Sunday Feb. 13 – The Publican and the Pharisee. This is a fast free week. Feb. 20 – Prodigal Son. Read more…

Great Feast of The Meeting of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in the Temple

Posted in Events, Exploring Orthodoxy, St. Aidan Community | Tagged Feast, Orthodoxy, St. Aidan - by Rebecca
Great Feast of The Meeting of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in the Temple

Introduction This feast, celebrated on February 2, is known in the Orthodox Church as The Presentation of Christ in the Temple. Another name for the feast is The Meeting of Read more…

Tomorrow is the Great Feast of The Meeting of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in the Temple

Posted in Children and Parents, Exploring Orthodoxy, St. Aidan Community, Youth and Young Adults | Tagged candlemas, great feast, Orthodoxy, St. Aidan, temple - by Rebecca
Tomorrow is the Great Feast of The Meeting of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in the Temple

Join us Feb. 2nd, 2022 at 10:30am for a Divine Liturgy feast day service. Hope to see you there! This is a very ancient and precious feast, one of the Read more…

Theophany and Dragons

Posted in Exploring Orthodoxy, St. Aidan Community, Youth and Young Adults | Tagged Orthodoxy, St. Aidan, Theophany - by Rebecca
Theophany and Dragons

Tomorrow is the Divine Liturgy of the Afterfeast of Theophany. Here is another article from ancientfaith.com and the podcast version of it if you prefer to listen rather than read. Read more…

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