Great Lent
Today Great Lent begins as we follow a fast from meat, dairy, wine and oil. This is from today until Pascha on April 24, 2022.
Today Great Lent begins as we follow a fast from meat, dairy, wine and oil. This is from today until Pascha on April 24, 2022.
Today we the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts. we also commemorate the Forefeast of the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary.
The Third Sunday of Lent is that of the Veneration of the Cross. The cross stands in the midst of the church in the middle of the lenten season not Read more...
The Fourth Sunday of Lent is dedicated to Saint John of the Ladder (Climacus). He is the author of the work, The Ladder of Divine Ascent...Complete by clicking: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2022/04/03/16-4th-sunday-of-great-lent-st-john-climacus-of-the-ladder
Saint Zosimas (April 4) was a monk at a certain Palestinian monastery on the outskirts of Caesarea. Having dwelt at the monastery since his childhood, he lived there in asceticism Read more...