Christ is Baptized! In the Jordan!
We wish you a joyous feast as we celebrate Holy Theophany – the revelation of Christ’s divinity through His Holy Baptism. On this feast, we join together to celebrate the Great Blessing of Water, in which we bless the year’s Holy Water, and thus realize water’s true and full potential as — like all things — a vehicle for God’s Grace. A blessed feast to all!
We greet you warmly in the joy of this Great and Holy Feast, the birth in the flesh of Our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ. The Vigil is served tonight at 7:00 PM. The Divine Liturgy is served tomorrow at 10:00 AM. We look forward to celebrating this feast with you, together as a parish family. Included below is the archpastoral address of His Grace, Bishop Michael, on the occasion of the Holy Nativity.
Continue reading The Feast of the Holy NativityHis Grace, the Right Reverend Michael, Bishop of New York, and the Diocese of New York and New Jersey, sends the following letter to the faithful among his diocese, reflecting on the tragedy that has occurred in Newtown, CT. Continue reading Archpastoral Message on the Tragedy in Newtown
It is with great sadness that we have learned that our former pastor, rector, and father, the +Archpriest Michael Mihalick, has reposed in the Lord.
From the Orthodox Church in America’s website: Archpriest Michael J. Mihalick, 63, fell asleep in the Lord peacefully at home on the morning of Monday, December 10, 2012. For many years, Father Michael had fought a valiant battle against progressive Multiple Sclerosis.
Continue reading Memory Eternal: Archpriest Michael MihalickToday marks the 29th anniversary of the repose of the +Protopresbyter Alexander Schmemann, one of the great theological writers of our times. Fr. Alexander, known the world over through his powerful books, including For the Life of the World, was a major figure in the Orthodox Church in America’s receiving independence (autocephaly) in 1977. You can read more about his life on the website of St. Vladimir’s Seminary, where for years he served as dean. Read more here. Additionally, you can see a special CBS aired following Fr. Alexander’s death in 1983, called “For Our Times: The Spirit of St. Vladimir’s” by clicking here.
May the memory of the ever-venerable Protopresbyter Alexander be eternal!
