"In truth you were revealed to your flock as a rule of faith, an image of humiity and a teacher of abstainance; your humility exhaulted you; your poverty enriched you; Hierach Father Nicholas, entreat Christ our God that our souls may be saved." Troparian for the Feast of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, Bishop of Myra
Abba John said, "If a king wishes to subdue a city belonging to enemies, he first of all keeps the enemy without bread and water, and the enemy being in this way harassed by hunger becomes subject to him; and this it is in respect to hostile passions (which serve pride), and if a man endures fasting and hunger regularly, his enemies become stricken with weakness in the soul." --The Paradise of the Fathers, On Fasting and Abstinence
New Testament readings with a short commentary at the end just for kids Usually around five minutes long, it is a fantastic way to get our children into the Bible.
A Journey Together Reading Through the Bible in One Year - Fr. Alexis Kouri helps lead listeners through a reading of the entire Bible in one year.
"Sometimes called the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Orthodox Church is the first Christian Church, the Church founded by the Lord Jesus Christ and described in the pages of the New Testament. Her history can be traced in unbroken continuity all the way back to Christ and His Twelve Apostles. For twenty centuries, she has continued in her undiminished and unaltered faith and practice. Today her apostolic doctrine, worship, and structure remain intact. The Orthodox Church maintains that the Church is the living Body of Jesus Christ."
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America.