Twelve Things I Wish I’d Known:Learning how to Live and Love Orthodox Worship Welcome to the God-protected, God-loving parish of St. Michael’s! Here are some things that we hope will increase the profundity of your worship experience here, whether you are an experienced member of this parish, a visitor from another Orthodox parish, or this […]
Liturgy – Worship and the Maccabean Martyrs
August 14, 2011 By
Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory forever!Chapter Six of Second Maccabees Introduction: Orthodox Christians live and worship a certain way We are Christians. We have accepted Christ as our Savior. We have brought the Holy Spirit into our lives. We have given ourselves, mind, body, and soul, over to God. We have offered ourselves as […]
Liturgy – The Place of Scripture in Orthodox Life & Worship
August 7, 2011 By
8th Sunday after Pentecost The Sunday of Saint Olympia, deaconess of ConstantinopleGospel: St. Matthew 14:14-22 (The Feeding of the Five Thousand) What a beautiful day to celebrate the Resurrection of our Lord, Jesus Christ! Today’s Gospel reading is an affirmation of our faith, of our worship, and especially of the holy Eucharist which we celebrate […]
Guardian Angels III: Worship
June 15, 2011 By
St. Michael’s Series on the Guardian Angel: Guardian Angels in Worship Sources: Jean Danielou, S.J. The Angels and their Mission According to the Fathers of the Church Mother Alexandra The Holy Angels. CCEL Church Fathers Our first week, we looked at some of the scriptural evidence for guardian angels. The next week we followed up by looking […]
Guardian Angels II: The Early Fathers
June 14, 2011 By
St. Michael’s Series on the Guardian Angel: Guardian Angels in Tradition Sources: Jean Danielou, S.J. The Angels and their Mission According to the Fathers of the Church Mother Alexandra The Holy Angels. CCEL Church Fathers Last week, we looked at some of the scriptural evidence for guardian angels. Scripture is the greatest part of an […]
Guardian Angels I: Scripture
June 13, 2011 By
St. Michael’s Series on the Guardian Angel: Guardian Angels in Scripture First, there is a world-view that we should know of (and accept): the spiritual world is real. Related to this, there really are angels – both good and bad. Their story is not our story, but it does intersect in places (especially in worship […]
