Sunday of Orthodoxy at the Cathedral of St. Markella 2014

On Sunday February 24/March 9, 2014, the Sunday of Orthodoxy, His Eminence Metropolitan Demetrius of America presided over the Divine Liturgy in the Cathedral of St. Markella, Astoria, NY, during which he ordained Fr. Sergius (Gordon) of Holy Ascension Monastery, Bearsville, NY to the Diaconate.

Axios!

2014stmarkellasundayorthodoxy001
2014stmarkellasundayorthodoxy001
2014stmarkellasundayorthodoxy002
2014stmarkellasundayorthodoxy002
2014stmarkellasundayorthodoxy003
2014stmarkellasundayorthodoxy003
2014stmarkellasundayorthodoxy004
2014stmarkellasundayorthodoxy004
2014stmarkellasundayorthodoxy005
2014stmarkellasundayorthodoxy005
2014stmarkellasundayorthodoxy006
2014stmarkellasundayorthodoxy006
2014stmarkellasundayorthodoxy007
2014stmarkellasundayorthodoxy007
2014stmarkellasundayorthodoxy008
2014stmarkellasundayorthodoxy008
2014stmarkellasundayorthodoxy009
2014stmarkellasundayorthodoxy009
2014stmarkellasundayorthodoxy010
2014stmarkellasundayorthodoxy010
2014stmarkellasundayorthodoxy011
2014stmarkellasundayorthodoxy011
2014stmarkellasundayorthodoxy012
2014stmarkellasundayorthodoxy012
2014stmarkellasundayorthodoxy013
2014stmarkellasundayorthodoxy013
2014stmarkellasundayorthodoxy014
2014stmarkellasundayorthodoxy014
2014stmarkellasundayorthodoxy015
2014stmarkellasundayorthodoxy015
2014stmarkellasundayorthodoxy016
2014stmarkellasundayorthodoxy016
2014stmarkellasundayorthodoxy017
2014stmarkellasundayorthodoxy017
2014stmarkellasundayorthodoxy018
2014stmarkellasundayorthodoxy018
2014stmarkellasundayorthodoxy019
2014stmarkellasundayorthodoxy019
2014stmarkellasundayorthodoxy020
2014stmarkellasundayorthodoxy020
2014stmarkellasundayorthodoxy021
2014stmarkellasundayorthodoxy021
2014stmarkellasundayorthodoxy022
2014stmarkellasundayorthodoxy022
2014stmarkellasundayorthodoxy023
2014stmarkellasundayorthodoxy023
2014stmarkellasundayorthodoxy024
2014stmarkellasundayorthodoxy024
2014stmarkellasundayorthodoxy025
2014stmarkellasundayorthodoxy025
2014stmarkellasundayorthodoxy026
2014stmarkellasundayorthodoxy026
2014stmarkellasundayorthodoxy027
2014stmarkellasundayorthodoxy027
2014stmarkellasundayorthodoxy028
2014stmarkellasundayorthodoxy028
2014stmarkellasundayorthodoxy029
2014stmarkellasundayorthodoxy029
2014stmarkellasundayorthodoxy030
2014stmarkellasundayorthodoxy030
2014stmarkellasundayorthodoxy031
2014stmarkellasundayorthodoxy031
2014stmarkellasundayorthodoxy032
2014stmarkellasundayorthodoxy032
2014stmarkellasundayorthodoxy033
2014stmarkellasundayorthodoxy033
2014stmarkellasundayorthodoxy034
2014stmarkellasundayorthodoxy034
Orthodox Awareness

Ecumenical Dialogues Intensified

At the beginning of September (n.s.) Bartholomew called together a “Synaxis of the Patriarchates and the Autocephalous Church of Cyprus" at the Phanar in order to coordinate their efforts for the First Ecumenistic Council which they plan to convene shortly. At it, they will most certainly have to deal with a conflict with the Patriarchate of Moscow concerning primacy, but also they will proclaim the heresy of Ecumenism with an alleged synodal decision of Ecumenical (or rather Ecumenistic) force. Read more...

Missions

Saints Peter and Paul Orthodox Mission, Tucson, Arizona

Saints Peter and Paul Orthodox Church is a beautiful mission parish near downtown Tucson, a city in southern Arizona. It was started in 1997 by Father John Bockman, who was a missionary Priest formerly serving missions in Tennessee and Massachusetts since 1990. Father John served the faithful in Tucson and the surrounding area in his home Chapel until his repose in November of 2000. His wife, Presbytera Valerie, continued to make her home Chapel available for the mission, with clergy from Saint Nectarios Orthodox Church in Seattle and His Eminence, Metropolitan Moses of Toronto (then of Portland), visiting to provide the Divine Services.

Read more...
Youth

2025 Youth Conference

Please join us for the 2026 youth conference in Upper Marlboro, MD! To learn more, visit the this page.

Ask A Priest

Fasting

Q. There seems to be a lot of variation in how people observe fasting, but my confessor told me to fast from oil on Wednesday and Friday. Oil is a pretty vague category, though, and I was wondering if I could get a more explicit description of what kinds of food and drink are excluded on strict fast days. Read more...