On Wednesday, August 15/28, 2013, Dormition Parish in Concord, NH celebrated its feast day with a Hierarchical Divine Liturgy with His Grace, Bishop Demetrius of Boston, as well as the parish clergy, Fr. Andrew Snogren, Fr. Deacon Alexander Buterbaugh, and Fr. Deacon Yakov Tseitlin. Other visiting clergy were also in attendance.
His Grace made David Cardinale a Sub-Deacon, and Jordan Buterbaugh and Justin Wilson were made taper bearers
Many years to the parish of the Dormition!
The “Father of Fathers, the Thirteenth Apostle and the Judge of the World (as his pheme states), Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria, Theodore sent a message to the Muslims of Egypt upon the feast of Ramadan. It is as follows:
“The most sacred month of the Islamic calendar, the chief month of personal worship and great awareness of the Divine for every faithful Muslim ends today with the festive, joyous season of Eid al-Fitr. Read more...
Jonesboro is a town located near the Eastern border of Arkansas, with a population of approximately 60,000. From a human standpoint, it’s not the most likely candidate for a traditional Orthodox mission, but for an Orthodox Christian who orders his priorities around Christ and His Church, it makes perfect sense. Read more...
2025 Youth Conference
Please join us for the 2025 youth conference in Toronto, Ontario, Canada! To learn more, visit the conference website.
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...