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20th Annual Annunciation NYC Mistletoe Gala
Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church New York City held its Emerald 20th Annual Stewardship and Mistletoe Galas on Saturday, December 7, 2024 at the Harvard Club of New York City in Midtown Manhattan, ...
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Gregory the Illuminator, Bishop of Armenia
This Saint, a Parthian by race, was the son of Anak. He was born about the year 240 and was taught the Faith of Christ in Caesarea of Cappadocia. He entered the service of Tiridates, King of Armenia, ...
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The Falling Asleep of St. John the Evangelist and Theologian
This Apostle was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and was the son of Zebedee and Salome, and the brother of James the elder. First a fisherman by trade, he became an Apostle and the beloved Disciple of ...
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Ecclesiastical New Year
For the maintenance of their armed forces, the Roman emperors decreed that their subjects in every district should be taxed every year. This same decree was reissued every fifteen years, since the ...
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Myron the Martyr of Cyzicus
Saint Myron was a priest during the reign of Decius, when Antipater was ruler of Achaia. On the day of our Lord's Nativity, Antipater entered the church to seize the Christians and punish them. Saint ...
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Metropolis of Chicago Congratulates 2024 Pilgrimage of Discovery Participants
The Metropolis of Chicago offers their congratulations to Marina Dimas and Peter Kokkinias, members of the Metropolis of Chicago selected to participate in the 2024 Pilgrimage of Discovery.
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David the Righteous of Thessalonika
Saint David, who was from Thessalonica, lived a most holy and ascetical life. For some years, he took up his dwelling in the branches of an almond tree, exposed to all the elements and extremes of the ...
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Leontios, Hypatios, & Theodoulos the Martyrs of Syria
This Martyr was from Greece. Being of great bodily stature and strength, he was an illustrious soldier in the Roman legions who had won many victories, and was known for his prudence and sobriety of ...
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5th Thursday after Pascha
The women disciples of the Lord heard from the angel, the joyful news of the Resurrection and the repeal of the sentence imposed upon our forefathers. With pride they said to the Apostles, "Death is ...
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Renewal Saturday
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Sunday of Orthodoxy
For more than one hundred years the Church of Christ was troubled by the persecution of the Iconoclasts of evil belief, beginning in the reign of Leo the Isaurian (717-741) and ending in the reign of ...
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Anastasios, the Persian Righteous Monk-martyr
Saint Anastasius was a Persian by race, the son of a Magus, and a soldier in the Persian army in the days of Chosroes II, King of Persia, and Heraclius, Emperor of New Rome. The Saint's Persian name ...