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December 20, 2022 Greetings dear brothers in the Lord, Christ is Born! Glorify Him! Below you will see links for the Holy Nativity Encyclicals from His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros. At the direction of His Eminence, please do the following: Christmas Eve Liturgy - Read the Encyclical of His Eminence [...]

Surprise:  this ministry has been established by a nephew of Fr. George Poulos whom I met at the Clergy-Laity Congress in NYC this past summer!  Fr. Harry  

We are all in need of critical conversation in our Church about the growing phenomenon of “nationalism.”  Here is a timely opportunity that broadens the conversation beyond our own country.  I regularly read Kalaitzidis (from the Volos Theological Academy in Greece - https://acadimia.org/en/) and Hovorun (Ukrainian roots, at St. Ignatius Academy in Sweden - https://www.sanktignatios.org/dr-cyril-hovorun/)  - Fr. [...]

December 9, 2022 What's New This Week This week's episode of "Finding Our Roots in Jesus' Family Tree" we hear the story of Ruth, one of the five women listed in Jesus' genealogy. Ruth models for all of us loyalty and devotion, perseverance, and boldness in the face of adversity. Her place in the story [...]

Live Nativity Sunday, December 11 3 - 7 PM St. John's Episcopal Church

November 25, 2022 What's New This Week Throughout our lives we will navigate through many challenges in our marriages and families. Abraham serves as a model and beacon of hope that despite the adversities we experience in life, the mistakes and blunders we make, and our misunderstanding of God's promises to us, our integrity and [...]

November 18, 2022 What's New This Week Many of us do not know the histories and stories of the people listed in the genealogy of Jesus, which is read every year on the Sunday before Christmas. Would it shock you to find that Christ’s ancestors included murderers, prostitutes, adulterers, and other flawed characters? If we [...]