January 10, 2025
What’s New This Week
Family Matters New Podcast Episode! Marriage: An Awesome & Sublime Wonder with Dr. David Ford
Join Fr Alex Goussetis as he speaks with Dr David Ford, professor at St. Tikhon’s seminary, on the historical and theological understanding of the sacrament of marriage and its practical application for us today.
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"In order to live harmoniously, couples need from the very start to set their love as the foundation of their life, a true and genuine love, one that is found in spiritual mobility, in sacrifice, and not in fake, worldly and carnal love. If there is love, if there is sacrifice, one will always arrive at the standpoint of the other, understand the other, have compassion for the other." - Quote from St. Paisios
What does love found in “spiritual nobility” look like to you? How do you and your spouse “sacrifice” for the sake of the other? Finally, how do you show compassion for your spouse?
"If at some time you show mercy to someone, mercy will be shown to you. If you show compassion to one who is suffering (and of course, this is not a great deed) you will be numbered among the martyrs." - St. Moses of Optina
Announcing The OBOA Pilot Parishes!
After careful and prayerful consideration of all applicants, we are excited to announce the twelve Orthodox parishes selected to be Pilot Parishes through the On Behalf of All Initiative Toward an Accessible Divine Liturgy for Children with Disabilities!
To the left of the image is a priest administering communion in an Orthodox church, with children and adults taking blessed bread. To the right of the image is a list of pilot parishes for the On Behalf Of All Initiative: St Stefanos Petersburg, FL - GOA Atlanta Metropolis; St John the Baptist, Des Plaines, IL - GOA Chicago Metropolis; St Anna's Salt Lake City, UT - GOA Denver Metropolis; St Nicholas Grand Junction, CO - GOA Denver Metropolis; St Demetrios Saginaw, MI - GOA Detroit Metropolis; Assumption of the Theotokos Danbury, CT - Direct Archdiocese District; St John the Baptist Blue Point, NY - GOA Direct Archdiocese District; Annunciation Cathedral Columbus, Ohio - GOA Pittsburgh Metropolis; St. Basil, San Juan Capistrano, CA - GOA San Fransisco Metropolis; Saints Constantine and Helen, Cardiff By the Sea, CA - GOA San Fransisco Metropolis; St Mary's Orthodox Church, Brooklyn, NY - Antiochian Metropolis of North America; Protection of the Holy Mother of God Orthodox Church (St Mary) Falls Church, Virginia - OCA-Romanian Episcopate
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