Jesus is the Reason for the Christmas Season

Jesus is the Reason for the Christmas Season

The Christmas season is rife with commercialism. Ads urge us to buy expensive gifts, radios blare out songs about reindeer and movies feature a jolly fat fellow who lives in the North Pole. Social gatherings, with much carousing and merry-making, abound....
Prepare for Christmas by fasting, not feasting

Prepare for Christmas by fasting, not feasting

It is common knowledge that we observe Lent before Easter; but did you know that there is also a Nativity Fast before Christmas called Pylypivka or Philip’s Fast? It always begins the day after the Feast of St. Philip (Nov. 15/28) and lasts through Christmas Eve. The...

Luke 10:25-37 – Good Samaritan

At that time, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” 26 He said to him, “What is written in the law? How do you read?” 27* And he answered, “You shall love the Lord your God...

Information for the August 2013 Pilgrimage to Ukraine

His Beatitude our Patriarch Sviatoslav has invited the faithful of the Ukrainian Catholic Church to make a pilgrimage to Kyiv in 2013 to celebrate the 1025th Anniversary of the baptism of Kyivan-Rus, Ukraine! The major celebration will be a special Divine Liturgy on...
A Survival Guide to Great Vespers

A Survival Guide to Great Vespers

Source: St. Elias Parish Vespers is held on Saturday evening every week (7:00 p.m.). On the eve of major Feast Days, Great Vespers (or Vigil) is also served. Sunset marks the beginning of the next day in the Church calendar (following Jewish Tradition). Hence Saturday...