Fasts & Feasts
The Holy and Great Fast
February21 - 1st Sunday of the Great Fast (Sunday of Orthodoxy)
27 - All Souls Saturday
28 - 2nd Sunday of the Great Fast (Palamas)
6 - All Souls Saturday
7 - 3rd Sunday of the Great Fast (Veneration of the Cross)
13 - All Souls Saturday
14 - 4th Sunday of the Great Fast (Climacus)
18 - Canon of St. Andrew of Crete
20 - Akathistos Saturday
21 - 5th Sunday of the Great Lent (Mary of Egypt)
25 - Annunciation to the Mother of God
Great and Holy Week
28 - Palm Sunday
April4 - Pascha
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Multimedia
Currently we have several sections of video and audio available. To view the videos and listen to the audios you'll need RealPlayer or another appropriate media player. Once you've installed RealPlayer simply click on the appropriate link below for your type of internet connection.
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Video: Introduction to the Eastern Catholic Churches
A 12 minute presentation that gives a basic historical and theological background to the formation of the Eastern Catholic Churches. This useful tool is ideal for teaching teens, adults and converts.
Video copyright: Eparchy of Parma, used with permission. Video length is 12 minutes. Approximately 2:30 is available for viewing. |
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Video: A Brief Explanation of the Eastern Catholic Churches
The Catholic Church is a communion of churches. It is made up of churches from the Eastern Tradition and the Western Tradition. Every Catholic has a responsibility for understanding the fullness of the Catholic Church. Pope John Paul II has said, "The church must learn to breathe again with its two lungs, its Eastern one and its Western one." In assessing the current situation, Cardinal William Baum has stated, "It is clear that, despite progress in this area, there is still a need among Catholics of the Latin tradition for a great deal of knowledge of the peoples, traditions and churches of the Christian East". (Jan 6, 1987, #15)
Video copyright: Eparchy of Parma, 1992, used with permission. Video length is 20 minutes. Approximately 2:30 is available for viewing. |
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Video: Reflections of Glory: The Origins of Byzantine Art
The spiritual and cultural dynamics of early Christianity that eventually gave rise to the art of the Byzantine icon are presented in this video through lively imagery and narration. It offers the viewer a more mature understanding of Byzantine icons by providing the foundation upon which the terminology, concepts and theology of Byzantine icons is blessed.
Video copyright: Eparchy of Parma, 1992, used with permission. Video length is 20 minutes. Approximately 2:30 is available for viewing. |
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Audio: Holy Week and Pascha
The following Divine services from Holy Week and Pascha 2006 were recorded at St. George Parish in Aliquippa, PA and are available in MP3 format. The recordings are not professional quality but are very good. Note that files are very large. They may be played online or saved to your local computer by right-clicking and choosing "Save As". |
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| Why do you beat the air and run in vain? Every occupation has a purpose, obviously. Tell me then, what is the purpose of all the activity of the world? Answer, I challenge you! It is vanity of vanity: all is vanity. St. John Chrysostom |