Fasts & Feasts
4 - Independence Day
18 - Holy Fathers of the First Six Ecumenical Councils
20 - Holy Prophet Elias
1-15 - Dormition Fast
6 - Transfiguration
15 - Dormition of the Mother of God
29 - Beheading of St. John the Baptist
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Byzantine Catholic parishes tend to be fairly small – usually somewhere between 100 - 1,000 people. One advantage of smaller parishes is that everyone generally knows everyone else. If you’re a parishioner and you miss a Sunday no one will probably say anything. But if you miss two Sundays in a row it is highly likely that your phone will start ringing with calls from other parishioners asking if you’re OK.Behold! The Wood of the Cross!
Save Your people, O Lord, and bless Your inheritance. Grant victory to Your Church over her enemies, and protect Your people by Your Cross.
Troparion of the Cross
Wisdom from the Church Fathers
| Good and God-loving men accuse people of something bad when they are present, but when they are absent they not only refrain from accusing them, but do not permit others to do so when they attempt to speak of them. From St. Anthony the Great (170 Texts on Saintly Life no. 30) REF: Fr. Seraphim Rose, "Letters" |