Motherhood and Faith During a Pandemic
In honor of Mother’s Day, OCN is pleased to announce our next #myOCN Community Online Gathering Thursday, May 7th, at 4:00 pm EST with special guests Irene Sakkas and Paraskevi June. This program is generously brought to you by the James and Joanne Mitchell Foundation. If you would like to...
Psalm 19—The Heavens Are Telling the Glory of God
The heavens are telling the glory of God; and the firmament proclaims His handiwork. Day to day pours forth speck, and night to night declares knowledge; there is no speech, nor are there words; their voice is not heard; yet their voice goes out through all the earth, and their...
The Holy Great Martyr Irene
The holy Great Martyr Irene was born in the city of Magedon in Persia during the fourth century. She was the daughter of the pagan king Licinius, and her parents named her Penelope. Penelope was very beautiful, and her father kept her isolated in a high tower from the time...
Monastic Conversations with Father Zacharias
Archimandrite Zacharias Zacharou Question: Why have they included marriage in the Sacraments of the Church, and not monasticism? Answer: Fr Sophrony said to me once: ‘Imagine that they do not accept monasticism as a sacrament of the Church, and marriage is one of the sacraments!’ Both of them should...
LIVE Adult Education: Shared Experience of the Orthodox Christian Faith
Join Adult Education Facebook LIVE Discussion on Sun at 11:30am. We will be returning to #myOCN’s Facebook for a brief reflection based on how understanding. Invite someone #tagsomeone and join us. Join here LIVE on OCN FACEBOOK Sunday at 11:30 am EST. These are not classes on high theology that...
