But Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest and asked him for letters to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any belonging to the Way, men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem. Now as he […]
I believe that I shall see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living! Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; yea, wait for the Lord! Psalm 27:13-14 I’ve known Fr. Constantine for thirty years. When I first went to the seminary back […]
Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. John 15:13 Because speaking about death is an uncomfortable subject for many people, we either don’t know or don’t share certain things that we should know as Orthodox Christians. We will discuss several of […]
Pray at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. Ephesians 6:18 Today, by God’s grace, is the 9 year anniversary of the beginning of the Prayer Team. What began as a series intended for only Lent of 2015, with the goal of getting 30 people to join, now […]
She who is a real widow, and is left all alone, has set her hope on God and continues in supplications and prayers night and day. I Timothy 5:5 When someone close to us dies, we feel sad, we cry, we mourn, we remember, we tell stories about them to […]
And when the time came for their purification according to the law of Moses, they brought Him up to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord (as it is written in the law of the Lord, “Every male that opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord”) and […]
Fr. Christopher Metropulos sits down with three of the winners from this year’s Byzanfest film festival to talk about their projects. Byzanfest screens and streams the very best of Orthodox-inspired cinema, with a goal to foster the growth of the global Orthodox movie industry and introduce diverse audiences to our […]
Around the world, Orthodox Christians welcome the birth of Christ with feasts, processions and family traditions. Traditions are a great way to come together and enjoy time with our loved ones and community, but more than that, many of our cultural Holiday traditions are deeply connected to, and remind us […]
God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth. John 4:24 The central activity that happens in a church community is worship. Our parish could actually be called “The Orthodox Eucharistic Assembly of Tampa.” Because this is the only place in our city where an Orthodox Christian […]
For I think that God has exhibited us apostles as last of all, like men sentenced to death; because we have become a spectacle to the world, to angels and to men. We are fools for Christ’s sake, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are […]
“Man of God,” the highly anticipated award-winning box office hit based on the inspiring life of our beloved Orthodox saint, Saint Nektarios of Aegina that won the hearts of the public in Greece, Russia and Serbia starring Aris Servetalis, Alexander Petrov, and Mickey Rourke, premiered on the big screen as […]
In this bi-weekly program, Christo Pappademos sits down with young, recently ordained priests and deacons and chats with them about their personal journey to ordained ministry. In recent times, it seems fewer and fewer young men choose to pursue the priesthood as a life path. Christo would like those who […]