Join myOCN Community and Fr. Tom Zaferes as we make a Pilgrimage to Pascha! This weekly Monday program will highlight the various themes and spiritual insights the Church offers each week in preparation for Great Lent (the Pre-lenten period), Great Lent and Holy Week utilizing hymnography, scriptural readings, teachings of Read more…
Even in our very secularized culture, there’s one saint’s day no one is likely to forget: St. Valentine’s Day. But how much do you really know about the saint behind the day? If you’re like most of us, the answer is “not much.” And to make things worse, most of Read more…
Contents Sign up to receive Orthodoxy Now Magazine Updates. Director’s Message: Embracing Tradition and Engaging Modernity Healing our Relationship with Food: An Orthodox Perspective Fr. Christopher Metropulos speaks to Krista Fedorchak, an Orthodox Christian registered dietitian, to discuss how to take a sustainable and balanced approach to improving our health Read more…
A Guide to Goal-Setting for Orthodox Christians We are all given the same 24 hours in a day, but how we use and prioritize our time makes all the difference in accomplishing our goals. God has given us this gift of time and He expects us to use it wisely Read more…
12 Days of Christmas Activities Christ is Born! In the secular world, the Christmas season has been completed with the passing of Christmas day, but for Orthodox Christians, the celebration is just beginning! Keep the Holiday spirit going with daily activities and acts of service in your home or parish. Read more…
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 Read more…
“And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, in order to prove by you what is that good and pleasing and perfect will of God.” (Rom 12:2) The seemingly obscure events surrounding the birth of a Jewish baby in a manger Read more…
LIVE Tonight On the margins of the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (“Genocide Convention”) the Huffington Ecumenical Insitute at HCHC, in partnership with the Massachusetts Council of Churches is co-hosting a symposium to highlight the lived experience Read more…
“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 Read more…
Alexandros Christodoulou, Theologian In general terms, Saint Païsios set the greatest store in the spiritual struggle on repentance and unceasing prayer. It was through repentance that he received revelations from heaven. He used to say that the life of a monk was one of repentance and prayer. The monks Read more…
One of the brethren was troubled and went to see the Elder. He begged him: ‘Elder, say a prayer for me to be rid of my sadness’. He put his hands on the man’s head and prayed as he usually did. Then he said to him: ‘Listen, son. In the Read more…
Los Angeles, October 31, 2023. Orthodox Christian Network (OCN) and the Cathedral of Saint Sophia, Los Angeles, are pleased to announce their collaboration, celebrating both OCN’s coming 30th year of championing global Christian Orthodoxy and the establishment of the Orthodox Media Ministry at Saint Sophia Cathedral (OMM). The two organizations Read more…