Welcome to “The Children’s Word,” a weekly ministry of the Orthodox Christian Network. Each week, Presvytera Alexandra Houck writes this little newsletter for young parishioners! You will find age-appropriate articles, stories, and activities in every edition. The newsletter is provided in PDF format so that you can easily download Read more…
Contents Sign up to receive Orthodoxy Now Magazine Updates. Director’s Message: Jesus Walks on Water Let Him Lead Fr. Stavros Akrotirianakis explains why being a “follower” and trusting God to lead us ensures that our paths will point in the right direction. Is Your Failure My Success? Rev. Dr. Christopher Read more…
Welcome to “The Children’s Word,” a weekly ministry of the Orthodox Christian Network. Each week, Presvytera Alexandra Houck writes this little newsletter for young parishioners! You will find age-appropriate articles, stories, and activities in every edition. The newsletter is provided in PDF format so that you can easily download Read more…
Contents Sign up to receive Orthodoxy Now Magazine Updates. Director’s Message: Embracing the Joys of the Post-Easter Celebration and Summer Rest: A Build-Up to the LA Gala Let the Spirit Lead Fr. Stavros Akrotirianakis encourages us to “leave room for the Holy Spirit” and be open to the possibilities 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…
George Poulos In recent years there has been a rash of new religions erupting on the community skin, a kind of social disease to which the seasoned Christian is immune, but which afflicts the well-intentioned but more impressionable young. The merchants of these new religions, which can be better Read more…
James W. Lillie We know very little concerning the martyr Nestor, other than that he was a close spiritual brother of Saint Dimitrios. He may have volunteered to fight the giant Vandal, Lyaeus, in order to prevent other Christians being drafted in to do so against their will. According Read more…
James W. Lillie Another point of interest is that the church of Saint Dimitrios, for 60 years (1430-1490) remained as part of the local Church, when almost all the other churches in Thessaloniki had been turned into mosques after the fall of the city to the Turks in 1430. This Read more…
James W. Lillie Saint Dimitrios is the protector and patron saint of Thessaloniki, a saint from whose relics myrrh flows and also a Great Martyr. There are actually conflicting accounts in the sources, but the overwhelming view is that he was born and bred in Thessaloniki. As a young man, Read more…