coffee hour

Our saintly friends are like little candles, carrying the light of Christ wherever they go! Remember St. Mary of Egypt!

When we find ourselves in need, God will always provide. Father Zosimas needed help to honor our friend St. Mary with a proper burial, yet he had no shovel....

Once there was a little girl named Eusebia who lived with her wealthy Roman family in the fifth century. She was a very pious and thoughtful girl who loved ...

So on this day when we venerate the chains of St. Peter, we ask ourselves what it is that keeps our own soul shackled? Could we be enslaved

Ever since my children were very little I was sure to take a place with them right up front on the vigil of Theophany.

When I was a little girl I was lucky enough to have gone to a mission church near my home with many other young families who had a true love for tradition. ...

How would you like to be St. Ambrose? His feast day is December 7...the day after the feast day of the most famous Bishop in the world! Yo

Everyone has heard the children's tale about the princess who gets locked in a tower, but did you know that princess was really St Barbara?

On November 15, we of the Byzantine Church will begin a season akin to the advent of the west, called Philip's fast. It is a fast of 40 day

....I expect the resurrection from the dead and life of the world to come. Amen. Oct 22nd is the commemoration of the 7 Sleepers of Ephesus

With the secular Halloween season upon us, its a perfect time for us to remember our friend Lazarus by having a little Lazarus Party!

While we enjoy our cupcakes, let's discuss this lesson a bit. Do you have a friend with a heavy burden? Burdens can be physical difficulti

Sozon, a shepherd, was a devout Christian of the third century. While sleeping under a tree one day, he had a vision of his impending martyrdom. Coming int...

In order to be silent and listen for the voice of God, as Zacchariah did, we will make these little "reminders" See if YOU can speak!

Let's make our own pet dragon named Temptation to remind us of the story. We can harness him with our own Belt of Truth and proudly walk h

Today we will think a bit about the crown of thorns that the soldiers put on Jesus’ head. They did this to make fun of Him for darin...

Every year during the first week of the Great Fast, we set up a little card table in the family room with some chairs, and set out the a dozen raw white eggs...

On March 9, the day on which we commemorate the 40 Martys of Sebaste, it is customary for families to make forty zhavoronki, little breads which are made in...

A very long time ago, in the history of the early Church, there were two groups of people; the Iconophiles, who loved their holy icons and often used them in...

When  the  Son  of  man  comes  in  his  glory,  and  all  the  angels  with  him,  then  he  will  sit  on  his glorious  throne.  Before  him  will  be  ga...