As we step into 2026, Greeks are gearing up for one of the most vibrant and spiritually significant periods of the year — the Triodion season. Officially starting on February 1, 2026, this period ...

Wednesday evening Lenten services at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, 301 North Main Street, Jenera, will begin with an Ash Wednesday service on February 14 at 7:00 p.m. and continue for five ...

We’ve just had St Cecilia’s feast day and the week after, St Catherine’s, and I’m very glad to see these two significant ladies weighing in, as I need all the help I can get at the moment. We’re ...

Not long ago a radio speaker declared that a good Bible hour is better than a dozen sermons. One may be justified in saying also that a good evangelical hymn is better than much of the preaching one ...

On Friday, March 7, 2025, the Cornell Catholic Community took part in a Eucharistic procession that began on Cornell’s campus, followed by twenty-four hours of adoration. A practice with ancient ...

The return of our “Alleluia” is just days away. Outside Lent, it’s sung or recited before the Gospel at Mass. But then it goes away for our 40 days of fasting. It’s just a single word, and it’s so ...

It is often said that veiling is a form of fasting for the eyes, allowing church-goers to focus solely on Christ’s passion, the center of Holy Week. In church, a number of practices also change every ...

Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast, Save in the death of Christ my God! All the vain things that charm me most, I sacrifice them to His blood. My sin, of the bliss of this glorious thought My sin, ...

It is chanted in all Orthodox Churches throughout the world during the five Fridays in Great Lent and constitutes a very concrete spiritual preparation for the Holy Week and Easter Services.

As we journey through Lent—a 40-day season of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving that begins on Ash Wednesday and culminates at sundown on Holy Thursday , we are invited to reflect deeply on our ...

The Lenten season is known for many themes, one of which is repentance. Christians who celebrate Lent make a concerted effort to confess their sins to the Lord and to repent from them. Repentance ...