Feast of St. Xenia of Petersburg in Guatemala 2020

Below please find some photos from this year's Feast Day of St. Xenia of Petersburg, celebrated at the parish dedicated to the same in Guatemala City, Guatemala, presided over by His Grace, Bishop Maximus of Pelagonia.

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Orthodox Awareness

Why Do We Follow the Old Orthodox Calendar?

Why do we follow the Old Orthodox Calendar?

a Because based on it, the First Ecumenical Council established the Paschal Canon and appointed that the feast of Holy Pascha may fall anywhere from March 22nd until April 25th, while with the New (Papal) Calendar it can fall as late at May 8th.

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