The Church of the Holy Wisdom (Hagia Sophia) … and Going to the Wrong Places for Help

Details: Created on Thursday, 23 July 2020 16:29

His Eminence Metropolitan Demetrius continues to explain the basics, so that we can function intelligently as the rational flock of Christ. Without repentance, this would be impossible. Dealing with political issues, we must turn to the right places to receive help. The Ecumenists, or deceived Orthodox, teach otherwise. Although He says that He is not a political leader, when politics go against our faith, we must speak. Patriarch Bartholomew, and the Koran (Quran)

Orthodox Awareness

Bartholomew Prays at Iftar

Iftar, refers to the evening meal when Muslims break their fast during the Islamic month of Ramadan. Iftar is one of the religious observances of Ramadan and is often done as a community, with people gathering to break their fast together. Iftar is done right after sunset.

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"The leaders of the Armenian, Roman, Jewish and Syrian communities of Turkey sat around the fasting Iftar dinner in the Beyoglu district of Istanbul." Read more...

Missions

Saints Peter and Paul Orthodox Mission, Tucson, Arizona

Saints Peter and Paul Orthodox Church is a beautiful mission parish near downtown Tucson, a city in southern Arizona. It was started in 1997 by Father John Bockman, who was a missionary Priest formerly serving missions in Tennessee and Massachusetts since 1990. Father John served the faithful in Tucson and the surrounding area in his home Chapel until his repose in November of 2000. His wife, Presbytera Valerie, continued to make her home Chapel available for the mission, with clergy from Saint Nectarios Orthodox Church in Seattle and His Eminence, Metropolitan Moses of Toronto (then of Portland), visiting to provide the Divine Services.

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