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Leonidas Asteris, First Chanter of the Ecumenical Throne to Chant Divine Liturgy this Sunday, Nov. 17

We are very blessed, honored and happy announce that we will have an extraordinarily special guest chanter this Sunday.  Leonidas Asteris is the Archon Protopsalti (First Chanter) of the Ecumenical Patriarchate.  He is the highest ranking chanter in the Orthodox Christian world.  In his formative years, Asteris chanted with two of the great Byzantine Chanters […]

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Christmas Pageant

Dear Members of our Church Family, November is approaching rapidly, and before we know it, we will be in the full swing of the Christmas Season. As is our custom, the Dormition of the Virgin Mary Sunday School Students will be presenting our Church’s annual Christmas Pageant, directed by our Sunday School Director, Sia Arvans. […]

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Ongoing Building Up the Body of Christ

They continued to make progress in the building. (Ezra 6:14) If you look around our Church and Cultural Center on any given Sunday, you will see all kinds of signs of the people who helped to build it. Perhaps a plaque lists donors. Perhaps a sculptor or painter signed his work. Perhaps a friend remembers […]

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Sermon for Sunday, September 29

Hi everyone.  Over the years, there have been a few requests that the sermon offered on Sundays be delivered via email.  We are thankful to Roy Bradbrook who has offered to take notes on the sermon and provide us with a summary.  in the text below, please find a summary of the sermon which was […]

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Haghia Sophia: The First Great Martyr of Christian Art and Architecture, by Nikolaos Manginas

It all started with the Church of Haghia Sophia in Nicaea. Then Haghia Sophia in Trabzon. Both of these glorious Byzantine churches – which functioned for many decades as museums – have now been turned into mosques, a harsh reminder of their forced conversion centuries ago.  And this in accordance with recent sudden decisions by […]

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