Even in today’s secular world, we hear a lot about prayer. People tell each other, “I’ll pray for you” when something goes wrong. When something bad is going on in someone’s life, they may pray to God for help. Prayer for some people has become more of an exercise in positive thinking and visualization. The… Continue reading Four Types of Prayer
Category: Holy Theotokos Greenville
Posts originally appearing on the website of Nativity of the Holy Theotokos Orthodox Church in Greenville, North Carolina.
As We Begin Lent
March 2 marks the beginning of Lent this year for Orthodox Christians. Lent is a period of preparation for the greatest feast of the Church year, Pascha—the Resurrection of Christ. In order to be ready to celebrate this feast, the Church guides us through the season of Lent, which is a time of fasting geared… Continue reading As We Begin Lent
Doctrines and Spirituality
Have you ever been unsure about some aspect of who Jesus is? Or maybe you’ve heard someone on television preach something one way that sounds different from what you have heard before? You may have even seen a film where the Church is made out to be the bad guy, covering up the truth, such… Continue reading Doctrines and Spirituality
On the Truth of the Old Calendar
Dear Friends in Christ, I’d like to wish you all a Happy New Year and especially a Merry Christmas! For some of you reading this bulletin, you will have already celebrated the Nativity of Our Lord on December 25 with the civil, Gregorian, or “New” Calendar, while others are among those Orthodox who celebrate the… Continue reading On the Truth of the Old Calendar
How to Prepare for Christmas
Dear Friends in Christ, Thanksgiving has passed, and we are now jumping into the “Holiday Season.” Even in times of economic slowdown, shopping continues, and many of us will be invited to various holiday social functions at work, or at the homes of our family and friends. This is a good time to catch up… Continue reading How to Prepare for Christmas
Patience and the Harvest
Dear Friends, In a recent Gospel reading, we heard the Parable of the Sower (Luke 8:4-15). The Sower cast seed on the ground, and it landed in various places. Some of the seed fell to the side, and was devoured by birds. Other seed landed on rock, grew immediately, but then lacking a source of… Continue reading Patience and the Harvest
Introduction to Our Mission
Dear Friends, It is a great blessing and honor that we recently celebrated our first cycle of worship services at the newly formed Orthodox mission in Greenville, NC. Our inaugural liturgy was celebrated on our parish feast day: The Nativity of the Holy Theotokos. Normally we celebrate a saint on his or her date of… Continue reading Introduction to Our Mission