Tag: Pastoral Notes

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

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