Mary has chosen that good part (Luke 10:42). The Dormition of the Mother of God represents a good end to such a choice. The Saviour Himself received Her soul in His arms at her Dormition. Many saints were made worthy of the same. Continue reading
Sveti Simeon Google Group
Dear parishioners glory to our Lord,
Please carefully read this message! Given the change in the sending group messages from Google services, we had to open a group to send e-mails. You have been added to this group, and from now on you will in this way receive e-mails from our Church. If you have any questions, please contact the priest at 403-244-3586 or 403-554-3586.
If you haven’t received this message, check your junk mail also.
The Transfiguration of the Lord
Forty days before He was delivered to an ignominious death for our sins, our Lord revealed to three of His disciples the glory of His Divinity. Continue reading
Sunday of All Saints
The Holy Church commemorates Saints every day. But because there have been God-pleasers who struggled in obscurity and were not revealed to the Holy Church, the Church has set a day on which we praise all those who have pleased God throughout the ages, that they all might be glorified by the Church. Continue reading
With us everything should be secondary
“With us everything should be secondary compared to our concern with children, and their upbringing in the instruction and teaching of the Lord.” Continue reading
Sermon on the Holy Pentecost
We celebrate the feast of Pentecost and the coming of the Spirit, the appointed day of the promise, the fulfillment of hope. How majestic and great is the mystery!
We must consider the descent of the Holy Spirit not only as a miracle which glorified the Apostolic Church, but as an event inseparably united with the matter of our salvation. This feast day is not simply a reminder of a past event, but a continuation of the Apostolic preparation for the receiving of the Spirit, breathing where It will without end. We prayerfully invoke the Consoler, the Spirit of Truth, to come to us, as the Spirit once came upon the Holy Apostles. But in order for our prayer to succeed, we must know what it is we are to ask. Continue reading
Commemoration of the Dead
Nobody needs to be lazy in commemorating his own parents; but it is also necessary to commemorate all Orthodox Christians, and not only on this day, but at all times, in every prayer. We ourselves will be there, and will need this prayer like a poor person needs a piece of bread and a glass of water. Continue reading
Sunday of the Holy Fathers of the First Council
Arias began to deny the divinity of the Son of God and His oneness in essence with God the Father. The entire Church rose up against him; all believers, from all ends of the earth, unanimously confessed that the Lord Jesus Christ is the Only-Begotten Son of God, true God of true God; begotten, not made, of one essence with the Father. Continue reading
First Anniversary of the Consecration of Our Church
RESURRECTION OF CHRIST – PASCHA
Christ is risen from the dead, trampling death by death, and bestowing life to those in the tombs!
Resurrection Matins at Midnight and Divine Liturgy at 10 A.M.
