Unable to intimidate Bishop Romzha, the Soviets decided to liquidate him, and staged a highway accident. A military truck rammed the horse drawn carriage in which the Bishop was returning home from the rededication of the parish church of Lavki, near Mukachevo. Bishop Romzha was badly injured, but survived; and passersby took him to the […]
Monthly Archives: October 2021
Sunday Bulletin 10/31/21
WEEKLY SCHEDULE Sunday, Oct. 31 – 23rd Sunday after Pentecost 8:30 AM Matins 9:30 AM Divine Liturgy Monday, Nov. 1 – Cosmas and Damian, Unmercenaries 8:30 AM Morning Prayer 4:00 PM Evening Prayer Tuesday, Nov. 2 – Akindynos and Others, Martyrs 8:30 AM […]
And Who Is My Neighbor
A special obligation binds us to make ourselves the neighbor of absolutely every person, and of actively helping him when he comes across our path, whether he be an old person abandoned by all, a foreign laborer unjustly looked upon, a refugee, a child born of an unlawful union and wrongly suffering from a sin […]
Sunday Bulletin 10/24/21
WEEKLY SCHEDULE Sunday, Oct. 24 – 22nd Sunday after Pentecost 8:30 AM Matins 9:30 AM Divine Liturgy Monday, Oct. 25 – Marcian and Martyrius, Martyrs 7:30 AM Morning Prayer 4:00 PM Evening Prayer Tuesday, Oct. 26 – Demetrius, Great Martyr 7:30 AM Morning […]
A Little More Courageously
I’m currently in Albuquerque, NM, the city in which I grew up. I’m here for my childhood pastor’s 40th anniversary of ordination. At this event, I’ve naturally done some reflecting on the beginnings of my Byzantine Catholic faith, what it means to be a priest, and thanked God for this good man and priest in […]
Sunday Bulletin 10/17/21
WEEKLY SCHEDULE Sunday, Oct. 17 – Sunday of the Fathers of the 7th Ecumenical Council 8:30 AM Matins 9:30 AM Divine Liturgy Wednesday, Oct. 20 6:30 PM Divine Liturgy Intentions of Fr. Adrian 7:30 PM Fire-pit Social Saturday, Oct. 23 5:00 PM Ventura County Divine Liturgy 6:30 PM Vespers Sunday, Oct. […]
God Can be Found in Everything
From our Book Club reading, Everywhere Present, Chapter 6, we read, “The shape of the universe in the classical Christian understanding encompasses a world in which everything is capable of referring beyond itself and outside of itself. Everything becomes a doorway and a window, a means in the participation in the depths of reality…St. Anthony the […]
Sunday Bulletin 10/10/21
WEEKLY SCHEDULE Sunday, Oct. 10 – 20th Sunday after Pentecost 8:30 AM Matins 9:30 AM Divine Liturgy Monday, Oct. 11 – Phillip, Deacon-Apostle 8:30 AM Morning Prayer 4:00 PM Evening Prayer Tuesday, Oct. 12 – Probus and Others, Martyrs 8:30 AM Morning Prayer 4:00 PM […]
Sunday Bulletin 10/03/21
WEEKLY SCHEDULE Sunday, Oct. 3 – 19th Sunday after Pentecost 8:30 AM Matins 9:30 AM Divine Liturgy 11:30 AM Family Day celebration Monday, Oct. 4 – Hierotheus, Bishop Martyr; Francis of Assisi 8:30 AM Morning Prayer 4:00 PM Evening Prayer Tuesday, Oct. 5 – Charitina, Martyr […]