All Saints of North America Orthodox Church · Phoenix, Arizona

Orthodox Church on the west side of Phoenix Arizona including Sun City, Surprise, Peoria, Glendale, Litchfield Park, Buckeye, Tonopah, and more

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Why Do We Decorate Churches with Grass, Flowers and Tree Branches on Pentecost?

June 3, 2023 By Fr. John Peck [edit]

by Archpriest Boris Stark It symbolizes the soul, which blossoms and turns green after its winter sleep because the grace of God has touched it. Since ancient times, there is a pious tradition to decorate churches on the day of Pentecost with greenery – leaves, flowers, birch branches and so on. What is the origin of this tradition? Many people ask this question. I think there are two reasons for it: the first reason is church-historical, while the second one is symbolic. From the historical viewpoint, I believe, this branches remind us about the Mamre oak-wood: there was the oak under which the Lord, the Holy Trinity, appeared to Abraham in the shape of three angels.* We can see this … [Read more...]

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Weekly Bulletin for Sunday, June 4, 2023

May 30, 2023 By Fr. John Peck [edit]

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Christianity without Pentecost

May 30, 2023 By Fr. John Peck [edit]

by Fr. Josiah Trenham In this sermon, Fr. Josiah presents an intriguing idea: What happens if Christians experience Ascension, but do not experience Pentecost. In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, One God. Amen. The last ten days in the Church have been unusual.  In some sense we have been living between two realities.  On the leave-taking of Pascha we ceased the sustained celebration of the Holy Resurrection of the Lord as well as our saying, “Christ is risen.  Truly He is risen.”  The next day we celebrated the Glorious Ascension of our Savior into the heavens to sit at the right hand of the Father.   For these days between Ascension and Pentecost we have … [Read more...]

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Freedom and Pentecost

May 27, 2023 By Fr. John Peck [edit]

What has Pentecost to do with freedom? What is freedom exactly? What is it not? by Fr. Patrick Henry Reardon When we declare that God created the Cosmos in freedom, we mean that nothing outside of God had to be. Modern philosophers seriously ask—as other philosophers, for centuries, implied—why is there something instead of nothing? This sane and sensible question rests on the plain insight that nothing we see in the Universe really has to be. And if nothing in the Universe has to be, then the Universe itself does not have to be. So, then, why does it exist, since there appears to be no necessity that it should exist? The biblical doctrine of Creation, to which the Church is committed by … [Read more...]

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Weekly Bulletin for Sunday, May 28, 2023

May 24, 2023 By Fr. John Peck [edit]

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The Leavetaking of Pascha

May 23, 2023 By Fr. John Peck [edit]

The Apodosis (Leavetaking) of Pascha is celebrated on Wednesday of the sixth week after Pascha. On this day ends the forty-day celebration of the Bright Resurrection of Christ. For the last time we greet each other with the words of Paschal joy, “Christ is Risen!” and prepare ourselves to greet the upcoming feast of the Lord’s Ascension. The Apodosis of Pascha. History The last day of the afterfeast of great feasts such as Pascha, or of the Twelve Great Feasts, is called the “Apodosis”. These days have their own distinguishing liturgical features. From Church history we know that the leavetaking of the main Christian feasts, such as Pascha, the Nativity, and Pentecost, were honored as far … [Read more...]

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Weekly Bulletin for Sunday, May 21, 2023

May 17, 2023 By Fr. John Peck [edit]

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Weekly Bulletin for Sunday, May 14, 2023

May 10, 2023 By Fr. John Peck [edit]

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Weekly Bulletin for Sunday, May 7, 2023

May 3, 2023 By Fr. John Peck [edit]

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ASONA Baptisms for Pascha 2023

April 30, 2023 By Fr. John Peck [edit]

On Lazarus Saturday, two brothers who were catechumens together were baptized into the Holy Orthodox faith at All Saints of North America Orthodox Church. Albert and Thomas Gonzales completed their catechumenate, and received baptism surrounded by friends, family, and fellow parishioners. Click on each photo for an enlarged version! … [Read more...]

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All Saints of North America Orthodox Church

11234 W. Alabama Ave.
Youngtown, AZ 85363

(928) 910-2186

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