2018 Pan-Orthodox Lenten Vespers Please join our Brothers & Sisters at the host parishes for these Sunday Evening Lenten Vespers services. The service of Lenten Vespers is very beautiful, and we want to encourage everyone to participate in these services as much as possible. Great Lent is once a year, and this is a wonderful opportunity to meet Orthodox Christians from other parishes, see their beautiful churches, and share some Lenten food and fellowship during this time of spiritual effort. Don't miss them! All Vespers Services Begin at 6:00pm The Sunday of Orthodoxy - February 25, 2018 Host Parish: Assumption Greek Church 8202 E. Cactus Road Scottsdale, 85260 … [Read more...]
Prosphora Bread Baking Class
On Saturday, February 24th, Presvytera Deborah will be hosting a Prosphora Bread Baking Class at our home. Space is limited (our kitchen is small!), so let her know as soon as possible if you plan to attend. About Prosphora A prosphoron (Greek: πρόσφορον, offering) is a small loaf of leavened bread used in Orthodox Christian liturgies. The plural form is prosphora (πρόσφορα). The term originally meant any offering made to a temple, but in Orthodox Christianity it has come to mean specifically the bread offered at the Divine Liturgy (Eucharist). Prosphoro is made from only four ingredients, wheat flour (white), yeast, salt, and water. Salt was not used in early times, and is still not … [Read more...]
Sat. Feb. 10th: Bioethics Conference
Drug Abuse & the Nature of Addiction The Second Annual Orthodox Bioethics Conference sponsored by the Vicariate for Palestinian/Jordanian Orthodox Christian Communities in the USA will be held Saturday, February 10, 2018 at St. Lawrence Orthodox Christian Church in Felton, CA. We were blessed this past weekend to have Fr. Damaskinos Alazrai, Archimandrite of Ecumenical Throne, Fr. Thaddaeus Hardenbrook, Fr. John A. Peck, deliver wonderful presentations on Drug Abuse and the Nature of Addiction. This was the second annual bioethics conference and was a wonderful success! Links to all three sessions are available to view below. Addiction:"Αn Expedited Progression To Psychological … [Read more...]
Eucharistic Bread: Leavened or Unleavened?
In the Bible, unleavened bread is called "unleavened bread," whereas leavened bread is simply called "bread." The Jews at that time would have understood this as would have the early Christians. It says that "He took bread," meaning leavened bread; and the Christians, being first instructed by the Apostles and then reading in the Gospels some time later, implemented this. At the Mystical Supper, it is obvious that our Lord was changing things, to tie the Passover meal with its fulfillment, the Eucharist. One of those changes, obviously, was using leavened bread instead of unleavened, or at least leavened in addition to unleavened. The world was empty and devoid of grace before Christ, as is … [Read more...]
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