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Articles For the Paschal Season

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Family Gospel Lessons

Family Gospel lessons from the Center for Family Care. Read More

Great Lent Great Lent

A True Human Being »
An Invitation to Give »
Christ is Risen! »
Confession »
Defeating Darkness »
Experiencing Great Lent as a Couple »
Faith and Doubt »
Forgiveness First »
Great Lent - A Week by Week Meaning »
Hierarchs Representing Membership Of SCOBA To Celebrate Sunday Of Orthodoxy On March 16 »
Lenten Hymns for Families »
Lighting Candles »
Making God's Love Visible »
On Icons and the Sunday of Orthodoxy »
Recommended Lenten Reading »
Resources for Great Lent, Holy Week, and Pascha »
Speaker Series: Orthodox Scholars Preach »
SPEAKER SERIES: Orthodox Scholars Preach - Sunday of the Prodigal Son | February 20 »
SPEAKER SERIES: Orthodox Scholars Preach - Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee | February 13 »
SPEAKER SERIES: Orthodox Scholars Preach Judgment Sunday | February 27 »

Fasting Fasting

And Then They Will Fast »
And When You Fast »
Be the Bee #148 | Do We Act Like Christians? »
Be the Bee #157 | 3 Reasons to Fast from Social Media »
Fasting (And Feasting) With Thanks »
Fasting from More than Food »
Fasting: Is It Really Necessary? »
Focus Fasting: A Reflection on the Great Fast »
Healthy Fasting: A Practice for All Ages »
Lenten Resources from Orthodox Christian Fellowship (OCF) »
Nourishing Body and Soul: Tips and Tricks for Meal Planning During a Fast »
On Fasting »
On Fasting from Iniquities and Foods »
Prayer and Fasting »
Starter Meals for Fasting Seasons »
The Discipline of Fasting »
The True Nature of Fasting »
To Eat or Not to Eat? How Is the Question »
You Are What You Eat »

Prayer and Worship Prayer and Worship

A Delightful Surprise Part II: Prayer in Family Life »
An Introduction to Orthodox Spirituality »
Be the Bee #147 | How to Start (and Keep) a Prayer Rule »
Be the Bee #148 | Do We Act Like Christians? »
Be the Bee #150 | Are You Struggling to Pray? »
Conquering Our Thoughts »
Is it Possible to Pray Always? »
Kyrie Eleison, Lord Have Mercy »
Orthodox Worship »
Prayer and Joy! »
Praying in the Moment »
The Jesus Prayer »
We're All Broken »
What is Prayer? »
Why You Need a Prayer Rope »
‘I Don’t Know How to Pray’ »

Almsgiving Almsgiving

"Gift of the Heart" Kits Aid Survivors of Earthquakes, Hurricanes »
70 Orthodox Students Participate in "Life-Changing" Spring Break »
Come Receive the Light National Radio Program for February 16, 2002 »
Cultivating Lives of Service with Our Children »
Do More Doing »
Domestic Violence in the Greek Orthodox Community »
Faith in Action: Our Family’s Philanthropic Work »
Flood Relief Coming to Romania From IOCC »
Health Crisis in Zimbabwe Spotlighted Through $1.5 Million Gift of Critically Needed Medicines and Medical Equipment »
International Orthodox Christian Charities Works to Improve Health Year Round »
IOCC & Local Orthodox Priests Reach Farmers in Greece’s Hard-Hit Ileia Province »
IOCC Aid Lifting Burdens For Suffering Iraqi Civilians »
IOCC Assistance Continues in Disaster Areas of South Asia and US »
IOCC Coordinates Aid With Church Partners In Iraq & Jordan »
IOCC Delivers Critical Medical Relief to Lebanon - 20,000 Patients to Benefit from $100,000 in Medical Supplies »
IOCC Dispatches Life-Saving Vitamins, Issues Urgent Appeal for Niger »
IOCC Expands Aid to Greek Farmers »
IOCC Helping Iraqi Families Address Food Needs »
IOCC Hurricane Relief Efforts Continue »
IOCC Launches West Bank Job Creation, Education Project »

Sermons Sermons

A Brief Meditation On Lent »
All Things New in the Resurrection »
And When You Fast »
Bearing Fruit Through Worship, Teaching, and Service »
Being a Lenten Apprentice »
Blessed is that Servant Whom He Shall Find Waiting: An Exhortation to Vigilance »
Christ is Risen »
Christ Is Risen! Have We Forgiven? »
Christ is Risen?! »
Focus Fasting: A Reflection on the Great Fast »
Growing in Our Love for Christ »
His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros Homily for the First Bridegroom Service »
Holy Week »
Homily of His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros for the Fourth Sunday of Lent »
I Never Left! Not True »
It Came Naturally to Them »
Let Us be Radiant »
Let Us Take a Journey Through Lent »
On Worshiping During Lent »
Paschal Sermon of St. Gregory the Theologian »
Proclaim His Resurrection: Seven Miles with Jesus? »
Sunday of Orthodoxy »
The Cross As Our Landmark, Leading Us Home »
The Great Fast »
The Holy Spirit: Rediscovering The Church of Acts 2 »
The Invitation to Grow in Holiness »
The Prodigal Son »
The Prodigal Son (Luke 15:11-32) »
The Spiritual Fruits of Lent »
Third Saturday of Souls »
Third Sunday Of Lent: Veneration Of The Precious Cross »
Time for a Check Up »
Unexpected Ways We Fail at Fasting »
Youth Sermon: Spiritual Spring Training »

Family Ministry Family Ministry

A Palm Sunday Parade »
Balancing Great Lent »
Christ Is Risen! Have We Forgiven? »
Directed Toward God: Lenten Reading & Youth Craft »
Facebook as a Lenten Discipline : An Orthodox Pilot Study »
Family Connection Activities for the Sundays of Great Lent »
Family Connection Activities for the Sundays of Great Lent »
Family Gospel Lessons »
Forgiveness in the Light of the Resurrection »
Great Lent and Holy Week Resources for Families »
Holy Week Hymns for Families »
Holy Week Resources for Families »
How Can a Family Prepare for Pascha »
Living in the Light of the Resurrection »
Making Lent Great for Your Family »
Observing Holy Week as a Family »
On Worshiping During Lent »
Pascha Passport and Lenten Journey Map »
Preparing for the Feast »
Preparing Your Family for Great Lent »

Products and Services Products and Services

Faith & Life Brochure Series »
Family Connection Activities for the Sundays of Great Lent »
Family Connection Activities for the Sundays of Great Lent »
Holy Week Brochure »
Journey through Great Lent »
Journey through Holy Week »
Lenten Welcome Banner »
Our Lenten Journey Brochure »
Pascha Passport and Lenten Journey Map »
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Great Lent, Holy Week, and Pascha

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Holy Week and Pascha Holy Week and Pascha

A True Human Being »
Christ is Risen! »
Christ's Passion - Journey to Pascha in the Orthodox Christian Church »
Christ's Resurrection - Journey to Pascha in the Orthodox Christian Church »
Dating Pascha in the Orthodox Church »
Defeating Darkness »
Easter and Ecology »
Experiencing Great Lent as a Couple »
Faith and Doubt »
Great and Holy Saturday »
Great Friday »
Great Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday »
Great Thursday »
Healing Through Holy Unction »
Holy Saturday: 'With Fear and Trembling' »
Holy Week in the Eastern Orthodox Church »
Holy Week Meditation and Study Guide »
Judas’ Profile in the Psalms: Meditation on the Holy Wednesday »
Orthodox Christian Network Airs Special Orthodox Holy Week Services »
Orthodox Christians Begin Great Lent February 26th; Sunday of Orthodoxy Celebrated Worldwide March 4th; All Christians to Observe Easter April 15th »
Palm Sunday - Exploring the Feasts of the Orthodox Christian Church »
Pascha: The New Passover »
Resources for Great Lent, Holy Week, and Pascha »
Stewardship: The Descent of Christ Into Hades »
Stewardship: The Doubting Thomas »
Stewardship: The Epitaphios Icon »
Stewardship: The Myrrh-bearing Women »
Stewardship: The Mystical Supper »
Stewardship: The Raising of Lazarus »
Thankful for the Resurrection »

Retreats, Sessions, and Activities Retreats, Sessions, and Activities

Directed Toward God: Lenten Reading & Youth Craft »
Family Gospel Lessons »
Great and Holy Friday Retreat (GOYA) »
Holy and Great Friday Retreat (GOYA, JOY, HOPE) »
Holy Week Resources for Families »
Identifying Love with Christ: Holy Friday GOYA Retreat »
Identifying Love with Christ: Holy Friday JOY Retreat »
Journey through Great Lent »
Journey through Holy Week »
Walk with Christ - A Holy Week Retreat »

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