RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CATHEDRAL OF ST.JOHN THE BAPTIST

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Church Holidays and Fasts in 2023

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Church Holidays and Fasts in 2024

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A Christian understanding of homosexuality

How core views of Western society on same-sex attraction correspond to Christian Faith.

Our faith

Way of the Ascetics By Tito Colliander

IF you wish to save your soul and win eternal life, arise from your lethargy, make the sign of the Cross and say: In the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
Why Orthodoxy is the True Faith - Osipov A.I.

We would like to acquaint you with the lecture "Why Orthodoxy is the True Faith," delivered on September 13, 2000, at the Meeting of the Sretenskaya Lord's School in Moscow by A.I. Osipov, a...
What Is the Orthodox Church?

If you have visited an Orthodox Church, you will have found that much is strange and different from other churches you may have attended. It is more than the language and service which may puzzle...

Church Etiquette

Holy Relics

Through God’s mercy, our church houses many relics of the Saints. They include relics given to our parish by the late brother Joseph and by various clergymen, and relics we obtained in the Holy Land...
On Pious Behavior in Church

From time to time, new parishioners ask us to explain how one should behave during church services. First of all, one must come to the realization that everything externally taking place in church is...
The Candle

What does a person first do upon crossing the threshold of a church? In nine out of ten cases, he goes to the candle stand. Our practice of Christianity, our involvement in its ritual, begins with a...
Sanctified Bread

Bread occupies a special place in our lives. It symbolizes all food as well as the labor necessary to obtain it. As God once told Adam, "In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread" (Genesis 3:19...
Church Commemoration Lists

Lists of commemorations may be offered for the Proskomedia, the first part of the Liturgy, at which particles are taken from prosphoras for each of the names listed; later, the particles are put into...
On venerating the Holy Gospels, the Cross, Holy Relics and Icons

When coming to venerate (kiss) the Holy Gospels, the Cross, honorable Relics and Icons, approach in proper order, without hurrying or crowding one another. Make two prostrations before, and one...
Commemoration of the Dead

Often, parishioners pose questions regarding the eternal fate of the deceased, how and when they should commemorate the souls of the deceased, what affect our commemorations have upon them, and the...
How To Set Up a Home Prayer Corner

Parishioners often ask how one should set up a home chapel/prayer corner. We offer for your consideration the article by Serge Alexeev, and hope that in it our readers will find answers to the...