September 5, 2010

On the Different Methods of the Devil’s Warfare: The First Method

On the Dif­fer­ent Meth­ods of the Devil’s War­fare Against Those Who Jour­ney on the Nar­row Way That Tran­scends the World On the First Method OUR ADVERSARY, the devil, has the long-standing habit of art­fully choos­ing modes of war­fare against t…

Youth Spiritual Competition 2010 Results

With God’s grace, the youth of the Dio­cese of Los Ange­les par­tic­i­pated in the annual Youth Spir­i­tual Com­pe­ti­tion on Sat­ur­day, August 21, 2010. The com­pe­ti­tion was gra­ciously hosted by the priests and con­gre­ga­tion of St. John Church in Cov­ina unde…

St. Mary’s Feast as a Celebration of Christ

Holy Theotokos

Many peo­ple who are not famil­iar with Ortho­doxy or the way it under­stands saints are sur­prised to see the Church cel­e­brat­ing the feasts of saints, like today. They think that, if the cel­e­bra­tion is not about Christ, it is merely a dis­trac­tion and con­trary to the Gospel. The answer to this is that we never celebrate […]

Junior High Team Takes First Place in Bible Studies

Members of the Junior High Team

With God’s grace, the St. Demi­ana Junior High School team par­tic­i­pated in the 2010 Youth Spir­i­tual Com­pe­ti­tion at St. John Church in Cov­ina on August 21, 2010 under the aus­pices and guid­ance of H.G. Bishop Ser­a­pion. Accom­pa­nied by Fr. Moses Samaan and their ser­vants, the Junior High School team earned the first place prize in […]

Update on Mahragan Al Keraza Media Project (3-5th Grade)

Below, please find some clar­i­fi­ca­tion regard­ing the media project por­tion of the Mahra­gan Al Ker­aza Com­pe­ti­tion for the 3-5th grade level from the YSC Committee.The Media Project1.      It is not manda­tory (but there is are spe…