St. Philip Antiochian Orthodox Church
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Vesperal Divine Liturgy this evening at 6 PM Entrance to the TempleVesperal Divine Liturgy this evening at 6 PM Entrance to the Temple

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Saint Philip’s Feast Divine Liturgy Sunday at 11 AMSaint Philip’s Feast Divine Liturgy Sunday at 11 AM

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The Holy Great Martyr Barbara lived during the reign of Emperor Maximian (305-311). Her father, the pagan Dioscorus, was a rich and illustrious man in the Syria...ncity of Heliopolis. After the death of his wife, he devoted himself to his only daughter. Realizing Barbara’s extraordinary beauty, Dioscorus hid her from the eyes of strangers. He built a tower where only her pagan teachers were allowed to see her. From the tower, there was a view of hills stretching into the distance. By day she was able to gaze upon the wooded hills, the swiftly flowing rivers, and the meadows covered with a blanket of flowers; by night the harmonious and majestic heavens twinkled and provided a spectacle of inexpressible beauty. Soon she began to ask herself questions about the Creator of so splendid a world. Gradually, she became convinced that the soulless idols were merely the work of human hands. Although her father and teachers offered them worship, she realized that the idols could not have made the surrounding world. The desire to know the True God so consumed her soul that Barbara decided to devote all her life to this goal, and to spend her life in virginity. The fame of Barbara’s beauty spread throughout the city, and many sought her hand in marriage. Despite the entreaties of her father, she refused all of them. Barbara warned her father that his persistence might separate them forever. Dioscorus decided that his daughter’s temperament had been affected by her life of seclusion. He therefore permitted her to leave the tower and gave her full freedom in her choice of friends and acquaintances. Barbara met young Christian maidens in the city, and they taught her about the Creator of the world, the Trinity, and the Divine Logos. Through the Providence of God, a priest arrived from Alexandria disguised as a merchant. After instructing her in the mysteries of the Christian Faith, he baptized Barbara, then returned to his own country. At this same time, a luxurious bathhouse was being built at Dioscorus’s home. By his orders, the workers prepared two windows on the south side, but Barbara, taking advantage of her father’s absence, asked them to make a third window, thereby forming a Trinity of light. On one of the walls of the bathhouse, Barbara traced a cross into the marble with her finger. Later, her footprints came to be imprinted on the stone steps. The water of the bathhouse had great healing power, with St. Simeon Metaphrastes comparing it to the stream of Jordan and the Pool of Siloam. When Dioscorus returned and saw the changes to the bathhouse, Barbara told him about how she had come to know about the saving power of the Son of God and the futility of worshipping idols. Dioscorus became enraged, grabbing a sword and almost striking her with it. Barbara fled, but her father rushed after her. His path became blocked by a hill, which opened up and concealed St. Barbara in a crevice. After a long and fruitless search for his daughter, Dioscorus encountered two shepherds on the same hill. One of them showed him the cave where St. Barbara had hidden. Dioscorus found his daughter, beat her, and placed her under guard, attempting to wear her down with hunger. Finally, he handed her over to the prefect of the city, Martianus. St. Barbara was beaten incessantly. By night, she prayed fervently to her Heavenly Bridegroom, and the Savior Himself appeared and healed her wounds. Upon seeing that her wounds were healed, she was subjected to new tortures. In the crowd where Barbara was being tortured was a virtuous Christian woman, Juliana. Her heart was filled with sympathy for the voluntary martyrdom of the beautiful young woman, and she also wanted to suffer for Christ. Juliana began to denounce the torturers in a loud voice, and they seized her. Both women were repeatedly tortured. Their bodies were raked and wounded with hooks, and they were led naked through the city amidst derision and jeers. Through the prayers of St. Barbara, the Lord sent an angel who covered the nakedness of the holy martyrs with a splendid robe. Shortly thereafter, Sts. Barbara and Juliana were beheaded, with Dioscorus himself delivering the fatal blow to his own daughter. The wrath of God was not slow to punish both Martianus and Dioscorus they were killed after being struck by lightning. In the sixth century, the relics of the holy Greatmartyr Barbara were transferred to Constantinople. Six hundred years later, they were transferred to Kiev by Barbara, the daughter of Byzantine Emperor Alexius Comnenos, who married Russian Prince Michael Izyaslavich. They rest at Kiev’s St. Vladimir Cathedral, where an Akathist to the saint is served each Tuesday. Many pious Orthodox Christians are in the habit of chanting the Troparion of St. Barbara each day, recalling the Savior’s promise that those who remembered her and her sufferings would be preserved from a sudden, unexpected death, and would not depart this life without the benefit of the Holy Mysteries of Christ. Troparion (Tone 8) Let us honor the holy martyr Barbara, for as a bird she escaped the snares of the enemy, and destroyed them through the help and defense of the Cross. Kontakion (Tone 4) Singing the praises of the Trinity, you followed God by enduring suffering; you renounced the multitude of idols, O holy martyr Barbara. In your struggles, you were not frightened by the threats of your torturers, but cried out in a loud voice: I worship the Trinity in one God-head. By permission of the Orthodox Church in America (www.oca.org) This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is download.jpg

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Tomorrow’s Divine Liturgy at 11 AM 1/3 capacity is allowed Tomorrow’s Divine Liturgy at 11 AM 1/3 capacity is allowed

Tomorrow we commemorate Katherine the Great Martyr of Alexandria. St. Katherine who was from Alexandria, was the daughter of Constas. She was an exceedingly bea...utiful maiden, most chaste, and illustrious of wealth, lineage, and learning. By her steadfast understanding, she utterly vanquished the passionate and unbridled soul of Maximinus, the tyrant of Alexandria; and by her eloquence, she stopped the mouths of the so-called philosophers who had been gathered to dispute with her. She was crowned with the crown of martyrdom in the year 305. Her relics were mystically taken to the Holy Mountain of Sinai, where they were discovered many years later; the famous monastery of St. Katherine was originally dedicated to the Holy Transfiguration of the Lord and the Burning Bush, but later was dedicated to St. Katherine. According to the ancient usage, Saints Katherine and Mercurios were celebrated on the 24th of November, whereas the holy Hieromartyrs Clement of Rome and Peter of Alexandra were celebrated on the 25th. The dates of the feasts of these saints were interchanged at the request of the Church and Monastery of Mount Sinai, so that the festival of St. Katherine, their patron, might be celebrated more festively together with the Leave-taking (Apodosis) of the Feast of the Entrance of the Theotokos. The Slavic Churches, however, commemorate these Saints on their original dates. #saintkatherine #orthodoxsaints #womensaints #celebratethesaints #womenoffaith #antiochianxsisterhood See more

This evening Vesperal Divine Liturgy at 6:30 PMThis evening Vesperal Divine Liturgy at 6:30 PM