From the Vicar Dearly beloved in Christ,We have going to enter a new season of Great Lent on February 14. Lent is animportant period of time in the Church’s Liturgical calendar. The practice of fasting is biblical.Moses fasted in order to prepare for the great mission of receiving the law from God onMount Sinai. Elijah …
From the Vicar Dearly beloved in Christ,Welcome to 2021. By the grace of God, we have entered a new year. When considering the experiences and events during the past year, things have been challenging, strange, and different compared to previous years. Our lives and our surrounding have progressed but have also transformed in unexpected ways. …
From the Vicar Dearly Beloved in Christ,We are now in the final month of 2020. Looking into this past year, we have had good experiences, but also bitter ones. The COVID-19 Coronavirus disease has put a halt to our regular rhythm of life and forced us to confine ourselves to our home and adopt physical …
From the Vicar Dearly Beloved in Christ,I hope and pray that you all are staying safe and healthy during this pandemic. There are two occasions this month, which I want to draw your attention to:
From the Vicar Dearly Beloved in Christ,We have now entered the final quarter of the year 2020. It is a time for critical reflection, as we prepare for the remaining part of 2020. This should take place not only as individuals, but as families. Let us thank God for all His blessings, but remember that …
From the Vicar Dearly Beloved in Christ,We are now entering the season of Fall. Let us praise God for all the blessings we received during the summer, though our travel and outdoor activities were limited due to the present pandemic. The meetings of variousorganizations of the church on a parish, regional, and diocesan level took …
From the Vicar Dearly Beloved in Christ,Greetings. I hope you are having a blessed summer. Though we are living in a difficult time, with limited movement, we have been given many opportunities to join for worship, prayer, and fellowship through our online platform, Zoom. Furthermore, we are spending more time with our families. We must …
From the Vicar Dearly beloved in Christ,Let us thank God for His grace and blessings and being able to approach the half point of this year. Being a faith community, we desire to have a relationship with Jesus Christ and experience God’s gift of salvation. Living a lifewith God in this world, and a desire …
From the Vicar Dearly Beloved in Christ,We have reached the middle of this year. Let us thank God for His divine providence and the blessings we have experienced until now, and let reflect on our lives, and let us renew our spiritual life and commitment to God Almighty. As the world continues to face this …
From the Vicar Dearly Beloved in Christ,Greetings to you in the name of the Holy Trinity. We have entered another spring season. It is a time to enjoy the beauty of nature, which God has created for all of us. The word of God tells us that it is important for us to take care …
From the Vicar Dearly Beloved in Christ,Let us thank God for the experiences and spiritual blessings received during this Lenten season. We are now looking forward to celebrating the Feast of Resurrection (Easter). A time where we put off the old and become a new creation in Christ (2 Cor 5:17). Christ’s resurrection brings us …
From the Vicar Dearly Beloved in Christ,On February 23rd, we commenced with the season of Great Lent. This is a spiritual observance, where we take time to reflect on our spiritual life, through prayer, meditation, confession of sins, tithing, and self-denial. The Syriac word used to describe this is pethrutha, which means “to stop, to …