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Happy Saint Patrick’s Day!

Christopher G. Naughton — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:58:44 +0000

Troparion – Tone 3

Holy Bishop Patrick,
Faithful shepherd of Christ’s royal flock,
You filled Ireland with the radiance of the Gospel:
The mighty strength of the Trinity!
Now that you stand before the Savior,
Pray that He may preserve us in faith and love!

Kontakion – Tone 4

From slavery you escaped to freedom in Christ’s service:
He sent you to deliver Ireland from the devil’s bondage.
You planted the Word of the Gospel in pagan hearts.
In your journeys and hardships you rivaled the Apostle Paul!
Having received the reward for your labors in heaven,
Never cease to pray for the flock you have gathered on earth,
Holy bishop Patrick!

Land Campaign

Christopher G. Naughton — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 13:10:23 +0000

Our church has begun its first capital campaign to pay off the land we have purchased. This is a small campaign that is going to be done with brochures only. It is kind of a trial run for the big building campaign, which will happen sometime after we pay off the land. The online version of the brochure can be found here:

http://www.athanasiusoca.org/building

If you would like to receive a paper copy or would like to make a contribution you can contact the church via email or phone here:

http://www.athanasiusoca.org/

Please pray for us as we begin to reclaim this land for God.

And a child shall lead them….

Christopher G. Naughton — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 14:34:39 +0000

I heard a good story at church yesterday concerning a five year old boy in our parish. Recently it was the boy’s Saint’s Day and his parents were struggling to find him an appropriate gift that would either teach or have religious significance, but not be inappropriate for the age.. They finally settled on a Veggietales DVD. They wrapped it up and gave it to the boy who was very excited to be getting a gift. The boy opened it with great anticipation and pulled the DVD out, and his head fell, as tears began to well. And he said “I hate this video”. The parents completely shocked and taken aback asked the boy if he was expecting something else, and what that might be. The parents expected to hear the usual matchbox cars or remote control, however were pleasantly surprised when he turned to them and said he wanted a blessing cross to hang on his wall and to use when he plays priest.

As I heard this story I was completely humbled. It is amazing how much we can learn from the children God has given us. They can even teach us what is and is not an appropriate gift for a Saint’s Day. Everyone is given to us for our salvation, especially our children.

Calendars

Christopher G. Naughton — Sat, 15 Oct 2005 20:04:57 +0000

Well thanks to Apple’s Automator and CESoft’s Quickey’s I was able to accomplish in a day and a half what had taken me almost a year and a half. I finally finished the Feast and Fast calendars. They should be complete as far as the information from the OCA’s website is concerned. I even have the movable feasts and fasts through 2012. So if you use an application that can handle the ical/icalendar file type (.ics) such as iCal or Mozilla Calendar (http://icalshare.com/faq.php for more apps) please feel free to subscribe to them, and let me know if there are any problems, or if you would like me to add a particular feast or fast.

Grrr Bad OCA Website!

Christopher G. Naughton — Thu, 03 Mar 2005 04:29:17 +0000

Well I went to the new “enhanced” OCA website, and was sorely disappointed to find out that it was broken. Actually it is broken in the two browsers of my choice, Safari and Firefox. It appears to work fine in Microcrack Internet Exploder, which is a shame (given that exploder is full of security vulnerabilities and just plain stinks as a browser). I hope they fix it soon because I enjoy visiting daily. Maybe one of my website design guru friends can go over and give them some helpful pointers.

Our Church!

Christopher G. Naughton — Mon, 28 Feb 2005 21:20:26 +0000

WhooHoo! Our church is featured on the front page of the Orthodox Church in America’s website. We have been placed there since it is missions appeals month and we are a mission in the Diocese of the South, a diocese of the Orthodox Church in America. It is kind of shocking to be running through your daily list of web pages and come across one with your picture. In other good news we have also just received eight people to the catechuminate.

Silly church signs can make you think

Christopher G. Naughton — Thu, 15 Jul 2004 20:24:50 +0000

I have always found the little sayings churches put on there signs trite, silly and a number of other things. Becoming Orthodox has only increased that feeling. But ever once in awhile I run across a sign that still has those characteristics but makes me go huh that is pretty funny and ironic. The most recent of which was on the sign of an Assemblies of God church, which read:

“WRONG IS ALWAYS WRONG, EVEN IF EVERYBODY ELSE IS DOING IT”

This little quote sent my mind reeling in a thousand directions, I felt like my mind was a smooth piece of glass and that had been shattered and the trails of thought were the break patterns. Not that this was any huge revelation, but the humorous irony of it all. I say this because of all the conversations I have had recently about the problem with western culture, its influence on the church, and even how orthodoxy in the U.S. is so liberal by the rest of the orthodox worlds standards. In fact I am finding it hard to admit that right now I am liberal by orthodox standards. I want to be on the conservative side of things but it is going to take much prayer, fasting, and work, because to be conservative orthodox is completely counter- american culture in every aspect of one’s life even down to the most intimate details. And as much as I hate to admit it I a also very much a product of this culture. At first I see a sign like that and want to point out how they in that very church are not living up to the classical christian standard, but I soon realize I cannot do that without bring up my own complete failures at sainthood. Forget sainthood, I have enough trouble being a simple faithful lay person at my local parish. So I laugh and remember how far I have to go on my own journey.

Where in Moscow is Sub-Deacon Joel

Christopher G. Naughton — Fri, 02 Jul 2004 21:11:03 +0000

For some amazing pictures of the return of the Tikhvin Icon to her mother land Russia head over to this page on the O.C.A. website. In addition to some great photos you can also catch several glimpses of our good blogging friend and newly ordained sub-deacon Joel Wilson! Way to go man!

Gospel of Nicodemus

Christopher G. Naughton — Wed, 25 Feb 2004 16:43:35 +0000

I figure it is about time to post the Gospel of Nicodemus.

So here it is in pdf format.

Gospel of Nicodemus… 897 kb

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Forgive me a Sinner!

Christopher G. Naughton — Wed, 25 Feb 2004 16:37:23 +0000