Orthodox Christian Catechism

Priest: Blessed is the Kingdom of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and forever and to the ages of ages   more...

Priest: In peace let us pray to the Lord   more...

Priest: For our country, the president,   more...

Priest: Remembering our most holy, pure, blessed, and glorious Lady,   more...

People: By the intercessionons of the Theotokos, Savior, save us (3).   more...

People: Save us, O Son of God, who arose from the dead, to You we sing: Alleluia (3)   more...

People sing Entrance Hymn, while the Priest carries out the Book of the Gospels   more...

On Sundays: Priest sings .....   more...

Priest: Let us pray to the Lord. People: Lord have mercy. Priest: (in a low voice) Holy God, You dwell among Your saints. You are praised by the Seraphim with the thrice-holy hymn,   more...

THE EPISTLE Priest: Let us be attentive.   more...

People: We who mystically represent the Cherubim   more...

Priest: Let us complete our prayer to the Lord.   more...

I believe in one God, Father Almighty,   more...

Priest: Let us stand well. Let us stand in awe. Let us be attentive, that we may present the holy offering in peace.   more...

Priest: (in a low voice) Together with these blessed powers, merciful Master, we also proclaim and say: You are holy and most holy   more...

People: We praise You, we bless You, we give thanks to You, and we pray to You, Lord our God.   more...

Priest: Having remembered all the saints, let us again and again in peace pray to the Lord.   more...

Priest: And make us worthy, Master, with confidence and without fear of condemnation, to dare to call You, the heavenly God, Father, and to say:   more...

Priest (in a low voice): Lord Jesus Christ, our God, hear us...   more...

PRAYER BEFORE COMMUNION
Receive me today, Son of God, as a partaker of Your mystical Supper. I will not reveal Your mystery to Your adversaries. Nor will I give You a kiss as did Judas. But as a thief I confess to You: Lord, remember me in Your Kingdom....   more...

After the faithful receive Holy Communion, the priest lifts up the cup towards the congregation, singing the verse from Psalm 28   more...

Priest: Let us depart in peace. Let us pray to the Lord.   more...

This feast is celebrated on September 14, and commemorates the discovery by St. Helen, the mother of the holy emperor Constantine, of the True Cross on which Christ was crucified   more...

Today’s Gospel describes how the fishermen became fishers of men   more...

In today’s Gospel, our Lord Jesus Christ reminds us of the Golden Rule: do unto other people as you would have them do unto you   more...

Today’s Gospel is the famous Parable of the Sower   more...

Today we celebrate the feast of St. Luke, the holy apostle and evangelist.   more...

Today’s Gospel tells the story of a man who was possessed by demons   more...

Today we heard another of Jesus’ masterful parables. It serves to explain the meaning of one of His favorite sayings: the last shall become first, and the first, last.   more...

Today’s reading contains two miracles   more...

When the Lord God decided to rescue the Israelites from slavery in Egypt   more...

Today’s reading is about greediness,   more...

This week we continue to look at the difficulties caused by riches   more...

In the book of Genesis (Creation), we learn that God made the world in six days   more...

One Sabbath day, our Lord Jesus Christ was invited by a Pharisee to dine at his house   more...

Every year before Christmas we read from the gospel of Matthew the genealogy of our Lord, Jesus Christ   more...

Pharisee: in the time of Jesus, a member   more...

On the second Sunday of the Triodion we hear a very famous parable   more...

Today’s gospel gives a vivid and striking description of the Day that all of us will have to experience   more...

Today’s gospel reading records the words that our Lord Jesus Christ said immediately after teaching the disciples how to pray   more...

Today’s gospel reading is from the gospel of John, a gospel that gives many insight into the Divinity of Christ.   more...

Last Sunday we saw that Jesus is present everywhere   more...

All of us who have been baptized are called Christians, because we follow Christ.   more...

In just a few days we will begin to greet each other with these wonderful words   more...

Throughout the year we read many passages from the Gospel that have to do with faith.   more...

In the three years of his public ministry, our Lord Jesus Christ preached all over Palestine   more...

Today we witness another great miracle performed by Our Lord Jesus Christ   more...

Today, the Sunday in between the Ascension of our Lord at the right hand of the Father and the descent of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost we celebrate the Holy Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council.   more...

Today we celebrate a very special feast of the Church: the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles   more...

Today we celebrate all saints of the church   more...

Nine months ago when we started this series of lessons about Sunday gospel readings   more...