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Bishop MAXIM of the Serbian Church will be in Fresno, CA for the Feast of Theophany. There will be a vigil on Friday night at 7PM and a Hierarchial Liturgy on Sat at 9AM. I am super excited to finally get to meet the bishop after three failed attempts! Anyone else interested in going? :)

Ok, I am not really sure how to put this so I guess I will just type and see how this all turns out. As many know, I came to the Church through a schismatic sect outside of the Church. I thought they were the Church. They said they were the Church. They used the "heresies of others" to prove...

Thursday Evening at 6:30PM (PST) Katya and I and our little miracle are going on a trip to Tucson AZ to go visit "Gramma Martinka" (MY Mother) for a few days. We are taking a Greyhound this trip. We would appreciate any prayers you might be able to spare, for us as we travel as well as for the...

I was searching thru Myspace and found a lot of Orthodox Christians on there. Anyone else on myspace? If anyone wants to add me you can fee free. http://www.myspace.com/jmartinka

Saint John Chrysostom: He uses herein the word 'until' not that thou shouldest expect that afterwards he did come to know her, but in order that thou mayest learn that before the birth the Virgin was wholly untouched. But on what account did he say the word 'until'? Because it is usual in...

I was reading Orthosdoxa's post on names and saw "Veronica." Being raised RC and participating in the Stations of the Cross you frequently hear the name Veronica as she is mentioned as the woman who wiped the facer of Christ on the way to Golgotha. Because of this she is given sainthood. I...

Matthew 1:18-25 Christ Born of Mary 18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows: After His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Spirit. 19 Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not wanting to make her a public...

How to Read the Bible by Archimandrite Justin Popovich The Bible is in a sense a biography of God in this world. In it the Indescribable One has in a sense described Himself. The Holy Scriptures of the New Testament are a biography of the incarnate God in this world. In them it is related...

Thank you to the awesome person who gave me 3500 blessings. You are my hero. Unless you are a "she" then you are my she-ro! YaY!

Does anyone know how to change your Mychristianforums.com Link so that it has your screen name instead of that random u-number? In my case it says: http://christianforums.com/u83607 Is there a way to change this to say JuvenalyMartinka.christianforums.com ?

I think it might be beneficial (and educational. God forbid! LOL) if maybe we started a thread or threads where we go through the Gospels and Epistles etc. and go verse by verse and "take a walk through the Scriptures" together. I liked the way that Monica started helping Justin and I think...

Born to Juvenaly and Katya Martinka Deceember 30th 2007 @ 10PM (PST) She is the most beautiful thing I have ever seen. She is alert and active. There were complications with out intended home-water birth, but in the end God has mercy on the unworthy. It is 4AM and I am in need of some serious...

CALMNESS IN OUR LIVES I am passing this on to you because it definitely works, and we could all use a little more calmness in our lives. By following simple advice heard on the Dr. Phil show, you too can find inner peace. Dr Phil proclaimed, 'The way to achieve inner peace is to finish all the...

No matter what misfortune might befall you, no matter what unpleasantness might occur, say “I will endure this for Jesus Christ’s sake!” Just say that, and you will feel better, for the Name of Jesus Christ is powerful. Before It, all difficulties abate, and demons disappear. Your annoyance and...

There are many who seem to think that the Orthodox have this idea that we are "saved through Mary and not by Jesus" and that this is why we ask in some of our Liturgical services: "O Holy Theotokos Save Us!" I offer the following:

The following is posted for reference purposes only. It is understood that this topic is not up for debate. "You shall not procure abortion, nor destroy a newborn child." The Didiche was written sometime arround 120 AD (give or take a few decades). Barnabas: "You shall not kill either the...

Jesus Christ, radiant center of glory, image of our God, the invisible Father, revealer of His eternal designs, prince of peace; Father of the world to come. For our sake he took the likeness of a slave, becoming flesh in the womb of the Virgin Mary, for our sake, wrapped in swaddling bands and...

A Blessed Feast to those whose patron saints have shone forth in this land of America. It is my Feast today and so I shall share with you the Life of St. Juvenal of America. Anyone else who wishes to share can do so as well. Yay! Saint Juvenalyy, the Protomartyr of America, was born in...

Discourse On the Nativity of Christ St. Gregory Thaumatourgos, Bishop of Neo-Caesarea Brethren, we behold now a great and wondrous mystery. Shepherds with cries of joy come forth as messengers to the sons of mankind, not on their hilly pastures with their flocks conversing and not in the...

With each passing day I look at the Menologion to see the Feast on which the birth of my daughter could fall on. I was looking tonight and found that tomorrow is the Feast of the Icon of the Theotokos "Unexpected Joy" (Our little Talia certainly was/is an unexpected joy so it sort of fits really...