This is a video of the lecture, Abbess Mother Victoria, gave August 2nd, 2014 at St Barnabas Orthodox Church in Costa Mesa, California. This is the third in the 2014 adult catechism series “Acquiring the Mind of the Church.” The talk is titled: Prayer in the heart in a world of distractions. Mother Victoria is […]
THE FEAST OF THE DORMITION OF THE ALL-HOLY AND BLESSED VIRGIN MARY, THE THEOTOKOS
By Fr. George Dion Dragas The Place of the Theotokos in the Church: The Blessed Virgin Mary, the Theotokos (Mother of God) occupies next to Christ the most important place in Orthodox Christianity. This is most obvious in the Orthodox liturgical tradition. Entering into any Orthodox church you first encounter the Theotokos. Her sacred icon […]
Feast of the Transfiguration of Our Lord, God and Savior Jesus Christ
The Feast of the Transfiguration of Our Lord, God and Savior Jesus Christ is celebrated each year on August 6. The feast commemorates the transfiguration or metamorphosis of Christ on Mount Tabor, when our Lord appeared in His divine glory before the Apostles Peter, James, and John. Icon of the Feast In the icon of […]
Dr Jeannie Constantinou – “Reading the Bible as an Orthodox Christian” – Video
This is a video of the lecture, Dr Jeannie Constantinou, gave June 12, 2014 at St Barnabas Orthodox Church in Costa Mesa, California. The talk is titled: Reading the Bible as an Orthodox Christian and in it she discusses how Orthodox interpret the scriptures (hermeneutics) ; whether we interpret literally; how we are to understand […]
Prayer in the Heart in a World of Distractions – Audio
This is the audio of our third talk in the once-monthly continuing education and catechism series: Acquiring the Mind of the Church! The talk, Prayer in the Heart in a World of Distractions, was presented at our parish by Mother Victoria, abbess of Saint Barbara Monastery, Santa Paula, CA, and is now available for download […]
Listen to our choir
You may now listen to several recordings of our Choir singing classic Orthodox Hymns. Thank you, Scot Larsen and the choir.
Reading the Bible as an Orthodox Christian – Audio
Dr Jeannie Constantinou This is the second of our new once-monthly continuing education and catechism series: Acquiring the Mind of the Church! This lecture is called: Reading the Bible as an Orthodox Christian. In it Dr Jeannie Constantinou reviews how Orthodox interpret the scriptures (hermeneutics); whether we interpret literally; how we are to understand the […]
His Eminence Metropolitan Joseph Speaks
His Eminence Metropolitan Joseph, newly-elected Archbishop of New York and Metropolitan of All North America, presided over the 2014 San Francisco Parish Life Conference of the Diocese of Los Angeles and the Diocese of Eagle River, shortly after his return from the Antiochian Unity Conference held in Balamand, Lebanon. Two recordings are available below, of […]
Axios! Axios! Axios! We have a new Metropolitan!
The Holy Antiochian Orthodox Christian Diocese of Los Angeles and the West celebrates with greatest joy the election of our Father-in-Christ, His Eminence, Archbishop JOSEPH as the new Metropolitan of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America. Led by His Beatitude, Patriarch JOHN X, the Holy Synod of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch […]
The Six Stages of Temptation – Audio
Fr. Michael Reagan This is the first of our new once-monthly continuing education and catechism series: Acquiring the Mind of the Church! This lecture is called: The Six Stages of Temptation: How thoughts become sin and in it Father Michael reviews the teaching of the Church on Temptation. The spiritual tradition of the Church teaches […]