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• Archives of this section: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007.

• 07.07.2008 In Section Hymnography: Akathistos to the Great Baptist and Forerunner of the Savior, Saint John—on the commemoration of his nativity (English pdf, 80 KB)

• 06.07.2008 In Section Annals>America: The Subtle Effects and Sad Consequences of Ecumenism and Modernism on Orthodox Worship and Liturgical Piety (English pdf, 72 KB)

• 05.07.2008 In Section Sunday and Festal Sermons: Program for the Third Sunday of St. Matthew

• 03.07.2008 In Section Annals>America: Feast day at Holy Trinity Parish in Oxnard—in Russian (Russian pdf, 340 KB)

• 01.07.2008 In Section Annals>Greece: The Feast Day of the Holy Trinity at the Convent of the Holy Angels (3/16 June 2008) (English pdf, 225 KB)

• 30.06.2008 In Section Hymnography: Service to St. John (Maximovitch), Archbishop of Shanghai and San Francisco (English pdf, 108 KB)

• 28.06.2008 In Section Sunday and Festal Sermons: Program for the Second Sunday of St. Matthew

• 25.06.2008 In Section Annals>America: The True Meaning of Canonicity (English pdf, 232 KB)

• 24.06.2008 In Section Annals>Greece>St. Philaret the Merciful Orthodox Women’s Guild: A Touching Meeting With Our Small Brothers and Sisters (English pdf, 195 KB)

• 22.06.2008 In Section Theology>Iconology: On the occasion of the commemoration of the Feast of All Saints “The Holy Icon of All Saints: An Attempt at a New Approach” (English pdf, 5.7 MB)

• 21.06.2008 In Section Annals>Australia: Pastoral Visit to Oceania (May 2008) (English pdf, 171 KB; Greek pdf, 160 KB)

- In Section Sunday and Festal Sermons: Two Programs for the Sunday of All Saints

- In Section Annals>Greece: Tonsures of Great Schema Monks (25 March/7 April 2008) (English pdf, 171 KB; Greek pdf, 149 KB)

• 19.06.2008 In Section Annals>Greece: Tonsure of Nuns at the Convent of the Holy Angels (16/29 March 2008) (English pdf, 151 KB; Greek pdf, 169 KB)

• 17.06.2008 In Section Christian Life>The Ethos of the Church: The Refined Life of Observant Orthodox Traditionalism (English pdf, 280 KB)

• 16.06.2008 In Section Annals>Greece: New Tonsures of Great Schema Monks (31 March/13 April 2008) (English pdf, 131 KB)

- In Section Annals>America: Feast Day of the Holy Trinity Parish in Oxnard, California (English pdf, 328 KB)

- In Section Annals>America: Sermon Delivered at the Holy Trinity Parish in Oxnard, California (English pdf, 68 KB)

• 15.06.2008 In Section Homilies of Bishop Clement: Homily for the Sunday of Pentecost (2007) (84′ 44″, 78 MB)

• 14.06.2008 In Section Sunday and Festal Sermons: Program for the Sunday of Pentecost

• 12.06.2008 In Section Annals>America: Visit to the Parish of Sts. Raphael, Nicholas, and Irene in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (English pdf, 424 KB)

• 08.06.2008 In Section Homilies of Bishop Clement: Homily for the Sunday of the Holy Fathers of the First Oecumenical Synod (2007) (69′ 32″, 64 MB)

- In Section Annals>America: Ascension Parish Feast in Rochester, New York (English pdf, 228 KB)

• 07.06.2008 In Section Sunday and Festal Sermons: Program for the Sunday of the Holy Fathers of the First Oecumenical Synod

- In Section Synod News: Orthodox Mission to Haiti (English pdf, 352 KB)

• 06.06.2008 In Section Calendar>May: Two Prayers Against Shameful Thoughts on the occasion of the commemoration of our Holy Father Symeon of the Wondrous Mountain (English pdf, 112 KB)

• 05.06.2008 In Section Feasts: The Death of God and the Resurrection of Man (English pdf, 1.1 MB)

• 04.06.2008 In Section Periodicals>Orthodoxos Enstasis kai Martyria: Volume III, Number 1, January - March 2008 (pdf, 2.37 MB)

• 02.06.2008 In Section Calendar>May: The Sanctity of Saint Constantine the Emperor on the occasion of the commemoration of Sts. Constantine and Helen (English pdf, 300 KB)

• 01.06.2008 In Section Homilies of Bishop Clement: Short Sermon for the Sunday of the Blind Man (2005) (13′ 05″, 12 MB)

• 31.05.2008 In Section Sunday and Festal Sermons: Program for the Sunday of the Blind Man

• 28.05.2008 In Section Annals>Greece: “The Majesty of Orthodoxy in the Works of Fyeodor Dostoyevsky”, an exceedingly interesting lecture by Dr. Basileios Gaïtanes, Professor of Theology at the University of Athens (English pdf, 112 KB)

• 27.05.2008 In Section Calendar>May: Saint Isidor of Rostov the Fool-for-Christ on the occasion of the commemoration of his repose (14 May, 1474) (English pdf, 308 KB)

• 26.05.2008 In Section Annals>America: Veteran U.S. Diplomat Lectures at C.T.O.S. (English pdf, 112 KB)

- In Section Annals>America: Abbess Ambrosia Tonsured to the Great Schema (English pdf, 232 KB)

- In Section Annals>Greece: Ordination of Hieromonk Kallistos (English pdf, 300 KB)

- In Section Annals>Italy: Pascha in Milan, Italy (English pdf, 220 KB)

- In Section Annals>St. Philaret the Merciful Guild: Yet Another Pilgrimage to the Prisons of Athens: The Journey of Love Continues (English pdf, 180 KB)

• 25.05.2008 In Section Homilies of Bishop Clement: Homily for the Sunday of the Samaritan Woman (2007) (86′ 42″, 79.8 MB)

• 24.05.2008 In Section Sunday and Festal Sermons: Program for the Sunday of the Samaritan Woman

• 18.05.2008 In Section Homilies of Bishop Clement: Homily for the Sunday of the Paralytic (2007) (73′ 19″, 67.5 MB)

• 17.05.2008 In Section Sunday and Festal Sermons: Program for the Sunday of the Paralytic

• 10.05.2008 In Section Sunday and Festal Sermons: Program for the Sunday of the Myrrh-Bearers

• 05.05.2008 In Section Annals>America: Reception of Protodeacon George Skvor (English pdf, 44 KB)

• 04.05.2008 In Section Homilies of Bishop Clement: Homily for the Sunday of St. Thomas (2007) (72′ 49″, 67 MB)

• 03.05.2008 In Section Sunday and Festal Sermons: Program for the Sunday of St. Thomas

• 01.05.2008 In Section Annals>America: Pascha at the Protection Convent in Canada (English pdf, 260 KB)

• 28.04.2008 In Section Annals>America: Pascha at the Headquarters of the Synod's American Exarchate (English pdf, 1.1 MB)

• 27.04.2008 In Section Theology>Iconology, on the occasion of the Feast of Pascha: The Holy Icon of the Resurrection (English pdf, 1.2 MB)

• 26.04.2008 In Section Sunday and Festal Sermons: Program for the Feast of Pascha

• 22.04.2008 In Section Annals>Greece: Ordination of a Hierodeacon (Fourth Sunday of Great Lent, March 24/April 6 2008) (English pdf, 221 KB)

• 19.04.2008 In Section Sunday and Festal Sermons:

- Program for the Saturday of St. Lazarus

- Program for the Palm Sunday

• 18.04.2008 In Section Annals>United Kingdom: The Feast Day of the Annunciation, in England (25 March/7 April 2008) (English pdf, 162 KB)

• 17.04.2008 In Section Annals>America: Pastoral Visit to San Diego Parish (English pdf, 196 KB)

- In Section Annals>Greece: Tonsure of Monks (19 March/1 April 2008) (English pdf, 98 KB

• 16.04.2008 In Section Encyclicals: Encyclical for Holy Pascha 2008 (English pdf, 117 KB ; Russian Translation, Russian pdf, 77 KB)

• 13.04.2008 In Section Homilies of Bishop Clement: Homily for the Fifth Sunday of Great Lent (St. Mary of Egypt) (2007) (in Greek, 50′ 15″, 46.2 MB)

• 12.04.2008 In Section Sunday and Festal Sermons:

- Program for the Saturday of the Akathistos Hymn

- Program for the Fifth Sunday of Great Lent (St. Mary of Egypt)

• 09.04.2008 In Section Annals>Greece>St. Philaret the Merciful Orthodox Women’s Guild: A lecture on the subject: “Love and Offering” (English pdf, 288 KB)

• 07.04.2008 In Section Sunday and Festal Sermons: Program for the Feast of the Annunciation

- On the occasion of the celebration of the Annunciation of the Theotokos, in Section Calendar>Feasts: Homily on the Annunciation by St. Nicholas (Cabasilas) (English pdf, 732 KB)

• 06.04.2008 In Section Homilies of Bishop Clement: Short Sermon for the Fourth Sunday of Great Lent (St. John of the Ladder) (2006) (11′ 06″, 10.2 MB)

• 05.04.2008 In Section Sunday and Festal Sermons: Program for the Fourth Sunday of Great Lent (St. John of the Ladder)

• 02.04.2008 In Section Annals>Italy: Visit to Italy (March 2008) (English pdf, 121 KB)

• 01.04.2008 In Section Publications>Video Presentations>On Ecumenism: the full program of the Sixteenth Convocation for Orthodox Awareness (Sunday of Orthodoxy 2008) as video files.

• 30.03.2008 In Section Homilies of Bishop Clement: Homily for the Third Sunday of Great Lent (Veneration of the Cross) (2007) (67′ 30″, 62.1 MB)

• 29.03.2008 In Section Sunday and Festal Sermons: Program for the Third Sunday of Great Lent (Veneration of the Cross)

• 25.03.2008 In Section Publications>Homilies and Music>On Ecumenism: the full program of the Sixteenth Convocation for Orthodox Awareness (Sunday of Orthodoxy 2008) as sound files.

- N.B. The sound files are presented both at Low Quality (32 Kbs) and at High Quality (128 Kbs): see Section Technical Assistance.

• 24.03.2008 In Section Annals>America: Monastery Feast Day in Etna (English pdf, 680 KB)

• 23.03.2008 In Section Homilies of Bishop Clement: Short Sermon for the Second Sunday of Great Lent (St. Gregory Palamas) (2006) (11′ 39″, 10.7 MB)

• 22.03.2008 In Section Annals>Greece: Sixteenth Convocation for Orthodox Awareness (Sunday of Orthodoxy 2008) (English pdf, 666 KB)

- In Section Video Presentations On Ecumenism we present the Documentary entitled: “The Phanar and the Vatican: ‘Towards a Final Amalgamation?”, from the "Sixteenth Convocation for Orthodox Awareness" of the Sunday of Orthodoxy 2008 (see Section Annals>Greece), in two qualities (Low Quality, 42.3MB - High Quality, 86.2 MB). Within a few days, we will add the rest of the "Fifteenth Convocation for Orthodox Awareness".

- In order to view the video files, you might need to consult the Section Technical Assistance

- In Section Sunday and Festal Sermons: Program for the Second Sunday of Great Lent (St. Gregory Palamas)

• 17.03.2008 In Section Annals>Greece: Pastoral Visit to Katerine, Greece (English pdf, 203 KB)

• 15.03.2008 In Section Sunday and Festal Sermons: Program for the Sunday of Orthodoxy

• 12.03.2008 In Section Synod News: The Inauguration of an Informal Dialogue (English pdf, 60 KB)

- In Section Annals>Greece: Pastoral Visit to Patras (English pdf, 164 KB)

• 09.03.2008 In Section Homilies of Bishop Clement: Homily for the Sunday of Cheesefare (2007) (67′ 50″, 62.4 MB)

• 08.03.2008 In Section Sunday and Festal Sermons: Program for the Sunday of Cheesefare

• 05.03.2008 In Section Annals>Greece: The Servant of God, Mother Kypriane the Abbess (on the Eighth Anniversary of her Repose - † 15/28 Φεβρουαρίου 2000) (English pdf, 155 KB)

• 02.03.2008 In Section Homilies of Bishop Clement: Homily for the Sunday of Meatfare (2007) (Greek sound file, 76′ 25″, 70.3 MB)

• 01.03.2008 In Section Sunday and Festal Sermons: Program for the Sunday of Meatfare

• 29.02.2008 In Section Annals>Greece: The Twenty-Ninth Anniversary of the Elevation to the Episcopacy of His Eminence, Metropolitan Cyprian (English pdf, 197 KB)

• 26.02.2008 In Section Annals>America: Holy Trinity Church in Oxnard website features historical material

• 25.02.2008 In Section Synaxarion>February: St. Mary of Bithynia (On the occasion of the commemoration of St. Eugene and his daughter, St. Mary - February 12) (English pdf, 110 KB)

• 24.02.2008 In Section Annals>Greece: “O Mother, do thou ever protect our Archpastor under the shelter of thy wings...” (English pdf, 56 KB)

- In Section Annals>South Africa: Information Regarding the Mission in South Africa (February 2008) (English pdf, 35 KB)

• 23.02.2008 In Section Sunday and Festal Sermons: Program for the Seventeenth Sunday of St. Luke (Sunday of the Prodigal Son)

• 17.02.2008 In Section Annals>Greece:

- A Heartrending Visit to the Central Prison for Women (23 January/5 February 2008) (English pdf, 85 KB)

- A Lecture on the Rights of the Unborn Child by Presbytera Barbara Metallinos (Sunday 14/27 JAnuary 2008) (English pdf, 173 KB)

• 16.02.2008 In Section Sunday and Festal Sermons: Program for the Sixteenth Sunday of St. Luke (Sunday of the Publican and Pharisee)

• 15.02.2008 In Section Annals>America: New C.T.O.S. Board Member (English pdf, 112 KB)

• 11.02.2008 In Section Annals>Greece: Benefit Dinner for Missionary Work (21 January/3 February 2008) (English pdf, 165 KB)

• 09.02.2008 In Section Spiritual Edification: Great is the Power of Love and Repentance (A very soul-profiting story from St. John Chrysostomos, on the occasion of the commemoration of the Translation of his Holy Relics - 27 January) (English pdf, 120 KB)

- In Section Sunday and Festal Sermons: Program for the Fifteenth Sunday of St. Luke

• 08.02.2008 In Section Synaxarion>January: St. David IV, “the Restorer,” King of Georgia (on the occasion of his commemoration - 26 January) (English pdf, 120 KB)

• 03.02.2008 In Section Annals>America: Exarchate Clergyman Appointed Visiting Scholar at Harvard Divinity School (English pdf, 128 KB)

• 02.02.2008 In Section Sunday and Festal Sermons: Program for the Twelfth Sunday of St. Luke

• 01.02.2008 In Section Annals>Greece: The Ordination of a Hieromonk from Kenya (14/27 January 2008) (English pdf, 78 KB)

• 31.01.2008 In Section Annals>America: New Exarchate Parish (January 2008) (English pdf, 508 KB)

• 26.01.2008 In Section Sunday and Festal Sermons: Program for the Sunday after Theophany

• 23.01.2008 In Section Synod News:

- Holy Theophany 2008 (6/19 January 2008) (English pdf, 376 KB)

- Festal Message for Holy Theophany 2008 (English pdf, 89 KB)

• 22.01.2008 In Section Annals>Greece: Visits to the Prisons of Amphissa (English pdf, 124 KB)

- The St. Philaret the Merciful Orthodox Women’s Guild Inaugurates a New Period of Activity (English pdf, 96 KB)

• 21.01.2008 In Section Annals>America: Tonsure to the Great Schema (January 2008) (English pdf, 184 KB)

• 20.01.2008 In Section Synaxarion>January: St. Joseph the New of Cappadocia (Sunday after Theophany) (English pdf, 244 KB)

• 16.01.2008 In Section Synod News: Visit by Italian Clergy of the Synod of Resistance to Odessa, Ukraine (English pdf, 124 KB)

• 15.01.2008 In Section Periodicals>Orthodox Tradition: Volume XXV, Number 1, 2008 (pdf, 6.3 MB)

• 12.01.2008 In Section Synod News: Medical Evaluation of the Health of Metropolitan Cyprian (English pdf, 640 KB)

• 08.01.2008 In Section Annals>America: Christmas at Holy Trinity Parish (January 2008) (English pdf, 152 KB)

• 07.01.2008 In Section Sunday and Festal Sermons: Program for the Feast of the Nativity

- In Section Holy Synod>Encyclicals: the Russian translation of the Encyclical for Nativity 2007 (Russian pdf, 128 KB)

• 05.01.2008 In Section Sunday and Festal Sermons: Program for the Sunday before the Nativity of Christ

• 03.01.2008 In Section Holy Synod>Encyclicals: Encyclical for Nativity 2007 (English pdf, 176 KB)

• 02.01.2008 In Section Annals>Greece: The Ordination to the Priesthood of Father Jirí Ján, from the Czech Republic (Sunday 10/23 December 2007) (English pdf, 301 KB)

• 01.01.2008 In Section Synod News: Calendar of the Holy Synod for 2008 (160 pages, pdf, 2.87 MB)

- In Section Calendar: The Calendar for 2008