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THE VENERABLE GREGORY OF DECAPOLIS (816)
The NATIVITY FAST
A time for preparation!


May our spiritual efforts bring us renewal in Christ!
Reflections and Daily Inspiration
Fasting is wonderful, because it tramples our sins like a dirty weed, while it cultivates and raises truth like a flower.

 St. John Chrysostom
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Archbishop of Canada:
Holy Communion is a medicine of immortality

“Officiate more Divine Liturgies during the week. Officiate in the morning and save the Holy Communion. Catalyze the Holy Communion the next day, after the Divine Liturgy. Invite Christians by families to come and commune. Set day and time so that no Christian stays without receiving the Holy Communion from now until Christmas. It is up to you. It depends on good organization in your community,” Archbishop Sotirios of Canada urged the Bishops and Priests of the Archdiocese of Canada in a letter he sent ahead of Christmas.

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Online lecture: “Criteria for Moral Discrimination in the Orthodox Church”

Within the framework of the Inter-Orthodox postgraduate program “Orthodox Ecumenical Theology” (MOET) of the International University of Greece (IHU), Metropolitan Vasilios of Constantia and Famagusta will hold an online lecture on Thursday, December 3 at 5:00 pm with an online lecture on “Criteria for Moral Discrimination in the Orthodox Church”.

The lecture will be broadcasted live on the following pages:
SAINT OF THE DAY

DECEMBER 3 / NOVEMBER 20
The Venerable Gregory of Decapolis (816)

Gregory was born in Isaurian Decapolis of prominent and devout parents, Sergius and Mary. After he had completed his schooling, his par- ents desired that he marry, but he fled to the wilderness and was tonsured a monk. He lived in various places: Byzantium, Rome and on Mount Olympus. Wherever he was, he amazed men by his asceticism and miracles. At times a heavenly light illumined him and angels of God appeared to him. He gazed upon the beauty of the angels and listened to their sweet chanting. He lived a long and God-pleasing life and died peacefully in the ninth century in Constantinople, his soul taking up its abode in the joy of his Lord.