Resources
St Vladimir’s Seminary 2023 Lenten Retreat
Each year at the beginning of Great Lent the St Vladimir’s Seminary faculty, staff, and seminarians come together to pray and listen to a series of spiritual talks. This year, Dr Peter Bouteneff presented a four-part series titled “The Social Self and the Inner Life: Reflections on Communion, Introversion, Extraversion, and Compassion.” St Vladimir’s Seminary welcomes you to listen to these meditations. Dr Boutneneff explains how to cultivate compassion and prayer in a community and how to balance your inner life and communion with others. We pray each talk will help strengthen your relationship with God, with each other, and with yourself.
The Children’s Word
Presvytera Alexandra Houck created The Children’s Word bulletin so children will know they are not only welcome in church, but even more, an essential part of the Church family. Each issue includes a message on the Sunday Gospel lesson and on one of the saints for the week, with age-appropriate articles, stories, and activities. She hopes this weekly bulletin will be just one more way we can make kids feel at home in church. Presvytera Alexandra is a graduate of Duke University and Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology.
Person to Person Podcast
Welcome to “Person to Person“, a podcast featuring Professor Harry Boosalis and Paul Karos, otherwise known as Bumper and the Blindman. “Person to Person” is dedicated to exploring Orthodox spiritual life within the pursuits and struggles of everyday living.
Parish Resources
There are numerous Orthodox resources for all ages and for everyone on this website and on other sites – regardless of where you are in your faith journey. Resources on this website include:
Chicago Metropolis & Archdiocese Resources
The Chicago Metropolis and Greek Orthodox Archdiocese includes resources for daily living (such as prayers, saints’ lives, icons), as well as content for parishioners and others searching for specific Orthodox resources on families, youth, young adults, sacraments, and music.
LIVING WATER PRODUCTIONS has been created by the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Chicago as the vehicle through which it will produce original and engaging religious education content for all people, wherever they are on their faith journey. Whether through a video series, a podcast, or a documentary, you will find tools to help deepen your understanding of faith and your relationship with God and neighbor.
The first project of Living Water is “The Person of Christ” – a 12-episode video series developed to deepen your knowledge of Christ, both spiritually and intellectually.
The second project is Living Water Conversations – discussions and interviews with noted theologians, educators and thought leaders. First up: His Eminence Metropolitan Nathanael’s interview of world-renowned theologian, Fr. Alexis Torrance, discussing “The Person of Christ,” Living Water’s first video series. The discussion will include a Q&A segment with questions submitted by participants! Watch for details.
Scholarly Resources
Mobile Device Apps
The Encounter features Daily Prayers spoken by Orthodox Faithful, including several parishioners of St Marys. Available for Apple iOS and Android.
The Daily Readings App on your mobile device is the easiest way to access the day’s Bible readings prescribed by the Lectionary of the Greek Orthodox Church. The Daily Readings App also lets you read the lives of the saints or lookup fasting guidelines for each day right on your device. Archdiocese Department of Internet Ministries. Available for Apple iOS, Android, and Kindle Fire.
Chant along with Eikona! In this new app, listen to the daily hymns of the church calendar, chanted simply and beautifully. Each day includes a morning prayer, hymn, and sheet music. Available for Apple iOS and Android.
Catena Bible & Commentaries provides an easy-to-navigate KJV2000 translation with tens of thousands of patristic commentaries by 250+ authors (Apocrypha is included as well). It lets you select your tradition: Byzantine Theology (Orthodox), Western Theology (Roman Catholic), Early Fathers, or all of the above. Available for Apple iOS and Android.
Pray Always includes the necessary daily and weekly prayers for an Orthodox Christian (morning, evening, communion, intercession, and numerous others). It allows some flexibility in the font (sans serif and serif), font size, and also allows the choice between traditional (King James) English and contemporary/modern. Available for Apple iOS and Android.
Other Orthodox Social Media and Website Resources
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