Philip LeMasters, pastor St. Luke Orthodox Church, will present the program at the monthly meeting of the Abilene Association of Congregations. The program begins with lunch at 11:45 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 25, at St. Paul United Methodist Church, 525 Beech St. A $3 donation is requested for lunch. LeMasters’presentation will begin at noon. The public is invited to the meeting.
Read moreEditor’s note: Easter is coming a week later this year for Orthodox churches than Western churches. Philip LeMasters, priest at St. Luke’s Orthodox Church in Abilene, explains why and gives a list of services at the church. The church is located at 501 Sunset Drive. All are welcome. By PHILIP LeMASTERS The Orthodox Church celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ
Read moreThe public is invited to see the film, “Ostrov,” at St. Luke Orthodox Church, 501 Sunset Drive, on Saturday, Sept. 25. The film will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the parish hall. Pizza will be served. The movie and the pizza are free to the public. “Ostrov,” which means “The Island,” is in Russian, with English subtitles. According to a
Read moreBy PHILIP LeMASTERS Eastern Orthodox Christians may have hesitated a bit this year on April 5 when friends asked, “How was your Easter?” The day before we had observed the third Sunday of Lent, not the Lord’s resurrection. Though Orthodox agree with Catholics and Protestants that Easter is on the first Sunday following the first full moon after the
Read moreHoly Week begins April 23 at St. Luke Orthodox Church, 501 Sunset Drive, with daily services leading to Pascha or Easter on Sunday, May 2. Western Christians celebrated Easter on April 4, but Orthodox Christians follow a different calendar, which places Pascha at a different time from Easter. Below is the schedule for Holy Week and Pascha services at St.
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By PHILIP LeMASTERS Eastern Orthodox Christians begin Lent this year on Monday, March 11. That is when we we begin the most intense annual period of repentance as we prepare to follow our Lord to His cross and empty tomb. There could be no greater sign of the folly of exalting ourselves and condemning others than the Passion of Christ.
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By PHILIP LeMASTERS Orthodox Christians celebrate the memory of Saint Nicholas on December 6. He is a saint so beloved that he is the basis for the figure of Santa Claus. Living in the fourth century in what is now Turkey, St. Nicholas had a sizeable inheritance from his family, which he gave away in secret to the poor. He
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The public is invited to St. Luke Orthodox Church, 501 Sunset Drive, for a 20th year celebration on Sunday, Oct. 21. The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom will begin at 10 a.m., followed by a luncheon in the parish hall. Iconography by Linda Fowler at St. Luke Orthodox Church in Abilene. The church was formed in 1998,
Read moreBy Loretta Fulton “Blessed is our God always, now and ever, and unto ages of ages.” Thus began the “First Royal Hour of the Theophany Friday, Jan. 5, at St. Luke Orthodox Church, or “St. Luke Antiochian Orthodox Christian Church,” as the sign at 501 Sunset Drive says. Father Philip LeMasters, priest at the church, opened
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