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 LORETTA FULTON Stepping inside St. Luke Orthodox Church already was an experience all its own, evoking holy mysteries, but it just got better with the addition of a 4 x 5-foot icon of the Theotokos, or Mother of God, behind the altar. The icon, with its unmistakable Byzantine style and deep, rich colors, shows Mary seated and holding the
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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 moreThe parish hall at St. Luke’s Orthodox Church, 510 Sunset Drive, was burglarized over the weekend, a member, George Niebling, reports. All the major appliances and the air conditioning unit were stolen. The santuary was not affected. Niebling has a request: “Please pray for those who did this, that their hearts might be turned, and souls preserved, and that they
Read moreBy LORETTA FULTON Father Joseph Huneycutt sometimes has to fight back the urge to say what’s on his mind, like when a teenager asks why there are no longer any miracles. “I want to say, ‘you are a miracle,’” Huneycutt, pastor of St. Joseph Orthodox Church in Houston, said during a talk Feb. 6 at Abilene’s St. Luke Orthodox Church.
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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