St George Greek Orthodox Church

Blessed feast!

'Grandma would put a scarf over her head, kneel, pray, and weep into her headscarf and wipe her tears with the end of her scarf. She only knew “Our Father” and a couple other prayers, but do I have her prayer? Father Dimitrie Bejan and Elder Cleopa saw a peasant woman wearing leather slippers who was praying and had a large flame of fire above her head. We need to arrive at this level of prayer. Either it is fire, or it is nothing. And then we won’t have to make requests from the government to give us things. We appeal to the God of lights and to the fire of prayer. '

Fr. Ioanichie Balan: Let’s Start With Prayer I will ask you: “How much do you pray, brother?” And from that I understand why you do or do not have peace.

Glory to God! We welcomed six new people into the Body of Christ this afternoon: Joseph (Saint Joseph the Hesychast), Olga (Saint Olga of Alaska), George (Saint George The Great Martyr), Raphael (Raphael the Archangel), Jacob (Saint Jacob of Alaska), and Dymphna (Saint Dymphna of Ireland)

This was a beautiful service! Congratulations to the newly illumined and thank you to everyone who made this happen, especially Father Chris from St. Anna Greek Orthodox Church, Roseville, CA