TRIODION & PENTECOSTARION 2023

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He is not here, for He is risen, as He said. Come, see the place where He lay.
Then go quickly and tell His disciples that He is risen from the dead.
Matthew 28:6-7

Sunday of Zacchaeus / Sunday of the Canaanite Woman
January 29

Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee
February 5

Sunday of the Prodigal Son
February 12

Sunday of the Last Judgment
(Meatfare Sunday)
February 19

Sunday of Forgiveness / Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Paradise
(Cheesefare Sunday)
February 26

Clean Monday
Beginning of Great Lent
February 27

Sunday of Orthodoxy
March 5

Sunday of St. Gregory Palamas
March 12

Sunday of the Precious and Life-Giving Cross
March 19

Annunciation to the Most-Holy Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary
March 25 / April 7

Sunday of St. John of the Ladder
March 26

Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt
April 2

Saturday of Lazarus
April 8

Entrance of Our Lord, God, and Saviour Jesus Christ into Jerusalem
Palm Sunday
April 9

Great and Holy Friday
April 14

Great and Holy Sabbath
April 15

GREAT AND HOLY PASCHA
RESURRECTION OF OUR LORD, GOD, AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST
April 16

Sunday of St. Thomas
April 23

Sunday of the Myrrhbearing Women
April 30

Sunday of the Paralytic
May 7

Mid-Pentecost
May 10

Sunday of the Samaritan Woman
May 14

Sunday of the Blind Man
May 21

Ascension of Our Lord, God, and Saviour Jesus Christ
May 25

Sunday of the Holy Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council
May 28

HOLY PENTECOST
DESCENT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT ~ TRINITY SUNDAY
June 4

Sunday of All Saints
June 11

Beginning of the Apostles Fast / Peter and Paul Fast
June 12

Sunday of All Local Saints
June 18

Feast of SS. Peter and Paul
June 29 / July 12

Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death by death, and upon those in the tombs bestowing life!

PATRIARCHAL VICAR: ANTIOCHIAN BISHOPS EXEMPT FROM SEXUAL MISCONDUCT POLICIES & PROCEDURES

For context see the Metropolitan Joseph: The Scandal section in our Archives 2020-23 linked at the top of this page.

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Metropolitan Antonios (El Souri)
Patriarchal Vicar to the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America

This brief report consists of a compilation of notes provided to Orthodoxy in Dialogue by various clergymen and laypersons of the Antiochian Archdiocese who attended Metropolitan Antonios’ meetings with parishes and deaneries and the recent Special Convention to nominate a new metropolitan for the Archdiocese. Metropolitan Antonios was appointed by Patriarch John of Antioch as patriarchal vicar to the Archdiocese during its transition to a new administration pursuant to the forced “retirement” of the adulterous and sexually predatory Joseph Al-Zehlaoui. It seems now that the Vicar’s assignment has more to do with damage control and PR for the Patriarchate and the Archdiocese than with actually pastoring the faithful, treating the clergy and laity as equal partners with the hierarchy in the good governance of the Church—as per the pre-Constantinian ecclesiological model—and bringing closure and resolution to the events leading up to this disastrous juncture in the Antiochian Church’s life.

Perhaps the most astounding item to come from the Vicar’s meetings was reported to us by a clergyman who writes: “Metropolitan Antonios clearly indicated that the Archdiocese sexual misconduct policy has no bearing on a bishop or metropolitan. The bishops are judged exclusively by the Holy Synod, and therefore the Archdiocese sexual misconduct policy has nothing to do with them.” When we asked said clergyman where “the Archdiocese sexual misconduct policy” can be found, he replied with a succinct “No idea.” This shockingly irresponsible, unpastoral, and possibly illegal lack of protocols for victims to report sexual abuse and misconduct at the hands of the Archdiocese’s hierarchs, clergy, employees, and volunteers stands in stark contrast to the admirable transparency of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese and the Orthodox Church in America, as we reported earlier. Read More



RUSSIAN INVASION OF URKAINE ADDRESSED AT IOTA CONFERENCE by Meagan Saliashvili

This article appeared yesterday at Religion News Service. See source for additional photos from the conference.

Metropolitan Ambrosios (Zografos) speaks during the Mega Conference of the International Orthodox Theological Association meeting in Volos, Greece, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023. Photo courtesy of IOTA

Metropolitan Ambrosios (Zografos) speaks during the Mega-Conference of the International Orthodox Theological Association meeting in Volos, Greece, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023. Photo courtesy of IOTA

Nearly 400 Orthodox Christian theologians from 44 countries convened in the largest international conference of its kind in Greece on Thursday (Jan. 12) to discuss “Nicaea-sized” questions facing the Eastern Orthodox Church amid war and bitter division.

Some of the most contentious issues at the Mega-Conference of the International Orthodox Theological Association, meeting in Volos, have been exposed by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February, which exacerbated a split between a newly independent Orthodox Church of Ukraine in Kyiv and the Russian Orthodox Church based in Moscow.

The conference’s keynote speaker, Metropolitan Ambrosios (Zografos) of Korea and Exarch of Japan, a bishop of the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, told the assembly Wednesday evening that the various branches of Orthodox Christianity had fomented a heresy by taking sides in the war, calling it “an unspeakable travesty” that as a result, “most Orthodox leaders have failed to condemn this diabolical war unequivocally. Read More