The church family at Holy Nativity is made up of people from various religious and Christian backgrounds. One thing we share in common is our spiritual journey. At some point in our lives, we decided it was time to explore Christianity or engage the Christian faith in deeper way. Through prayer, study of the Holy Scriptures, the writings of the ancient Church, and seeking the counself of others, we found our way to Orthodoxy. To be honest, this tranistion can be difficult. You discover that following Christ is truly a sacrficial way of life, the way of the Cross. While the cost is great, the reward is greater. If you are on a spiritual journey, we would like to help. Fr Jason (318-455-4219) is available to visit with you as well as others in the congregation. Our website and the resources connected to it may offer some assistance. Please pray about joining us for a service. We would love to have you visit Holy Nativity. May God bless and guide your steps!
6 PM - 8 PM - Ladies’ Book Study @ Jessica McCallons also via ZOOM
Thursday, Nov. 13
8:30AM - Morning Matins
Friday, Nov. 15
5:30PM - 8:30PM - St. Nicholas Retreat with Fr. Turbo
Saturday, Nov. 15
NATIVITY FAST BEGINS
9AM - 2PM - Retreat @ St. Nicholas beginning with Divine Liturgy
11AM - Baby Shower for Addison May
5:00 PM - Great Vespers
Sunday, Nov. 16
9 AM - Matins
10 AM - Divine Liturgy
Coffee Hour - Fosters
Nativity Fast
The Nativity Fast begins November 15th and continues through December 24th. Itis divided into two parts. The first part is November 15th through December 20th when the traditional fasting discipline (no meat, poultry, eggs, dairy, fish, wine and oil) is observed on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, with katalysis for fish, wine and oil on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday. The second part is the period of the Forefeast, December 21st through 24th, when the traditional fasting discipline is observed Monday through Thursday.
St. Tikhon’s Orthodox Theological Seminary Receives Grant from Lilly Endowmen...
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St. Tikhon’s Orthodox Theological Seminary received a grant of $920,107.00 from Lilly Endowment Inc. to help establish the Sowing for Plentiful Harvests program.
The program is being funded through Lilly Endowment’s Pathways for Tomorrow Initiat...
Archpastoral Message of His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon on the Beginning of...
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To the clergy, monastics, and faithful of the Orthodox Church in America, beloved children in the Lord,
Christ is in our midst!
As we begin this sacred season of fasting in preparation for Our Lord’s Nativity in the flesh, I desire first of al...
Thank You for Supporting Steward Sunday 2025
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Your generosity will go towards supporting the life and mission of the Orthodox Church in America in your parish and strengthens the ministries that serve our clergy and faithful.
Holy Martyrs and Confessors Gurias, Samonas, and Habibus, of Edessa
The Holy Martyrs and Confessors Gurias, Samonas and Habibus suffered during the persecution against Christians under the emperors Diocletian (284-305) and Maximian (305-311). The two friends Gurias and Samonas, preachers of the Word of God, were arrested in the city of Edessa. The saints refused to…
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Martyrs Elpidius, Marcellus, and Eustochius, who suffered under Julian the Apostate
The Holy Martyrs Elpidius, Marcellus and Eustochius suffered under the emperor Julian the Apostate (361-363). Saint Elpidius was a senator. They tried him before the imperial judge on charges of being a Christian. The martyrs endured many terrible torments, and they died after being thrown into a…
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Martyr Dēmḗtrios of Thrace
Saint Dēmḗtrios was a Slav from the village of Davoudio (Dabuda) in Thrace, which was near the town of Amapasos. He was arrested in the time of Emperor Maximian and the Archon Publius, about the year 298 (some sources say 307). After suffering many tortures for Christ, he was finally beheaded.
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Venerable Paisios Velichkovsky
Saint Paisios (Paϊsios) Velichkovsky was born in Poltava in Little Russia on December 21, 1722, and was the eleventh of twelve children. His father John was a priest, who named him Peter at his Baptism, in honor of Saint Peter the Metropolitan of Moscow, on whose Feast he was born.
After the…
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Kupyatitsa Icon of the Mother of God
The Kupyátitsa (or Kupyátich) Icon of the Mother of God appeared in the year 1180 near the village of Kupyátitsa near the former Pinsk district of the Minsk region. Igoumen Hilarion Denisovich of the Kupyátitsa Monastery wrote a book "A Description of the Miracles of the Kupyátitsa Icon of the…
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Saint Philip of Rabanga
Saint Philip of Rabanga was the founder of the Savior-Transfiguration monastery, near Kadnikov to the northeast of Vologda. He spent the beginning of his monastic life in the monastery of Saint Dionysius of Glushitsa (June 1), and was one of his closest disciples. Upon the death of his teacher and…
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“Fragrant Flower” Icon of the Mother of God
This Icon is in the Protection Cathedral at Voronezh. The Theotokos is shown holding her Divine Child on her left arm, with a blossoming branch in her right hand. The Fragrant Flower Icon resembles the Unfading Flower Icon (April 3). In the older Unfading Flower Icons, the Child is held on the…