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Visiting the sick, the shut-ins.
Volume III - 2004
The Martha and Mary House By the Grace of God and with the blessing of His Grace, Bishop Tikhon, Martha and Mary House was incorporated as a religious nonprofit institution in the Orthodox Church in America, Diocese of the West, in November 2001, - to our...Volume III - 2004
The Loaves and Fish Program. It seems to me that the poor find us. In the parable that our Lord told of the rich man and Lazarus, the rich man stepped over Lazarus as he lay sick and hungry on the rich man’s front...Volume III - 2003
Elevation of the Holy Cross Parish, Sacramento, CA For I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink: I was a stranger and you took Me in: (Matthew 25:17) This is a love story, not only between two people,...Volume III - 2002
Wheaton, Illinois is a Civil War-era city that today serves as a the capital of DuPage County, home to Chicago’s sprawling far-western exburbs. When Saint Joseph Orthodox Christian Church was established in neighboring Naperville in 1989the county was home to endless subdivisions and strip...Volume III - 2002
A Shelter for Homeless Families More than 30 years ago, long before homelessness was a national issue, Raphael House began serving women and children who were temporarily homeless. In 1977, we expanded our facilities so we could host intact families with fathers as well. Raphael House was...Volume III - 2001
Good Samaritan Ministry Holy Transfiguration Orthodox Church in Livonia, MI was founded in 1988. As a new parish of the OCA, we knew that our task was to “bring the Kingdom of God to all people.” In our organizational meetings, we recalled that those who came...Volume III - 2001
Additional Resources: Assistance Forms In March of 2000, the Orthodox Church in America Office of Humanitarian Aid invited parishes and individuals to participate in an outreach program, called “Gift of the Heart” Kits. The program involves the assembling of specific kitshealth kits, school kits, and...Volume III - 2000
“I was a stranger and you welcomed me”Matthew 25:35 The story of St. Matthew House, Columbia, Maryland On a bright, sunlit Sunday, April 25, 1999, His Beatitude, the Most Blessed THEODOSIUS, Archbishop of Washington, DC, Metropolitan of All America and Canada gathered together with members of his...Volume II - 1999
For the past 12 years, the St. Michael’s Outreach Group of Jermyn, PA has been ministering at the Forensic Treatment Center in Waymart, PA. This outreach ministry has been a unique experience for us in that we serve a forensic (criminally insane) population of about 120...Volume II - 1999
We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our...