St. Raphael Antiochian Orthodox Church

06/08/2026

If The church is a hospital, we should not be surprised to find sick people in it.

First clip from episode 2 of season 8, full episode available now!

https://youtube.com/shorts/rdrr8EoUVhc

06/07/2026

Orthros and Divine Liturgy All Saints 6/7/26

06/06/2026

Great Vespers 6/6/26

06/06/2026

From the outside, everything looks perfect: fasts are observed, the prayer rule is fulfilled, the child confesses and receives Communion on schedule. But inside the child there is emptiness and alienation. The teenager attends Sunday services as if it were a chore, shuts themselves in their room at home, and for no apparent reason, a chasm opens up between them and their parents.

The first thing ordinary parents do is look for the cause outside themselves: the smartphone, bad friends, school, harmful influences. Often, it never occurs to them that they, themselves, might be at fault.

When you want to talk about such problems, you want to speak with someone who won’t indulge you, but who is used to speaking plainly. That person is St. John of Kronstadt.

LINK: https://uoj.news/man-and-church/87300-the-parents-phariseeism-drives-children-from-the-church

06/05/2026

06/03/2026

You Are Not Your Sin!

In America, we take our sins and make them who we are. But Christ desires us to turn away from sin and be transformed.

https://youtube.com/shorts/o6SzeJhL8xE

05/31/2026

Great Vespers with Kneeling Prayers 5/31/26

05/31/2026

Orthros and Divine Liturgy Pentecost 5/31/26

05/30/2026

Great Vespers 5/30/26