Saint Michael Orthodox Church, Mount Carmel, PA

05/31/2026

Pentecost weekend on the Mount of Carmel

Grave blessings and Divine Liturgy with the Kneeling Prayers

We celebrate the feast of Pentecost
and the coming of the Spirit,
the appointed day of the promise, the fulfillment of hope.
How majestic and great is the mystery!
Therefore we cry aloud to You,
“Glory to You, O Lord and Creator of all!”

05/30/2026

Pentecost Sunday

In Your courts I will praise You, the Savior of the world.
On bended knee I will worship Your invincible might.
In the evening, in the morning, and at noontime
at all times I will bless You, O Lord.

Read more here: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2026/05/31/45-holy-pentecost

05/25/2026

Welcome home!

On Sunday, Michelle and Joshua entered into the fullness of the Orthodox Christian Church.

O Lord, through holy Baptism, You have granted forgiveness of sins to Your servants, bestowing upon them a life of regeneration: Yourself, O Lord and Master, be well-pleased to always illumine their hearts with the Light of Your face.

God grant Michelle and Joshua many and blessed years!

05/23/2026

Seventh Sunday of Pascha

Commemoration of the Holy Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council

Come, all Orthodox Churches,
let us celebrate today in faith and true worship
the yearly commemoration of the divinely-arrayed Fathers
who gathered at Nicea from throughout the world!
There they refuted the godless teaching of Arius,
banishing him from the catholic Church by a decree of the council.
They taught all to confess openly the Son of God,
consubstantial and co-eternal with the Father,
proclaiming this with precision and true worship in the Symbol of Faith.
Therefore, as we faithfully follow their divine doctrines,
let us worship the Father, the Son, and the most Holy Spirit,//
the consubstantial Trinity in one Godhead!

Read more here:

05/18/2026

A new creation - for which Christ seeks us out

05/18/2026

"The Son of God did not become incarnate to figure out who to blame for our present situation. God became man in order to heal us and to teach us how to become part of His new creation."

for which Christ seeks us out

05/16/2026

Sixth Sunday of Pascha

The Blind Man

The man blind from birth asked himself,
“Was I born blind because of my parents’ sins?
Or am I a living sign of the people’s faithlessness?
I am not content to continue asking whether it is night or day.
My feet can no longer endure tripping on the stones.
I have seen nothing: neither the sun shining, nor the image of my Maker.
But I entreat You, O Christ God, look upon me and have mercy on me!”

Read more here: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2026/05/17/40-sunday-of-the-blind-man

05/14/2026

The Flaming Sword - a weekly e-bulletin - 05.17.26 - https://mailchi.mp/e5220a6977dc/the-flaming-sword-a-weekly-e-bulletin-051726

05/11/2026

from an outcast to a light-bearer

05/11/2026

"Odds were against her in a harsh and unfair world. She could not catch a break, until a mid-day meeting with the One Who through baptismal waters gives us new life and through His own Flesh and Blood feeds and nourishes us for eternal life."

https://theflamingsword.substack.com/p/a-mid-day-meeting