Saint Anthony Greek Orthodox Church Reno

05/31/2026

Saint Anthony - Divine Liturgy

04/27/2026

A good follow up to Sunday of the Holy Myrrhbearers!

Today, St. King Tamar is commemorated alongside the Myrrhbearing women. St. Tamar has taught me so much! I’ve shared a bit of it on our parish blog. Here is the link https://www.standrewfoolforchrist.org/blog/saint-king-tamar-and-the-mystery-of-the-side-gods-design-for-men-and-women

Saint King Tamar, pray for us!

☦️

04/25/2026

I was thinking today about the Myrrh-Bearing Women and searching, quietly, for a word that could truly reach the hearts of my people.

Because it is not easy to speak of the Gospel when you feel its weight within your own struggles first. To find something real… something lived… that can gently lead us all a little closer to Christ.

I imagine them in the hush before dawn…
walking slowly toward the tomb of Christ, as if in a dream. Their hands holding myrrh… their hearts carrying fear and quiet grief… and a silent thought within them, that they already knew what awaited them… an ending… an emptiness… a final stillness.

And still… they went! Not because everything made sense but because they loved Him. And I couldn’t help but think -

How often do we approach the Church the same way?

We come (or think about coming) with our own struggles… our disappointments… our expectations that maybe there’s “not much there for me”… that it’s just routine… just something we’ve seen before.

So our approach becomes hesitant… distant… almost like we’ve already decided what we’re going to experience. But what if that’s the part that needs to change?

What if instead of coming with expectations… we came with love? With a little trust? With a quiet openness that says, “Maybe there is more here than I understand…”. Because the women thought they were going to an empty tomb and instead, they encountered the Risen Christ.

And I wonder, how much we might be missing not because Christ isn’t there but because of how we approach Him.

So this Sunday … don’t overthink it.
Don’t let your thoughts decide for you.

Just come.

Not with expectations but with a heart willing to experience.

You might be surprised … what’s waiting for you.

Christ is Rizen !!!

Fr. Avgoustinos