Ss. Cyril and Methodius Orthodox Church Terryville, CT

Ss. Cyril and Methodius Orthodox Church Terryville, CT Our Vision: To receive, accept, make known and share God the Father’s love in all its saving power, t

"Active life requires on our side effort, struggle, the persistent exertion of our free will. “Strait is the gate and na...
06/14/2026

"Active life requires on our side effort, struggle, the persistent exertion of our free will. “Strait is the gate and narrow is the way that leads to life. … Not everyone that says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter into the kingdom of heaven, but he that does the will of my Father” (Mt. 7:14, 21). We are to hold in balance two complementary truths: without God’s grace we can do nothing; but without our voluntary cooperation God will do nothing. Our salvation results from the convergence of two factors, unequal in value yet both indispensable: divine initiative and human response. What God does is incomparably the more important, but man’s response is also required."
~Metropolitan Kallistos Ware, "The Orthodox Way"

A life of profound prayer is a combination of our natural upsurges towards the eternal Being and the eternal Being’s des...
06/13/2026

A life of profound prayer is a combination of our natural upsurges towards the eternal Being and the eternal Being’s descent to us. When the one true God reveals Himself to us, we are introduced into the sphere of His Being and undergo a radical alteration in our whole self not to be defined in ordinary language. We are too circumscribed to contain the gift completely. Nevertheless, our heart experiences an indescribable harmony of love, and the mind falls silent, astounded by the inconceivable vision. ~ Saint Sophrony

The Sunday following Pentecost is dedicated to All Saints, both those who are known to us, and those who are known only ...
06/07/2026

The Sunday following Pentecost is dedicated to All Saints, both those who are known to us, and those who are known only to God. There have been saints at all times, and they have come from every corner of the earth. They were Apostles, Martyrs, Prophets, Hierarchs, Monastics, and Righteous, yet all were perfected by the same Holy Spirit. The Descent of the Holy Spirit makes it possible for us to rise above our fallen state and to attain sainthood, thereby fulfilling God’s directive to “be holy, for I am holy." ~OCA.org

Blessed are the pure in heart," says our Lord, "for they shall see God." It is only through the Resurrection that we can...
06/06/2026

Blessed are the pure in heart," says our Lord, "for they shall see God." It is only through the Resurrection that we can attain this purity, and it is only through this purity that we can approach in some measure the unapproachable light of the Resurrection. Our salvation, justification, and glorification is a beautiful synergy between our Lord's action and our cooperation. And so as we rejoice in our Lord's victory, let us also not cease to purify our souls from sinful thoughts, deeds and words. ~Deacon Nicholas Park

Today is the celebration by the Church of the coming of the Holy Spirit as the end—the achievement and fulfillment—of th...
05/31/2026

Today is the celebration by the Church of the coming of the Holy Spirit as the end—the achievement and fulfillment—of the entire history of salvation.
With the descent of the Holy Spirit upon Christ’s disciples, the time of salvation, the Divine work of redemption has been completed, the fulness revealed, all gifts bestowed: it belongs to us now to “appropriate” these gifts, to be that which we have become in Christ: participants and citizens of His Kingdom!

By His awesome economy, His descent into the lower parts of the earth and then His ascension above the heavens, Christ ...
05/26/2026

By His awesome economy, His descent into the lower parts of the earth and then His ascension above the heavens, Christ left not a single spot in all creation that was not filled with His divine presence. Therefore, man can meet the Lord under any circumstance and in any place as long as he opens his heart.
~from "Hesychasm" by Archpriest Zacharias

Blessings with The Feast of The Ascension!“Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise f...
05/23/2026

Blessings with The Feast of The Ascension!
“Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead, and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be preached in His name in all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things. And behold, I send the promise of My Father upon you; but stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.”

Sunday of the Blind ManJesus made clay when He spat on the ground, and placed the spittle and clay in the man’s empty ey...
05/17/2026

Sunday of the Blind Man
Jesus made clay when He spat on the ground, and placed the spittle and clay in the man’s empty eye sockets, the man blind from birth, and sent him to the pool of Siloam to wash. The man, with faith, obeys God’s command. He goes and washes in the pool, and he returns seeing! (John 9: 1-38)

So wonderful to have our Bishop, His Grace Bishop Benedict, visit this past weekend, on the eve of the Feast Day of Sain...
05/11/2026

So wonderful to have our Bishop, His Grace Bishop Benedict, visit this past weekend, on the eve of the Feast Day of Saints Cyril and Methodius, our patron saints!

May God grant all mothers, grandmothers, godmothers, and those who have nurtured us in faith and love many blessed years...
05/10/2026

May God grant all mothers, grandmothers, godmothers, and those who have nurtured us in faith and love many blessed years!

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