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Sundays Divine Liturgy - 10:00 am   Saturdays Vespers - 5:00 pm

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We have to return to the vision of Christ, crucified and risen from the dead, present now, and coming again, that is at the very core of our life as the Church. To be an Orthodox Christian is to focus our lives on Jesus Christ, and to continue His ministry of love and reconciliation, the call to rep...

Welcome to St. George

Welcome to St. George

Saint George Cathedral is a parish of the Orthodox Church in America. Our parish traces its beginnings back to 1938 when Macedonian and Bulgarian immigrants who had come to Toledo sought to establish an Orthodox parish.The parish was formally founded in 1948 and placed under the patronage of the H...

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Wednesdays, Compline 6:30 pm
Saturdays, Vespers 5:00 pm
Sundays, Divine Liturgy 10:00 am

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St. George Orthodox Cathedral
738 Glenwood Road
Rossford, Ohio 43460
Phone: (419) 662-3922

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What Does it Mean to “Baptize a Culture?” PDF Print E-mail

Over the years I have heard different clergy and lay people use this above phrase to characterize how Orthodox saints of the past have approached bringing the Apostolic Faith to new countries. On May 11th our church will be hosting an event that honors Ss. Cyril & Methodius (9th century saints) who are very dear to both Macedonians and Bulgarians for bringing the Orthodox Faith to their lands in their own native tongue. These saints also supplied them with their own written alphabet that they never had before. Is this what it means to baptize a culture? I will speak more about Cyril and Methodius as “baptizers of a culture” at the May 11th event at our church. But I want to cite another quote from St. Paul in 1 Corinthians and share some thoughts on the idea of baptizing the culture we live in today.

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The Beginnngs of the Sacrament of Confession PDF Print E-mail

In last month's newsletter, I mentioned that in the early church there was no sacrament of Confession as it is understood and practiced today. Holy Baptism was seen as the sacrament of repentance. By Baptism and Chrismation the one enslaved to sin and death was freed from this fallen reality and was empowered to live the Christian life.

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Why Do We Prepare? Why Do We Come to the Cup? PDF Print E-mail

In the previous reflection I posed the question if there is a relationship between partaking of Holy Communion to such things as preparing for it, our confession of faith (our belief in the Truths of Christianity), and the manner of life we are living. Today I want to discuss the theme of preparation; not so much on how we prepare (the rules) but more so on why we prepare and what our focus is to be. Our state of mind as we approach the cup is important as evidenced by the following words of St. Paul to the Corinthian church:

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How Does Fasting Help Us to Remember God? PDF Print E-mail

In the last note, I spoke about receiving Holy Communion in obedience to our Lord's command to "do this in remembrance" of Him. I also talked about the meaning of remembrance. In the next few notes I want to discuss the guidelines for preparing to receive communion and how when observed with the right attitude, they help us to remember God. With the ever popular Peter & Paul Fast beginning on June 4th this month, what better time to ask the question, "How does fasting help us to remember God?"

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