Equipping the Saints
Uniting the faithful of the Diocese of the Midwest to discover, live, and share the life in Christ
100th Anniversary of Repose of St. Tikhon of Moscow to be Commemorated in Joint Celebration
CHICAGO, IL [DOM/Mid-America] – The Diocese of the Midwest of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA), along with the Mid-American Diocese of the Russian Orthodox …
Clergy wives invited to join February Zoom info session
SPRINGFIELD, VA [OCA] – As part of the Office of Pastoral Life, the Clergy Wives Ministry is excited to introduce the newest OPL program, the Financial Health Initiative …
Historic Icon Returns to Minneapolis Cathedral
MINNEAPOLIS, MN [DOM]– The clergy and faithful of St. Mary Cathedral, Minneapolis, MN, gathered on Wednesday, January 29 to welcome a historic icon of the …
Minneapolis Deacon Ordained to the Priesthood
CHICAGO, IL [DOM] – On Saturday, February 1, the Forefeast of the Meeting of the Lord into the Temple, His Eminence Archbishop Daniel of Chicago …

Department Directors hold First Meeting
CHICAGO, IL [DOM] – The newly appointed directors of the various departments and ministries of the Diocese of the Midwest met for the first time …

Historic Icon Returns to Minneapolis Cathedral
MINNEAPOLIS, MN [DOM]– The clergy and faithful of St. Mary Cathedral, Minneapolis, MN, gathered on Wednesday, January 29 to welcome a historic icon of the …
Great Blessing of Water in Kansas City
Chicago Communities Bless Lake Michigan
Local Clergy Join for First-Ever Blessing of the Detroit River

In Memoriam: Archbishop Anastasios (Yannoulatos)
TIRANA, ALBANIA [DOM] – His Beatitude Archbishop Anastasios (Yannoulatos) of Albania reposed in the Lord today, January 25, at the age of 95. The primate …
Daily Spiritual Care
Daily Spiritual Life
- Feasts & Saints
- Scripture Readings
1 John 4:20-5:21
Mark 15:1-15
2 Peter 1.1-10
1 Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ:
2 Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord,
3 According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:
4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
5 And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
6 And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;
7 And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.
8 For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
9 But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.
10 Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:
Mark 13.1-8
1 And as he went out of the temple, one of his disciples saith unto him, Master, see what manner of stones and what buildings are here!
2 And Jesus answering said unto him, Seest thou these great buildings? there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives over against the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately,
4 Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign when all these things shall be fulfilled?
5 And Jesus answering them began to say, Take heed lest any man deceive you:
6 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
7 And when ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, be ye not troubled: for such things must needs be; but the end shall not be yet.
8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.