Council of Chalcedon — Fr. John Peck

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GreatMartyr Euphemia the All-Praised: Protector and Defender of Orthodox Christianity

July 10, 2017 By Fr. John Peck

A great and miraculous event is commemorated today (July 11) in the history of the Church. It took place during the Council of Chalcedon before a multitude of witnesses. The Miracle of Saint Euphemia the All-Praised The holy Great Martyr Euphemia (September 16) suffered martyrdom in the city of Chalcedon in the year 304, during […]

GreatMartyr Euphemia the All-Praised: Protector and Defender of Orthodox Christianity

How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the Gospel of Peace.

We must be super-conservative in preserving the Orthodox faith, and super-modern in propagating it.

But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet, so that the people are not warned, and the sword comes and takes any one of them, that person is taken away in his iniquity, but his blood I will require at the watchman’s hand.