Weekly Update and Bulletin From Fr. Robert Miclean – January 27, 2013

34th Sunday after Pentecost (Translation of the Relics of St John Chrysostom/New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia        We live in an age when it can be intimidating and scary to speak openly of our faith in Christ God or reveal ourselves to be Orthodox Christians.  Often our pride gets the best of us: we focus […]

Weekly Update and Bulletin From Fr. Robert Miclean – January 20, 2013

33rd Sunday after Pentecost/ Ven Euthymius the Great (473) Welcome to Holy Archangels Orthodox Church (OCA)! We’re glad to have you worshipping the Holy Trinity with us! If you are new or are worshiping with us for the first time, please introduce yourself to our priest, Fr. Robert Miclean, after the service.     Humility, obedience, submission […]

Weekly Update and Bulletin From Fr. Robert Miclean – January 13, 2013

Listen to this weeks homily https://www.orthodoxannapolis.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/homily-1-13-2013.mp3 We have lived Christ’s Holy Incarnation and Nativity, Christ has entered into human nature as man and redeemed it as God, creating a new race of Adam—one capable of triumphing with Christ over sin and death and inheriting eternal life with God in His Kingdom.  We have experienced Christ’s […]

Weekly Update and Bulletin From Fr. Robert Miclean – January 07, 2013

Blessed Feast of our Lord Jesus Christ’s holy baptism and Theophany!  This Feast is called, “Theophany,” because, as the name means in the Greek, God the Holy Trinity was manifest at the baptism of Christ, in which the Father spoke, the Holy Spirit descended, and Christ received baptism and made the way through which all […]

Weekly Update and Bulletin From Fr. Robert Miclean – December 23, 2012

Now is the fruit of our fast in sight: the Feast of the Nativity, the Winter Pascha, has arrived.  This Sunday, as we remember the ancestors of Christ from His human lineage, we recall God’s faithfulness in redeeming His people and preparing the way to bring about the redemption of mankind through His Son, His […]

Weekly Update and Bulletin From Fr. Robert Miclean – December 16, 2012

28th Sunday after Pentecost (Sunday of the Forefathers/Prophet Haggai) Welcome to Holy Archangels Orthodox Church (OCA)! We’re glad to have you worshipping the Holy Trinity with us! If you are new or are worshiping with us for the first time, please introduce yourself to our priest, Fr. Robert Miclean, after the service. The murder of […]

Weekly Update and Bulletin From Fr. Robert Miclean – December 9, 2012

This Sunday as we celebrate the conception of the Theotokos by the righteous Joachim and Ana.  The conception of Mary, the Theotokos, and then her presentation in the Temple, all point towards the unique and miraculous birth of Christ, the Logos of God made flesh.  As we celebrate her conception, we look towards the fulfillment […]

Weekly Update and Bulletin From Fr. Robert Miclean – December 2, 2012

The rich young ruler in today’s Gospel is confronted by Christ with the question of where his heart is: with God or with his wealth.  Jesus is not challenging him just because he is rich, but because Christ knows that the hold that his riches has on him will keep him from loving God and […]

Weekly Update and Bulletin From Fr. Robert Miclean – November 25, 2012

Today’s Gospel lessons challenge us to take stock of how focused we are on “the one thing needful,” our life in Jesus Christ. How easy it is this time of year to be focused on so many other things. Christmas in our culture has increasingly turned into a secular and commercial holiday focused more on […]

Weekly Update and Bulletin From Fr. Robert Miclean – November 18 2012

“Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever… Those who sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, Bound in affliction and irons—Because they rebelled against the words of God, And despised the counsel of the Most High, Therefore He brought down their heart with labor; They […]