2016

Pray with faith. Admonish them, but as far as you can, with love and in a good way. Don’t be too strict.

In the ninth century a man's concern for a biographical record of the saints of the Church up to his day led to a monumental work of scholar­ship and research to the degree that he himself was rewarded with sainthood. This most literate luminary of his time was St. Simeon the translator, so named for his in depth study of the Church and its saints, a prodigious labor of love which entailed a great deal more than a mere translation. Endowed with a tremendous intellect, St. Simeon rose to prominence as chief magistrate and advisor to Emperor Leo the Wise, who was indeed wise enough to heed the counsel of his magistrate. The talents of Simeon included those of tact and ...

The floors have just been shined, and the little white church dedicated to Archangel Michael in Tarpon Springs is about to get a new front door. Archangel Michael's Church in Tarpon Springs, FL. As preparations are being made for hundreds of visitors, Stavroula Pololos of Montreal is sitting in one of the pews, flipping through a scrapbook of newspaper clippings and handwritten accounts detailing miracles that have happened here. “My prayer is that I don't want to get sick again, I pray that he heals me and I don't get sick again,” she said, looking up at the icon of Archangel Michael. Pololos first learned of the shrine in September, after completing 18 rounds of chemotherapy to treat ovarian cancer that came back ...