Saint Nicholas Orthodox Church

954 State St.
Hobart, Indiana 46342
Church phone (219) 942-5981
Rectory phone (219) 947-9737

Priest Father Sergii Alekseev

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Today we celebrate the memory of the Holy New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia.

     Since ancient times, the Christian Church has been strengthened by examples of its martyrs’ unshakable faith. These examples, passed down through generations of Christians, have nurtured and strengthened the Holy Church. From the times of the apostles, Christians have gathered around the holy relics of martyrs, celebrating their memory and looking up to their standing in faith despite torture and persecution as a source of strength and inspiration in their own spiritual lives.

     Undoubtedly, the New Martyrs and Confessors recalled the holy examples of the ancient martyrs as they themselves were tortured, persecuted, and exiled by the Communist regime. Countless faithful of the 20th century—members of the Royal Family and peasants, professors and the illiterate, the rich and the poor, clergy and lay people, men, women, and children—united around the memory of Christian martyrs, and through their intercession were able to defeat the torturers through unwavering standing in their faith in Christ.

     Let us always have the holy example of the new martyrs before our eyes as we live our lives. Let us find the source of their strength and drink of this fountain of immortality. As we go about our lives, sometimes giving to God five or ten minutes of our day, sometimes a couple of hours from our week, sometimes even less, let us remember those who gave all, their whole lives and their earthly end to God. Let us ask that God, through the prayers of the Holy New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia, grant us strength to live our lives the way they lived theirs—in an unshakable faith in Christ and in service to His Holy Church.      

Fr Sergii Sveshnikov, Church of the New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia, Mulino, Oregon

This Week's Service Schedule
Sunday, February 5	Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee Divine Liturgy - 9:30 A.M. Beginning of Fast-free Week New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia
Wednesday, February 8	Moleben 5:30 P.M.
Sunday, February 12	Sunday of the Prodigal Son Divine Liturgy - 9:30 A.M. Beginning of Fast-free Week Synaxis of the Universal Teachers and Holy Hierarchs: Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian and John Chrysostom

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