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All Saints Orthodox Church 16th annual Vineyard Blessing

Saturday, August 21st 2010 at the Smoky Hill Vineyards and Winery

Please order tickets in advance: seating is limited! For Credit Card orders, please call the Smoky Hill Vineyards and Winery at 785-825-2515 ext. 10.

To have your tickets waiting for you at the event, please mail checks payable to All Saints Church to:

All Saints Vineyard Blessing
2013 East Bank Drive
Salina, Ks 67401

If you have questions regarding the event or ticket orders, please call 785-452-5332


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Beginning with the October 2004 issue, orthodoxkansas.org is pleased to offer for download A Cloud of Witnesses, the parish newsletter of All Saints Orthodox Church:

A Cloud of Witnesses
Current Issue and Archive of Past Issues

Besides containing parish announcements, the newsletter includes edifying spiritual readings, written or compiled from patristic sources ancient and modern by Archimandrite Daniel Griffith, pastor of All Saints, and senior priest of the Self-Ruled Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America.

orthodoxkansas.org also provides a variety of resources for Orthodox Christians and those interested in learning more about the Holy Orthodox Faith:


All Saints Orthodox Church, St. Mary Magdalene Mission,Holy Transfiguration Mission and Three Hierarchs Mission are all under the omophorion of Bishop BASIL of the Diocese of Wichita and Mid-America of the Self-Ruled Antiochican Archdiocese of North America.
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What is an Orthodox Christian?


The Orthodox Christian belongs to the Body of Christ, the Church of Christ. This Eastern Orthodox Church is organically the same congregation (or ecclesia) which was born at the outpouring of the Holy Spirit in Jerusalem on Pentecost, a direct continuation from the Apostles by laying on of hands from each generation of priests to the next. The Orthodox Christian recognizes the rich Christian heritage and proclaims that he belongs to this Church, which corresponds to the Church of the Apostles as does a grown-up person correspond to a picture taken of him as a child.

The Orthodox Christian has been baptized in the name of the Holy Trinity and follows the ideals and beliefs of both the Scriptures and Sacred Tradition. He believes in a living and loving God, Whose Grace protects and guides him in the path of redemption. He believes that God has revealed Himself in the Bible through the Prophets and especially in the Person of Jesus Christ, His only-begotten Son who is man's Savior. He especially believes in the Incarnation of Christ as God-Man, in His Crucifixion and Resurrection, in His Gospel and Commandments, and in the world to come.

(Excerpts from THE FAITH WE HOLD by Archbishop Paul of Finland)




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What do Orthodox Christians Believe?


The Basic Statement of Orthodox Christian Beliefs:

The Nicene Creed


I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible;

And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the Only-begotten, Begotten of the Father before all worlds, Light of Light, Very God of Very God, Begotten, not made; of one essence with the Father, by whom all things were made:

Who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven, and was incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary, and was made man;

And was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate, and suffered and was buried;

And the third day He rose again, according to the scriptures;

And ascended into heaven, and sitteth at the right hand of the Father;

And He shall come again with glory to judge the living and the dead, Whose kingdom shall have no end.

And I believe in the Holy Spirity, the Lord and Giver of Life, Who proceeds from the Father, Who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified, Who spoke by the Prophets;

And I believe in One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church.

I acknowledge one Baptism for the remission of sins.

I look for the Resurrection of the dead, and the Life of the world to come. Amen.


This statement of belief was drawn up at the first two universal or Ecumenical Councils of the Church, at Nicaea in 325 and Constantinople in 381.

Those interested in learning more about Orthodox Christian teachings and about Orthodox Christian positions on contemporary issues may find the following links useful.






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Upcoming feasts and fasts:



During the Bright Week, the week following Great and Holy Pascha (this year 4 April), we do not fast, and the Wednesday and Friday fasts in the other weeks from Pascha to the Feast of the Ascension are lightened with a katalysis for oil and wine (and according to some authorities fish). From Ascension (this year 13 May) through Pentecost (this year 23 May) the Wednesday and Friday fasts are kept according to the usual Lenten rule. During the week following Pentecost, we do not fast.

The Apostles Fast begins on the Monday following All Saints (All Saints, falling on 30 May this year), and is broken on the Feast of SS. Peter and Paul, 29 June. It is observed according to the lighter rule, with a katalysis for fish, oil and wine on Saturdays and Sundays, and for oil and wine on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Some authorities extend the katalysis for fish to Tuesdays and Thursdays, other extend the katalysis for oil and wine to Mondays (though no authority does both).

The detailed listing of major and minor feasts formerly offered in this space can be found in the monthly calendar on the St. Mary Magdalene Mission webpage, and The Cloud of Witnesses.

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This site is authored and maintained by David Yetter dyetter@math.ksu.edu, who serves the St. Mary Magdalene Mission as a lowly subdeacon and Mission Council Secretary. The frames version of the St. Mary Magdalene Mission webpage was produced by Christian Yetter.

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