About this blog

Welcome to the orthodoxkansas.org blog. This blog is authored by the clergy of the Kansas Deanery of the Diocese of Wichita and Mid-America. The administrators hope the blog will be used for both spiritually edifying posts (whether original or from patristic sources) and parish announcements.

The Life of St. John the Damascene by St. Dimitri of Rostov

The Life of St. John the Damascene

St. John of Damascus (Feast Day – December 4)
By St. Dimitri Rostov

Our venerable father John was born in the great city of Damascus in Syria to noble, pious parents whose ardent faith in Christ, tested by temptations, was more precious than gold tried by fire. They lived in perilous [...]

November 3, 2010: The Wonderworking Kursk Root Icon of Our Lady of the Sign to Visit St. George Serbian Orthodox Church, Lexana

The Kansas visitation of the Wonderworking Kursk Root Icon will continue. The following night, Wednesday November 3rd, the Holy Icon will be at St. George Serbian Orthodox Church, 11001 Greenwood St., Lexana, KS. That night the Akathist will begin at 7:00 PM.

November 2, 2010: The Wonderworking Kursk Root Icon of Our Lady of the Sign to Visit St. George Cathedral

THE WONDERWORKING KURSK ROOT ICON of Our Lady of the Sign is again scheduled to visit Wichita. The icon will arrive at St George Cathedral on Tuesday, November 2nd, and the Akathist to the Most Holy Theotokos will be chanted before it beginning at 6:30 PM. All clergy and faithful of the Diocese [...]