Anglican Orthodox Church Worldwide Communion Saint John - Apostle and Evangelist superseding the First Sunday after Christmas Sunday Report Today was the celebration of Saint John the Apostle and Evangelist, which superseded the First Sunday after Christmas. John (6 – 100 AD) was one of the Twelve Apostles, the son of Zebedee and Salome. He [...]
Anglican Orthodox Church Worldwide Communion Christmas Day Sunday Report Anglican Orthodox Church OFFICE OF THE PRESIDING BISHOP PO Box 128 Statesville, NC 28687 25 December 2020, Anno Domini The season of love and peace comes with unbroken regularity year after year, and we are blessed by the warmth of the Spirit that overflows from [...]
19 This spake he, signifying by what death he should glorify God. And when he had spoken this, he saith unto him, Follow me. 20 Then Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple whom Jesus loved following; which also leaned on his breast at supper, and said, Lord, which is he that betrayeth thee? 21 Peter [...]
Anglican Orthodox Church OFFICE OF THE PRESIDING BISHOP PO Box 128 Statesville, N.C. 28687 Phone: (704)873-8365 • Email: aoc.worldwide@gmail.com website: aocinternational.org December 25, 2020Anno Domini – Bishop’s Christmas Letter The season of love and peace comes with unbroken regularity year after year, and we are blessed by the warmth of the Spirit that overflows from [...]
A Hymn Devotion for 22 December 2020 Anno Domini, the Anglican Orthodox Communion Worldwide 1 And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Cæsar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. 2 (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.) 3 And all [...]
Anglican Orthodox Church Worldwide Communion Fourth Sunday in Advent Sunday Report Sunday was the Fourth Sunday in Advent, the period including the four Sundays before Christmas; the first Sunday of which is always the nearest Sunday to the feast of St. Andrew (30 November). Advent is a season of preparation and penitence. We prepare ourselves [...]
“St. Luke 3:1-17 “Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene, Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of [...]
A Devotion for 18 December 2020 Anno Domini, the Anglican Orthodox Communion Worldwide 27 King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that thou believest. 28 Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian. 29 And Paul said, I would to God, that not only thou, but also all that [...]
A Devotion for 17 December 2020 Anno Domini, the Anglican Orthodox Communion Worldwide 9 And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: 10 Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. 11 The Pharisee stood [...]
A Hymn Devotion for 15 December Ides 2020 Anno domini, the Anglican Orthodox Communion Worldwide 8 Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing: for they shall see eye to eye, when the LORD shall bring again Zion. 9 ¶ Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places [...]