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The year was 1913. The population of the United States of America was 92,228,495 and Woodrow Wilson was serving his first term as President. The population of West Virginia was 1,221,119 and the governor was Henry Drury Hatfield who would serve until 1917. The population of Wheeling was 41,641 and the Mayor was Harvey L. Kirk. Wheeling was a thriving center with a prosperous economy.

The Ladies Philoptochos Society of St. John the Divine of Wheeling is sponsoring a Holiday Bake Sale.

Orders may be placed by calling Goldie Basil at 304-394-5861 or Lesa Vasiliou-Tustin at 412-217-1648. Deadline for orders is Nov. 13.

All orders must be prepaid and may be picked up on Dec. 7 between 11am and 2:00 pm.

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Online Chapel
Read today's prescribed Epistle and Gospel passages and learn about the saints commemorated by the Church on this day

Orthodox Calendar
Our online calendar listing the major saints, feasts, and fasting periods in the Orthodox Church for this month

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Iconograms
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On His Birth

Christ is Born!

Many historians both secular and Church history reflect on the fact that the Incarnation of our Lord and God and Savior Jesus Christ happened at just the right time. It was the time of the Pax Romana, when the world was at relative peace, a system of roads and transportation, two common languages for trade and commerce and an interest in monotheism. Everything that God arranges, He arranges for our maximal benefit. The time of salvation is the "today" of which we speak in the hymns of the feast. ("Today the Virgin comes to the cave ... Today is the beginning of our salvation ... Today is the day of Resurrection ...")Today is the time to prepare our cave (our soul) and make it ready to receive the holy Child. Today is the day to do good deeds and bring peace to one another. Today is the moment to be together with the shepherds and the angels glorifying God.

Glorify Him!

Fr. Eugen Rosu

Saint Spotlight
St. Alexis Toth Confessor & Defender of Orthodoxy in America
Commemorated on May 7

Our holy Father Alexis, the defender of the Orthodox Faith and zealous worker in the Lord's vineyard, was born in Austro-Hungary on March 18, 1854..... (more)

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