| Welcome to HOLY FAMILY AMERICAN ORTHODOX CHURCH: Hello, I am Father Richard Reed, The Pastor of Saint Gabriel’s Chapel and online bookstore. Soon we will be establishing Holy Family American Orthodox Church/UOCC in the God saved city of Beverly Hills, FL; please contact us if you wish to be a part of this exciting new church and ministry! Our ministry is to the people of God in the saved city of Beverly Hills, Florida and the surrounding areas. Our intention is to establish the parish along with a clothing and food pantry as well as to be able to work with families and veterans that need assistance. To accomplish this goal we are in need of a place to call home; a place centrally located, in a residential and commercial neighborhood, on a main road, and easily assessable to all. It is my desire to administer the Sacraments of the Orthodox Catholic Church, Preach the Gospel and Teach the Word of Jesus Christ. We welcome all of God's people Who WISH TO WORSHIP GOD IN SPIRIT AND IN TRUTH. |
| May our Lord and King bless you in this New Year! Saint Gabriel's Chapel and Bookstore are associated with the Catholic and Orthodox faith and belief. Our Liturgy, history, books, Spiritual life, Holy Mysteries or Sacraments are Orthodox Catholic and we strive to preserve the ancient traditional Liturgy and the Sacraments instituted by Jesus Christ! |
| Learn more about the ATHONITE BENEDICTINE FATHERS Click on the picture above |
| Catacomb Church Program Click above for information |
| Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me! |
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| Our message: The love of Christ urges us on. Orthodox Catholics in America have a rich heritage, ours is not a preservationist movement, keeping old ways only as a "museum piece" or source of nostalgia. We have indeed received the rich treasures of the Orthodox Catholic Faith, and we are moved by God's love through Christ onward to receive Him and His Love manifestly through the Word and Sacrament in our churches, to share that Love with each other as a community of Christians, and to take it into the world, our neighborhoods, and communities, so hungry for the Divine Compassion. And so our message is at once one with the centuries, and one with the present time, that God's Love is so limitless that it reached down from heaven in the Divine Person of Jesus Christ, and is present and available to us all. He is with us in Word and Sacrament, and He seeks a dwelling place in each of our hearts. |
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| Orthodoxy is the True faith taught by Jesus Christ and handed down by the Apostles! In this day an age, we must take a firm stand for our FAMILIES and our CHILDREN. Satan is attacking the Divine institution of the Family, one man and one woman. He is also attacking our children daily, with murder, pornography, greed, and anti-christian lifestyles. Stand with us TODAY as we lift up our families and children in prayer to our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. May God Almighty protect and bless our families and children! |
| Commemorations for the Liturgical Year The Menaion of the Traditional Orthodox Calendar. In use by the ATHONITE BENEDICTINE FATHERS AND THE AMERICAN ORTHODOX CHURCH Please click on the picture of Jesus above |
| NEWS FLASH: Lately we have been accused of being too Traditional; too much in the past -- Well we are Traditionalist and we will stay that way. What has been happening in the 'modern' church today is a SIN! We will not follow down that slippery slope of modernism or ecumenism. We will stay the course, stand in the gap, and follow Jesus! There is no salvation outside the Church -- the Church founded by Jesus Christ -- not the church founded by man. Stand with us in prayer, today, daily! Please beware of wolves in the clothes of Orthodoxy. They are out there! ISOLATION is being enforced. |
| TRADITIONAL ORTHODOXY CAME TO THE WEST DURING THE LIFE OF THE EARLY APOSTLES AND IS ROOTED IN THE ANCIENT TRADITION, YET READY AND ABLE TO MEET THE CHALLENGES OF TODAY. THE ORTHODOX CHURCH IS NOT "EASTERN" OR "WESTERN" IT IS CATHOLIC. THERE IS ONLY ONE CHURCH ESTABlISHED BY CHRIST UPON THE APOSTLES AND THAT CHURCH IS ORTHODOX AND CATHOLIC WITH ALL MEMBERS HAVING THE SAME FAITH, ORDER AND WORSHIP. THE SUCCESSION OF APOSTOLIC TRUTH, TOGETHER WITH UNBROKEN TACTILE SUCCESSION FROM THE APOSTLES IDENTIFIES THE ORTHODOX CHURCH AND GUARANTEES THE GRACE FILLED AND SPIRIT FILLED NATURE OF HER SACRED MYSTERIES. |
| CHRIST IS BORN! INDEED HE IS BORN! |
| UKRAINIAN ORTHODOX CATHOLIC CHURCH A TRADITIONAL WESTERN RITE ORTHODOX CATHOLIC CHURCH ROOTED IN THE ANCIENT TRADITION, YET READY AND ABLE TO MEET THE CHALLENGES OF TODAY. Orthodox -- not Eastern Catholic -- not Roman |
| LETTER OF SAINT ATHANASIUS TO THE CHURCH IN RESISTANCE |
| VESPERS every night at 7 PM. Come and join us! |
| PLEASE PRAY FOR THE ARMED FORCES ESPECIALLY THE ONES WHO ARE IN HARMS WAY TODAY!!! THEY NEED ALL OF OUR PRAYERS FOR PROTECTION, GOD'S GRACE, AND HIS LOVE!! |
"It will be shown that God's holy Church, an
image confirming to its Archetype, does God's
work in us. The men, women, and children
coming into the Church, reborn and recreated
by her in the Spirit, are just about infinite in
number; they are very different from each other
in race and appearance, they are of all
languages, life styles, and ages; there are great
differences in their mentalities, customs, and
interests, their social station, their skills and
their professions; their fortunes, their characters,
and their abilities are all very different, but the
Church confers one and the same divine
character and title equally on all: that they be,
and be called, Christians; the Church bestows
unity in that simple, indivisible relationship
which comes from faith, and does not allow the
many untold differences to stand out, even
though they exist in every one."
St. Maximus the Confessor.
image confirming to its Archetype, does God's
work in us. The men, women, and children
coming into the Church, reborn and recreated
by her in the Spirit, are just about infinite in
number; they are very different from each other
in race and appearance, they are of all
languages, life styles, and ages; there are great
differences in their mentalities, customs, and
interests, their social station, their skills and
their professions; their fortunes, their characters,
and their abilities are all very different, but the
Church confers one and the same divine
character and title equally on all: that they be,
and be called, Christians; the Church bestows
unity in that simple, indivisible relationship
which comes from faith, and does not allow the
many untold differences to stand out, even
though they exist in every one."
St. Maximus the Confessor.
