SSCORRE! Saint Sophia Cathedral Online Resources for our Religious Edification Topic of the Week – Confessing and Passing Down the Orthodox Faith   “We are all responsible for the Church, and not only the bishops, for the Church is not someone else’s private property… and the faithful people have for centuries been generally recognized as the guardians of Orthodoxy.” Archpriest Theodore Zisis How are we, the faithful, as the guardians of Orthodoxy, responsible for the Church? “…We stand

SSCORRE! Saint Sophia Cathedral Online Resources for our Religious Edification Topic of the Week –  Persevering Through Temptations During Lent   “Entering the second week of Lent, have you noticed temptations increasing?… The Evangelist Matthew writes: “Christ fasted forty days and forty nights and then was hungry. And the tempter came to Him….” The tempter came to Christ when He was hungry. Thus, hunger attracts him, but hunger is eventually what defeats him, when, of course,