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Living Faith Posts

September 26, 2023

The Relationship Project engages young adults in the life of the Church: Walking with young adults as they learn about identit...

I've changed jobs recently, so I'm free to write again. Over this period, I've been thinking small, about culture and community ...

Education

Our Story

St. Spyridon Orthodox Church

July 14, 2023

As our community has grown over the years, so many have joined along the way, each contributing to the beauty of our parish. In this video, ...

Reflections

Panaghia's Housing

Giving a Family a Home

April 26, 2023

On March 13, 2023 we visited a family receiving Panaghia’s Housing assistance. We took a volunteer with us to translate to make c...

Reflections

Against all Odds

Panaghia's Pantry Carries On

April 12, 2023

On March 19th a family arrived at Baudis family's home asking if Panaghia’s Pantry would be able to bring food aid to 6 small...

Praxis

Earthquake Assistance

IOCC Relief Efforts in Turkey

February 12, 2023

From IOCC: Upon hearing news of the early-morning earthquake on February 6, 2023, the hearts of IOCC’s staff went out to all thos...

A reflection on serving at the Loveland Community Kitchen... I am an occasional baker and comfortable in the kitchen, but food service is n...

A Reflection on Serving at the Loveland Community Kitchen I try to sleep, but the exhortation, “Woe to the rich” ...

Reflections

Panaghia's Outreach

Expanding with Your Help

October 06, 2022

Expanding our Outreach Recently our Panaghia's Pantry team in Ecuador shared with our PP team here that there was a desperate need to h...

A Panaghia's Pantry Reflection On July 30 we traveled to a different and new Parish to us in part of the Cordillera mountain ra...

Praxis

The Beauty of Forgiveness

God’s Tool for Transformation

March 03, 2022

My brothers and sisters, as I will be out of town for Forgiveness Vespers, I ask for your forgiveness for all the sins and stupid things I h...

Praxis

Support for the Ukraine

IOCC Relief Efforts

March 03, 2022

The parish of St. Spyridon has long partnered with International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC), a pan-Orthodox organization serving co...

Liturgical Year

Great Lent 2022

Ascend Towards the Bridegroom

February 09, 2022

Weekly Services Monday: Great Compline at 4 pm Wednesday: Pre-Sanctified Liturgy at 5:30 pm—followed by community dinner and book st...

Liturgical Year

House Blessings 2022

January 03, 2022

Traditionally at the feast of our Lord's Theophany on January 6th, we bless water which is used to sanctify the homes of all the faithfu...

Education

Stewardship Offering

Time, Talent & Treasure

November 10, 2021

Our Church is so much more than a building. It is where we turn for comfort, support, and healing. It is where we make true Christian friend...

Education

What is Stewardship?

the greatest of these is love

March 14, 2021

Christian Stewardship is... …learning how to be a responsible and concerned caretaker of Christ’s Church; it is learning how t...

With Lent starting this week, I am eagerly awaiting diving into the gift that lent gives us. The peace, the refocusing, and submersing ourse...

Liturgical Year

Lenten Fair

Resources for your journey

February 21, 2021

Great Lent is one of the most special times in the Orthodox Church. To help you engage with all the spiritual tools which the Church offers,...

“Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.” Gal. 6:2 The Myrrhbearers, named after ...

Reflections

How Should We Not Marvel

Mode 3 Dogmatic Theotokion

May 09, 2020

I’ll never forget the weekend of February 2, 2017. A few of us from the parish drove down to the quiet, hidden town of Cañones,...

Reflections

Grace Has Come

Mode 2 Dogmatic Theotokion

May 02, 2020

Repetition is the key to learning. It has been commonly known for generations now that an effective means of applying repetition is to tuck ...

Fr. Maximos Constas, the interim Dean at Helenic College Holy Cross provided this introduction and translated excerpts from the Great Euchol...

Education

A Spiritual Life

Lenten Book Study Videos

March 20, 2020

As our community is adapting to the changes in our gatherings, our parish is finding creative ways to maintain our gatherings using technolo...

Praxis

Church at Home

A Guide for the Laity

March 18, 2020

Fr. Evan shares some practical ways we can all engage in community prayer while being physically dispersed. ...

Sermon Audio

Mercy

In the Face of Coronavirus

March 15, 2020

Listen to Fr. Evan's sermon from today; Sunday, March 15, 2020 as he shares how we as the Church can show mercy in these times of t...

Liturgical Year

Great Lent

Our Journey to Pascha

February 08, 2020

We invite you to join us this Great Lent as you light your lamp and prepare to meet the Bridegroom. We hope to provide you with opportunitie...

Lighting an oil lamp is one of the most ancient Christian practices. From the time of Christ until today Christians have traditionally lit a...

Praxis

Fasting for Healing

November 25, 2019

“For the Healing of Soul and Body: Let us Pray to the Lord” By Bishop THOMAS (Joseph) and Subdeacon David Hyatt “Fasting...

Parish Health

Treasures of Orthodoxy

Conversations with Fr. Evan

November 04, 2019

For more videos, please subscribe to our YouTube channel or check back frequently here on the website. ...

Parish Health

What is a Healthy Parish?

Conversations with Fr. Evan

October 07, 2019

There are four components to a healthy church and two important factors that influence these components. In this first episode of a fou...

Fr. Evan Armatas of Saint Spyridon Orthodox Church in Loveland, Colorado shares a brief teaching on the history and tradition of Koliva and ...

This video is a short excerpt of a special "Teaching Liturgy" with Fr. Evan Armatas of Saint Spyridon Orthodox Church in Loveland,...

Praxis

Preparing for Confession

An excerpt by Fr. Thomas Hopko

February 04, 2019

This excerpt comes from "The Service of Confession with Supplements for Preparation." This booklet prepared by the Greek Orth...

Worship

Windows into Heaven

Our Iconography in Progress

December 20, 2018

Windows into Heaven In the coming months, Leonidas Diamotopoulos and members of his studio will be traveling from Greece and Spain to Color...

In part four of this lenten series, Fr. Evan examines the causes of biblical illiteracy and encourages us to make bible reading a part of ou...

Education

Recommended Lenten Books

Enhancing our Lenten Journey

March 10, 2018

During Lent, there are many different activities that we can do to help us with our spiritual life. Prayer, fasting, almsgiving, and attendi...

Sermon Video

Guest Speaker | Fasting

2018 Lenten Series

March 04, 2018

As a guest speaker in this lenten series, Fr. Thomas Lynch visiting from Saint John the Baptist in Pueblo, CO, speaks to us about Fasting in...

Sermon Video

Part Three | Confession

Lenten Series

February 25, 2018

In part three of this lenten series, Fr. Evan speaks to us about the importance of confession. ...

In part two of this lenten series, Fr. Evan gives us a simple way to understand prayer and what it is using a simple illustration. ...

Praxis

Fasting: A Brief History

(and a Little Science)

February 13, 2018

The further away I get from American Protestantism, the more amazed I am at the things I had missed for so long, many of which were rig...

In part one of this lenten series, Fr. Evan teaches about the one thing the Church has always held on to steadfastly. ...

In this video Fr. Evan concludes the series on Time following the parable of the Prodigal Son. Parts 1, 2, and 3 of the series are available...

Liturgical Year

Saturday of Souls

What is it and How to Prepare

February 02, 2018

Give rest, O Christ, among the Saints to the souls of Your servants, where there is no pain, no sorrow, no grieving, but life everlasting. K...

Sermon Video

Time - Part 4

Blood, Sweat, & Tears

January 28, 2018

In this video Fr. Evan continues the series on Time. Parts 1, 2, and 3 of the series are available in audio at SainSpyridon.church unde...

Sermon Video

Walking Upright in Love

Sunday Sermon

December 10, 2017

Our healing comes through our steady participation in love. In this homily Fr. Evan invites us to walk upright in Love and to experience the...

In this homily Fr. Evan asks us to consider the question, “What will you offer to Christ this Nativity?” Our offering need not be perfec...

In this sermon, Fr. Evan invites us to look into the face of those we come into contact with and to connect with the person; especially thos...

In this week's Sunday Sermon, Fr. Evan encourages us to always refocus on the Kingdom of God when we become distracted by the cares of t...

In this week's Sunday Sermon, Fr. Evan speaks to us about the worries we face each day, the peace that surpasses all understanding, and ...

Reflections

Celebrating the Day of Creation

Pastoral Reflection

September 15, 2017

Each year as we begin the Church’s New Year on September 1st we are asked to consider the gift of Creation. Ecumenical Patriarch ...

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