Nina (better known in Georgia as Nino), our holy Mother, and her missions among the Georgians, also known as the Iberians, were foretold on the day of Pentecost. This land today is situated in western Transcaucasia, bounded by the Black Sea, Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Turkey. According to Georgian tradition, the holy Apostle Andrew, the First-called and Apostle first preached Christianity in those parts, leaving as his successor Saint Nina.

Every year the parish conducts elections for the new members of the parish council and every year following the ratification of the elections by His Eminence Metropolitan Nathanael the new members of the parish council take the oath of office before God and fellow parishioners.

Prayer is a universal, spiritual phenomenon, the fundamental and inseparable element of every religion and every personal piety. As such, prayer has appeared in the history of mankind with an astonishing multiplicity of forms and expressions that range from the most crude and primitive to the most spiritually sublime. The tradition of the Holy Bible and of Orthodox Christianity provides an extraordinary perspective from which to see not only the nature and meaning of prayer but also its concrete expression in practice. The basic presupposition of any real and true spiritual prayer is the belief in the existence of the Living God. The believer not only believes that the Infinite and invisible God exists, but that He also reveals Himself to people.

Fanari Camp is a ministry of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Chicago and offers the youth of the Metropolis entering their 6th grade school year through their 12th grace school year the ability to share their common faith and heritage through its many sessions and activities.

O Come, let us Worship and bow down before our King and God. O Come, let us Worship and bow down before Christ, our King, and God. O Come, let us Worship and bow down to Christ Himself, our King and God.

"The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly" (St. John 10:10).

We are already nine days in the New Year and we are blessed with new opportunities to express our gratitude to our Creator and to our Holy Orthodox Church.