"This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased" (Matthew 3:17). This verse is from the Gospel of Matthew, one of the three synoptic Gospels in the New Testament of the Bible, and is about the ...

Eternal Father, who at the baptism of Jesus revealed him to be your Son, anointing him with the Holy Spirit: grant to us, who are born again by water and the Spirit, that we may be faithful to our ...

5. Mission. Along with Baptism, I was given a mission, and I’m not the only one. All of the Baptized have been given the mission to spread the Good News of Jesus Christ to the ends of the earth ...

IN THE Orthodox Church calendar, the Baptism of Christ is the central focus of Epiphany. Jesus’s baptism is the occasion of a second, and more dramatic, manifestation (epiphaneia) of his glory. Like ...