 Welcome to St. Mary of Egypt Orthodox ChurchWe are a parish of the Russian Orthodox Church, a part of the worldwide Orthodox Church founded by our Lord Jesus Christ and spread throughout the world by His holy apostles and their successors. The church is located in Roswell, Georgia, and our parishioners come from all parts of the metropolitan Atlanta area and beyond. We welcome visitors from all over the world...more News Updates
Homily on the Day of All Saints - 06/07/26
Archimandrite John (Krestiankin) 00001 00002
St. John of Kronstadt on the Saints - 06/07/26
"God's saints are near to believing hearts and, like the truest and kindest of friends, are ready in a moment to help the faithful and pious who call upon them with faith and love." 00003
Original Sin: Orthodox Doctrine or Heresy? - 06/07/26
Archimandrite Vassilios Papavassiliou 00004
Being Faithful to the Lord: On the Sunday of All Saints - 06/07/26
A Homily by Metropolitan Philaret of Eastern American and New York (+1985)
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First Sunday after Pentecost - 06/07/26
"Whosoever Shall Confess Me Before Men" 00007
The Life of Blessed Xenia of St. Petersburg - 06/06/26
Always compasionate and seeking to help everyone during her earthly pilgrimage, Xenia did not forsake sinful mankind when she left this world 00008 00009
Archimandrite Cyprian (Pyzhov) - 06/06/26
An Unusual Story from the Life of the Main Iconographer of the Russian Diaspora 00010
Venerable Simeon Stylites the Younger of Wonderful Mountain - 06/06/26
Saint Simeon prayed ardently for the Holy Spirit to descend upon him, and the holy prayer of the ascetic was heard. 00011
Eldress Theosemni: a Quiet and Hidden Ascetic - 06/06/26
The life of the beloved Eldress Theosemni is a Synaxarion account of perfection in self-emptying and martyric asceticism in silence and humility 00012 00013
Priest Jonah Atamansky of Odessa - 06/05/26
Saint John of Kronstadt often said to those from the south: "Why have you bothered to come all this way to see me when you have a man of prayer in Father Jonah?" 00014
Abba Dorotheos on Self-Censure - 06/05/26
If you’re not troubled by a particular temptation or sin, it takes no great effort to avoid it. This is hardly a victory over temptation... 00015 00016
Saint Cyprian on the Lord’s Prayer - 05/30/26
"But let our speech and petition when we pray be under discipline, observing quietness and modesty. Let us consider that we are standing in God’s sight." 00017 00018 00019
On Pentecost - 05/30/26
from the Handbook for Church Servers by S. V. Bulgakov, Kharkov, 1900 00020 00021 00022
Abun Mar Elia (Abraham, 1858-1928) of Supurgansk and Urmia - 05/30/26
The Russian Church and Orthodoxy in Persia 00023
The Church's Prayer for the Dead - 05/30/26
The Holy Orthodox Church offers up prayers for all her children who have departed for the land of eternity. 00024
On Holy Tradition - 05/29/26
From The Truth of Our Faith: A Discourse from Holy Scripture on the
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St Brendan the Navigator - 05/29/26
Born about 484 in Kerry, Ireland. His missionary travels took him to the Scottish islands and possibly to unknown lands far to the west. 00026 00027
A Discourse for Those Living in the World - 05/24/26
by Schemamonk Constantine (Cavarnos) 00028
A Grasp on Eternity - 05/24/26
A petition from Laurence Campbell to St John of Shanghai and San Francisco for reception into the Orthodox Church. 00029 00030 00031
Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council - 05/24/26
A sermon by Metropolitan Philaret of Eastern American and New York
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The Mayfield Parish - 05/24/26
Congregationalism and the American Orthodox Experience in the Twentieth Century 00033
The Unknown Mission of Sts. Cyril and Methodius - 05/24/26
Interview with Anatoly Arkadyevich Turilov, Institute of Slavic Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences 00034
The Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council - 05/24/26
From the Explanation of the Gospel of St. John 00035
A clear threat for the future of Holy Trinity Monastery - 05/23/26
Pray for success in the struggle to preserve the Monastery from the intrusion of wind turbines. 00036
St. Athanasius the Seated - 05/23/26
Three hundred and seventy years ago, the Patriarch of Constantinople sat on a stone throne in a Poltava crypt and has not risen since. 00037
Holy Apostle Simon the Zealot - 05/23/26
The Lord Jesus came to his wedding with His Mother and His disciples, and, when the wine ran out, the Lord changed water into wine. 00038
A Letter to Metropolitan Anthony (Khrapovitskii) - 05/23/26
from Archbishop Seraphim (Lukianov) February 17, 1925 00039
“Pray for Me, for the Future of Our Church…” - 05/22/26
On the election of the new Georgian Catholicos-Patriarch Shio III 00040
The Translation of St. Nicholas’ Relics to Bari - 05/22/26
On May 9/22, we celebrate the Translation of the Relics of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker from Myra in Lycia to Bari. 00041
Feast of the Ascension of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ - 05/20/26
The Feast commemorates when, on the fortieth day after His Resurrection, Jesus led His disciples to the Mount of Olives, and after blessing them and asking them to wait for the fulfillment of the promise of the Holy Spirit, He ascended into heaven. 00042 00043
Metropolitan Philaret on the Ascension - 05/20/26
Two sermons for the Feast of the Ascension by Metropolitan Philaret of Eastern America and New York 00044
The Longer Catechism of St. Philaret of Moscow - 05/17/26
An Orthodox Catechism is an instruction in the orthodox Christian faith, to be taught to every Christian, to enable him to please God and save his own soul. 00045
Orthodoxy in the USA - 05/17/26
Its Historical Past and Present 00046
Sunday of the Blind Man - 05/17/26
On Conceit and Humble Mindedness 00047
Gathering Honey From Flowers - 05/17/26
The Fathers on Secular Learning 00048
Sunday of the Blindman and of Those who assert that they can see - 05/17/26
Elder Cleopa on Spiritual Blindness and
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On the life of Hierodeacon Ephraim, elder of Glinsk Hermitage - 05/17/26
“The whole secret to salvation is humility, but very few understand it”. 00050
Sunday of the Blind Man - 05/17/26
From the Explanation of the Gospel of St. John 00051 00052
The Life of Ivan M. Andreyev - 05/16/26
On December 30, 1976, reposed an outstanding churchman and statesman, doctor of psychiatry, pedagogue, lecturer, publicist and author. 00053
It's Impossible to Solve Problems without God - 05/16/26
Schema-Archimandrite Iliy (Nozdrin) (+2025) 00054
Church Life During the Soviet Period - 05/16/26
A Russian historian of the Church life in the Twentieth Century explains survival mechanisms during the Soviet persecutions 00055
St. Athanasius of Alexandria - 05/15/26
His Life, Work, and Thought 00056
What is Orthodoxy? - 05/15/26
by Archbishop Averky of Syracuse and Holy Trinity Monastery 00057 00058 |
 Friday, 30 May / 12 June Venerable Isaac of the Dalmatian Monastery 3:00PM- Vespers/ Matins/ 1st Hour  Fasting discipline varies from one Orthodox jurisdiction to the next. Our church calendar should be consulted for the fasting discipline of our parish.
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