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Welcome to the OCIC Web site, one of the largest and oldest sites on Orthodox Christianity. Think of the OCIC as a vast online article repository, with over 850 articles and 3,000 printed pages. This site has been online since 1996 and receives over 50,000 visits per month, according to Google Analytics.

*  Commonly called the "Old" Calendar, but properly understood as the traditional and canonical Church Calendar, in use by most Orthodox Christians, if not the majority of Orthodox parishes around the world.
** Commonly called the "New" Calendar, but properly understood as a crude combination of the Gregorian, or Civil, calendar and the traditional Paschalian, which was uncanonically foisted upon the Church by the Pan-Orthodox Congress of 1923. It is in use by the majority of Orthodox churches in America, as well as the Churches of Greece, Romania and a few other historically Orthodox countries. Many of us must live with this unfortunate legacy. Let us pray for the restoration of liturgical unity, i.e., the return of the "New Calendar churches" to the traditional Church Calendar. [ Learn more... ]
 

Recent Additions

Feb 2 / Jan 20, 2013, The Venerable Euthymius the Great (473).

Advice to All Christian Women, But Especially New Brides, by St. Gregory of Nazianzus (“the Theologian”).

Dec 5 / Nov 22, 2012, Afterfeast of the Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos into the Temple.

The Importance of Spiritual Reading, a talk by Fr. Timothy Pavlatos.

What should Orthodox Christians do, when there is no parish nearby?, by Fr. John Whiteford.

Nov 4 / 17, 2012, The Venerable Ioannicius the Great of Bithynia (846).

Three excerpts from an excellent new book entitled Made Perfect in Faith: A Second Volume, by Protopresbyter James Thornton:

The Ten Commandments, with Questions to Help Children Prepare for Confession. Compiled by Patrick Barnes. This is something I used in our 4th Grade Sunday School class, and which you may find helpful for your children.

May 15 / 28, 2012, Afterfeast of the Ascension. Saint Pachomios the Great.

Icons of the Holy Monastery of Karakallou on Mount Athos. This is a beautiful new book produced by Karakallou Monastery.

January 19 / February 1, 2012, Venerable Macarius the Great of Egypt (390).

A Review of The Crazy Side of Orthodoxy, by Charles Shingledecker. Published by Regina Orthodox Press (2011). Reviewed by Patrick Barnes.

The Canons of the Church: Changeable or Unchangeable?, by Nicholas N. Afanasiev.

On Penances and their Use, a short compilation on this important topic.

Excerpts from Greece’s Dostoevsky: The Theological Vision of Alexandros Papadiamandis, by Anestis Keselopoulos. This is a superb new book available from Protecting Veil Press.

Photos of the Consecration of St. Andrew Antiochian Orthodox Church in Riverside, CA, by Patrick Barnes. This newly built church, consecrated on December 3, 2011, is among the most beautiful Orthodox Churches in America.

Video Tour Series of St. Andrew Orthodox Church, by Fr. Josiah Trenham.