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
Should We Ever be Silent on the Matters of Faith? - 12/07/25
Lessons from the Life of St. Maximus the Confessor 00001
Sorrowful Epistles by Metropolitan Philaret - 12/07/25
Protodeacon Andrei Psarev presents the context of these important documents 00002
Holy Great Martyr Catherine - 12/07/25
St Catherine firmly confessed her fidelity to Christ, and with a prayer to Him she herself lay her head on the block beneath the executioner's sword. 00003 00004
Great Martyr Mercurius of Caesarea - 12/07/25
The Most Holy Theotokos, through the prayers of Saint Basil, had sent Saint Mercurius to defend the Christians from the apostate Julian. 00005
On Holy Communion, the Purifying Treasure - 12/07/25
Collected by St. Nicodemus of the Holy Mountain - 00006
Martyr Mercurius of Smolensk - 12/07/25
Placing all his trust in God, the lone soldier threw himself against the Tatar host crying 'Most Holy Mother of God, help me!' 00007
The Healing of the Woman with a Spirit of Infirmity - 12/07/25
Luke 13:10-17 00008 00009
St. Alexander Nevsky - 12/06/25
The life of Aleksandr Nevskii as recorded in a 16th century manuscript. The manuscript is currently housed at the Saltykov-Schedrin 00010
The Old Calendar Movement in Greece - 12/06/25
An Historical Survey 00011
The Blind Saint Who Could See Everything - 12/06/25
A video presentation on St. Matrona of Moscow 00012
American Orthodoxy under attack - 12/06/25
The Orthodox Church is hated because it refuses to worship the spirit of the age. 00013
The House of God - 12/03/25
Homily on the Entry of the Theotokos into the Temple 00014
The Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple - 12/03/25
A homily by St. Gregory Palamas 00015
The Veneration of the Theotokos according to the Bible - 12/03/25
by Archimandrite Cleopa 00016
On the Kinetic Energy of Love: An Essay on Icons - 12/03/25
by Dr. John Amir Azarvan 00017
The Inner Work of the Spiritual Life - 11/30/25
Metropolitan Jonah’s paper and talk from the Orthodox MontaNIKA Conference 2024 00018
The Foolish Rich Man - 11/30/25
St. Luke, Archbishop of Simferopol and all Crimea 00019
Family: How to Start One and How to Keep it Safe - 11/30/25
by Priest David Proskuryakov 00020
What is the Meaning of Life? - 11/30/25
A homily on the foolish rich man by Bishop Mitrophan (Znosko-Borovsky) of Boston (+2002) 00021
St. Hilda, Abbess of Whitby - 11/30/25
The fame of St. Hilda's wisdom was so great that from far and near monks and even royal personages came to consult her 00022
The Rich Man - 11/30/25
Luke 12:16-21 From The Explanation of the Gospel of St. Luke 00023 00024
"My brother, they are killing me!" - 11/29/25
Golgotha and miracles of St Philoumenos 00025
St. Ephraim the Syrian on Christ's Divine and Human Natures - 11/29/25
"If he was not God and man, our salvation is a lie, and the words of the Prophets are lies. But the Prophets spoke the truth, and their testimonies were not lies." 00026
A Christian's Entire Life Should be Divine Worship - 11/29/25
One of Fr. Daniel Sysoev’s Last Interviews 00027
Saint Matthew the Evangelist - 11/29/25
Matthew was a benevolent man who loved Christ and wanted to be His disciple. He was ready to follow Him, which is why he responded immediately to the call of Christ. 00028
Learn Russian Church History - 11/29/25
Protodeacon Andrei Psarev is now accepting new students into his online Russian Church History course 00029
On the Nativity Fast – the Preparation of the Soul - 11/28/25
Bishop Irenei of London and Western Europe 00030
Homily on Thanksgiving - 11/26/25
by St. Basil the Great Rejoice evermore, Pray without ceasing, In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. 00031 00032
True Orthodoxy in an Age of Apostasy - 11/23/25
Fr. Seraphim Rose 00033
Understanding Our Church Calendar - 11/23/25
Protopriest Boris Molchanov 00034
Go, and Do Thou Likewise - 11/23/25
Archimandrite John Krestiankin (+2006) on the Good Samaritan 00035
A Scattered Life and an Attentive Life - 11/23/25
Excerpted from The Field: Cultivating Salvation [The Collected Works of St Ignatius (Brianchaninov), Volume 1]
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The Parable of the Good Samaritan - 11/23/25
Luke 10:25-37 00037
Prayer at Daybreak - 11/23/25
Elder Sophrony (+1993) gave this prayer to his spiritual children. Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos writes, ‘If someone reads this prayer in the morning with contrition and attention, the whole day will be blessed.’ 00038
What Does It Take for Us to Have a Heart for God? - 11/22/25
Archpriest John Moses (+2019) 00039
On the Death of Joseph (Jose) Munoz-Cortes - 11/22/25
At the end of October 1997, a terrible event took place that shook the whole Orthodox world 00040
Divine Thunder and Spiritual Trumpet - 11/22/25
On November 22 the Holy Church honors the memory of St. Nektarios of Aegina 00041
The Good Samaritan against digital noise - 11/22/25
The road to Jericho is your social-media feed, and the robbers are your gadgets by Archpriest Serhiy Uspensky 00042
Statement of Metropolitan Nicholas - 11/22/25
On Recent Meetings held in Washington, DC 00043
Synaxis of the Archangels Michael and Gabriel and the Other Bodiless Powers - 11/21/25
Michael, Archangel of God, standing at the head of the angels before the everlasting Trinity, advocate and preserver of mankind 00044 00045
Homily on Jairus' Daughter and the Woman With an Issue of Blood - 11/16/25
by St. John Chrysostom 00046
Saint Winifred and her Holy Spring - 11/16/25
St. Winifred, whose name in her own language was Gwenfrewi, was born in North Wales in the early seventh century, when Christendom was still whole, and many great saints were living in the British Isles. 00047
Jairus' Daughter and the Woman With an Issue of Blood - 11/16/25
Luke 8:41-56 00048 00049
Saint Nestor the Martyr - 11/09/25
In the time of the suffering of St. Demetrios the Myrrhgusher, there was a young man of Thessalonica, Nestor, who learned the Christian Faith from St. Demetrios himself. 00050
The Legion of Demons and Herd of Swine - 11/09/25
Luke 8:26-39 |
Tuesday, 26 November / 9 December Venerable Alypius the Stylite 3:00PM- 9th Hour/ Vespers/ Matins/ 1st Hour Wednesday, 27 November / 10 December Kursk-root Icon of the Mother of God 8:00AM- Midnight Office 8:40AM- 3rd/ 6th Hours 9:00AM- Divine Liturgy Thursday, 28 November / 11 December Monk-martyr Stephen the New No services 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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