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
The Dual Feast of St. Basil the Great and the Circumcision of Christ - 01/13/25
On the eighth day after His Nativity, our Lord Jesus Christ was circumcised in accordance with the Old Testament Law. 00001 00002
Nativity Message of St. John Maximovitch - 01/06/25
1954 Christmas Message to the West European and East Asian Flock 00003
Christmas Letter from Elder Ambrose of Optina - 01/06/25
For Christmas of 1870 the Elder wrote to his spiritual children about the lofty meaning of the Incarnation
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Nativity Epistle - 01/06/25
His Eminence Metropolitan Nicholas of Eastern America and New York, First Hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad 00006 00007
The Sunday Before the Nativity - 01/05/25
Epistle and Gospel readings with commentary 00008
The Incarnation and Humility - 01/05/25
A treatise by Holy Hieromartyr Hilarion (Troitsky) 00009 00010
The Nativity of Christ is At Hand - 01/04/25
St. John of Kronstadt 00011
The Great Martyr Anastasia the "Deliverer from Potions" - 01/04/25
Clothing herself in the garb of a beggar she fed, doctored and often ransomed captives who were suffering for their faith in Christ. 00012
“You Have to Have that Community” - 01/04/25
An interview with Matushka Maria Kotar who together with her husband Archpriest Serge founded St. John’s Orthodox Academy in San Francisco. 00013
Concerning Thoughts by Saint Nikodemos the Hagiorite - 01/04/25
St. Isaac says: “By the mind we improve, and by the mind we become unprofitable, hence the one who today has good thoughts may very well have evil ones tomorrow" 00014 00015
The Sunday of the Holy Forefathers / Parable of the Great Supper - 12/29/24
by Fr. Seraphim Holland 00016 00017
Sunday of the Holy Forefathers of Christ - 12/29/24
This Sunday commemorates all the ancestors of Christ - the holy patriarchs from Adam to Joseph the Betrothed; together with the holy prophets - from Samuel to John the Baptist, and all those in the Old Testament who were righteous in the faith of the coming of the Messiah. 00018
The Parable of the Supper - 12/29/24
Luke 14:16-24 00019 00020
A Man Who Did Not Compromise with Sin - 12/28/24
Sermon on the Feast of Holy Hieromartyr Hilarion (Troitsky), Archbishop of Verea 00021 00022
Archival Sources for Church History - 12/28/24
A curated collection of scholarly resources for historians of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad 00023
The visit of the relics of St John of Shanghai and San Francisco to Europe - 12/28/24
November 9-17 this year St. John not only spiritually, but also bodily, in his relics, visited Poland, Switzerland and France. 00024
Saint Herman of Alaska - 12/25/24
He came to America as a young monk in 1794 as part of the original Russian Orthodox mission to Alaska. He lived there until his repose, and for more than four decades taught the natives by word and example. 00025 00026 00027 00028
My Orthodox Reading List - 12/22/24
Jonathan Dunne is an English Orthodox Christian living in Sofia, Bulgaria; his wife is the Bulgarian poet, Tsvetanka Elenkova. 00029
The Conception by St. Anna of the Most Holy Theotokos - 12/22/24
An angel of the Lord announced that they would be the parents of a daughter, Who would bring blessings to the whole human race 00030
The Healing of the Ten Lepers - 12/22/24
Luke 17:12-19 00031 00032
Abbess Ekaterina's Last Communion - 12/21/24
Passed down orally in the family of Archpriest Pavel Ilarionovich Milovanov (1923-1991), rector of the St. Nicholas Cathedral in the city of Alma-Ata, and father confessor of the Kazakhstan metropolia. 00033 00034
The Life of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker - 12/19/24
The truth of thy deeds hath revealed thee to thy flock as a canon of faith, an icon of meekness, and a teacher of abstinence
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Will We Hear the Call of God? - 12/15/24
Homily on Luke 18:22–27 by Archpriest Alexander Shargunov 00036
An Orthodox View on the Meaning of UFO Sightings - 12/15/24
“The UFO phenomenon is a sign to Orthodox Christians to walk all the more cautiously" 00037 00038
Monastery in Russia offers Church services in English - 12/15/24
People attending Sunday morning services at Holy Trinity-St. Sergius Varnitsky Monastery have a choice of languages 00039
Sell All That Thou Hast - 12/15/24
Luke 18:18-27 00040
On Holy Communion, the Purifying Treasure - 12/14/24
Collected by St. Nicodemus of the Holy Mountain 00041
"Every City and Village Needs a Church, and ROCOR is the Best one to Supply That” - 12/14/24
An interview with Archimandrite John (Townsend) |
Tuesday, 1 / 14 January CIRCUMCISION OF CHRIST 8:00AM- Midnight Office 8:40AM- 3rd/6th Hours 9:00AM- Divine Liturgy of St. Basil 3:00PM- 9th Hour/Vespers/Matins/1st Hour Wednesday, 2 / 15 January St. Seraphim of Sarov 8:00AM- Midnight Office 8:40AM- 3rd/6th Hours 9:00AM- Divine Liturgy 3:00PM- 9th Hour/Vespers/Compline Thursday, 3 / 16 January Holy Prophet Malachi/Holy Martyr Gordius Silence Day 
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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