 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
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"I cannot Manage My own self; Grant me the spirit of repentance" - 03/07/26
from "A Spiritual Psalter" BY St. Ephraim the Syrian 00002 00003
Saint Polycarp, the Friend of the Apostles - 03/07/26
An account written by Eusebius in his Ecclesiastical History 00004
An Explanation of the Prayer of St. Ephraim the Syrian - 03/07/26
by St. Luke, Archbishop of Crimea 00005
Sermon on the Sunday of St. Gregory Palamas - 03/07/26
by Archbishop Chrysostomos of Etna 00006
Second Sunday of Lent - 03/07/26
From The Explanation of the Gospel of St. Mark 00007 
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Archbishop Vitaly Maximenko (1873–1960) - 03/07/26
On the Revival of the Printshop of St Job of Pochaev During the Interwar Period 00009 00010
The Church's Prayer for the Dead - 03/07/26
The Holy Orthodox Church, like a concerned mother, daily, at every divine service, offers up prayers for all her children who have departed for the land of eternity. 00011
A Word to the Youth - 03/06/26
A Sermon of Saint John of Shanghai and San Francisco 00012
Orthodox Christians in North America 1000 Years Ago - 03/06/26
The first European to set foot on the New World was an Orthodox Christian, some five hundred years before Christopher Columbus
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Urgent Appeal from Fr. Roman in Jerusalem - 03/06/26
Archimandrite Roman (Krassovsky), Chief of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem (ROCOR) 00014
The Sunday of Orthodoxy - 03/01/26
Synaxarion of the Lenten Triodion and Pentecostarion
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The Prayer Rope - 03/01/26
The first mention of knotted prayer ropes appears in the Life of Saint Pachomius the Great (+348). 00017 00018
Recollections of the Triumph of Orthodoxy in Moscow, 1914 - 03/01/26
Johann von Gardner (+1984) 00019
Bishop Amphilokhy (Vakulsky) of Alaska +1933 - 03/01/26
Biography of a little known Russian Bishop who ministered in Alaska in the early 20ths century 00020
Sunday of Orthodoxy - 03/01/26
John 1: 43-51 00021 00022
The Joy of Great Lent - 02/28/26
A talk by Fr Josiah Trenham given March 11,2021 via Zoom for the congregants and guests of St. Mary of Egypt
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Saturday of the First Week - the Sweetness of Boiled Wheat - 02/28/26
On the Saturday of the first week of Great Lent, we commemorate an event which occurred in the year 356—a miracle of Great Martyr Theodore the Tyro ("the Recruit"). 00024 00025
Joint Statement of OCA, ROCOR Commissions 2010 - 02/28/26
Relations between the Orthodox Church in America and the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia 00026
On the Banishment and Repentance of Adam and Every Christian - 02/22/26
St. Symeon the New Theologian 00027
Resentment and Forgiveness - 02/22/26
A talk by Hieromonk Damascene
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The Who’s Who of The Great Canon of St. Andrew of Crete - 02/22/26
A compendium by Protodeacon James Hughes 00029
On Revelation and Humility - 02/22/26
Sermon on the Eve of Great Lent by Bishop Luke of Syracuse 00030
The Meaning of the Great Fast - 02/22/26
From the introductory material in the Lenten Triodion 00031
Homily on Cheesefare Sunday - 02/22/26
by St. Tikhon (Bellavin) in 1901 Then Bishop of Alaska and the Aleutian Islands 00032
The Theology of the Icon: Image and Likeness - 02/22/26
Father Deacon Ananias’s paper delivered at the 2024 Orthodox MontaNIKA conference 00033
God Will Not Accept Repentance Without Love - 02/22/26
A Sermon on Forgiveness Sunday 00034
Forgiveness Sunday - 02/22/26
Matthew 6:14-21 00035
“Great Lent is a Time of Intensified Work On Yourself” - 02/21/26
Metropolitan Onuphry of Kiev and All Ukraine 00036
An Introduction to the Spiritual Life - 02/21/26
A Letter from Fr. Seraphim Rose to Nina Kojevnikov 00037 00038 00039
The Conditions of True Christian Fasting - 02/20/26
Archpriest Valentine Amphiteatrov (+1908) 00040 00041
There is only one way to reach salvation and life eternal - 02/15/26
A sermon for the Sunday of the Great Judgment
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Practical Tips for Orthodox Living - 02/15/26
"If there is anything that you realize that you do not know; seek to find out. Lose no opportunity to learn."
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Meatfare Sunday - The Last Judgment - 02/15/26
Matthew 25:31-46 00046
The Meeting of Our Lord - 02/15/26
The fortieth day after His birth, the All-Holy Virgin brought her Divine Son into the Temple of Jerusalem, in accordance with the Law 00047
The fight Against Orthodoxy - 02/14/26
Why do authorities use national security as a pretext to destroy the Church? 00048
Homily on the Eve of the Sunday of Dread Judgment - 02/14/26
By Metropolitan Philaret of Eastern American and New York (+1985) 00049
The Three Principles of Orthodox Spirituality: The Path to Prayer - 02/14/26
by Metropolitan Jonah (Paffhausen) 00050
Saint Brigid of Kildare, Ireland - 02/14/26
Brigid saw the beauty and goodness of God in all His creation. Her chief virtue lay in her gentleness, in her compassion, and in her happy and devoted nature. 00051
Saint Nikitas of the Kiev Caves and Bishop of Novgorod - 02/13/26
A soul zealous to ascend the ladder of perfection is indeed worthy of praise. Zeal, however, must be accompanied by a profound sobriety and humility, else the soul will fall into a pit of vainglory. 00052
Abbess Magdalena and Her Convent - 02/13/26
Countess Maria Vladimirovna Orlova-Davydova dreamed of building a Christian community 00053
Bishop Spyridon of Toronto - 02/13/26
On Thursday, February 12, the Feast of the Three Holy Hierarchs, Archimandrite Spyridon (Gusakov) was consecrated as Bishop of Toronto, vicar of the Canadian Diocese. 00054
Orthodox Kenya - 02/09/26
On Sunday, February 8th, Saint Mary of Egypt Orthodox Mission in Kenya, celebrated the baptism of 33 converts into the Faith. 00055 00056
A Mother’s Notes - 02/08/26
St. John Chrysostom on the Family and the Upbringing of Children 00057
The Holy New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia - 02/08/26
Sermon by Archbishop Mark of Berlin on the feast day in 2001 00058 00059
The New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia - 02/08/26
Lives of some of the Orthodox Faithful who suffered during the Soviet period (1917 to 1991) for their faith. 00060
Sunday of the Prodigal Son - 02/08/26
Luke 15:11-32 |
 Sunday, 23 February / 8 March 2nd Sunday of Lent/Synaxis of the Saints of the Kiev Caves 9:00AM- Midnight Office 9:40AM- 3rd/6th Hours 10:00AM- Divine Liturgy of St. Basil 3:00PM- 9th Hour/Vespers/ Compline Monday, 24 February / 9 March 1st and 2nd Findings of the Precious Head of the Forerunner 3:00PM- 9th Hour/ Vespers Tuesday, 25 February / 10 March St. Tarasius 3:30PM- Matins/ 1st Hour 7:00PM- Compline  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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