Upcoming events at St. Basil’s
TICKETS HERE! Every year we host two fundraising events during Great Lent and Pascha. Ticket prices for each event is: The first event is our annual Fish Meal offered on…
St. Basil Antiochian Orthodox Church is a parish of the Diocese of Witchita and Mid-America in the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America
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“When I was a Protestant, I judged the quality of worship by what it did for me, not what it did to exalt God. The question, “Did I offer to God every obedience that He asked of me today?” almost never entered my mind. Having no specific understanding of how God’s people had always worshiped, I could not have answered it anyway. Rather, I gauged the effectiveness of my worship experience by how inspiring it was for me. Given my rationalism—which is driven by the desire for new information—I couldn’t measure it any other way.![]()
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Liturgical worship is like a refining fire. It never goes out. God shines forth in it, in all His glory. When I come to it, I must yield to the God who is revealed in it. I speak the words He commands. I sing the songs He calls forth. I pray the prayers He enjoins me to pray. What He desires, I must adhere to. What He wants done, I must do. There is no room for concern over myself or my wants. What is this worship, other than an opportunity for me to become like Christ?“![]()
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– Matthew Gallatin