Parousia Press, Tulsa, OK (2025)

04/04/2025

We have been praying about the direction of our business, and the signs have become clear: it is time for us to step away from Parousia Press. We love you all and are thankful for the community we have been able to create in our little corner of the internet. It is possible that we might be able to pick things up again one day, when our children and parish don't need us as fervently, but that day is not today.

What this news means for you is that we will be closing the shop for new orders on May 1. Our resource posts will still be available through the month of May, so please check them out and save anything you find valuable.

We love you all and thank you so much for supporting us over the years. Feel free to leave us any questions or comments. May the rest of your Lenten efforts be profitable and may God bless you all!

04/01/2025

What's happening in the Orthodox Church in April! If you would like a more detailed outline delivered to your mailbox, sign up for our email newsletter at the link in our bio (or below)!

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03/18/2025

𝘏𝘢𝘪𝘭, 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘦: 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯. 🌼

This week, we prepare to celebrate the feast of the Annunciation on March 25 (April 7 on the Old Calendar). The feast falls precisely nine months before the Nativity of Our Lord, the perfection of His birth shown in dates as well as in the humble and God-pleasing way that His mother accepted the Lord’s will: "Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word."

Check out our collection of resources to prepare your little church to observe this special day on the calendar at the link in our bio!

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03/13/2025

A perpetual calendar to keep track of all of the special dates in your year, all in one place! These make wonderful gifts, especially for newlyweds or housewarmings.

This twelve-month calendar features two lines for each date, and each month highlights a quote from a beloved saint to provide you with meaningful reflection as you prepare cards and gifts for your dear ones. When you get to the end, just flip back to the beginning and start celebrating all over again with this everlasting record for namedays, birthdays, anniversaries, and special occasions!

Click the link in our bio or below to order one (or a few to keep on hand when you need a gift).

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03/11/2025

𝙰𝚕𝚕 𝙾𝚛𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚍𝚘𝚡, 𝙰𝚕𝚕 𝚈𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝙻𝚘𝚗𝚐 🗓

It isn't too late to use ten months of The Little Church Planner! Made by Orthodox people for Orthodox people, this planner helps us to make our “little churches” places of prayer and worship every day by denoting Eastern Orthodox festal and fasting periods, as well as listing feasts, saints and scripture readings for each day.

Also included is space to record names for intercession, plan meals, and make notes. There are planners for the great fasts of Lent and Nativity; festal planners for Holy Week, Thanksgiving, and Nativity; monthly dashboards for planning goals and tracking habits; and a yearly view with feasts, holidays, and fasting periods for all of 2023. The travel-sized hardcover is available in New and Old Calendar versions, and the desk-size spiral planner is available.

Click the link in our bio or below to order your Orthodox planner today!

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03/10/2025

There is still time to order your Figs from Thistles, our special planner and devotional for the Lenten season!

Covering the Triodion through Pascha, we have prepared a dated companion for the entire season. 💖 Plan meals, almsgiving, intercessions, and even your Paschal feast, then move into weekly studies on each Sunday and feast of the Great Fast. Each week includes a synopsis of the week and its thematic elements, the text of the readings, the hymns, and a set of questions for reflection and discussion.⁠
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And! We have also included a set of forty Lenten Focus Cards based on the three pillars of the Lenten season: prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. Each day you can choose a prompt to help you focus your ascetic energies in a specific direction.⁠
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Available in print and PDF at the link in our bio and below!

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03/07/2025

𝕀𝕗 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕟𝕖𝕨 𝕥𝕠 𝕆𝕣𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕕𝕠𝕩 𝕕𝕚𝕖𝕥𝕒𝕣𝕪 𝕗𝕒𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘, 𝕨𝕖 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕙𝕖𝕝𝕡!

As with all fasting seasons, we are preparing to engage with the three pillars of prayer, asceticism, and almsgiving as we enter the period known as Great Lent. Though abstaining from meat and dairy for forty days is the best-known facet of Christian fasting, it is just one portion of our larger aim: to still our tongues and judgmental thoughts in order to turn our hearts to the task of our own repentance.

But that dietary fast IS important! We have a nice long list of resources to help get you through the dietary alterations of the lenten seasons, from cookbooks and online recipes to guidance on fasting with young children. Whether you are brand new to fasting or just want a little bit of inspiration as we begin the fast, you can find it at the link in our bio.⁠

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03/06/2025

Figs from Thistles is our lovely Lenten Planner and Study Companion, available printed or as a PDF to print at home (pictured).

But what do we mean by "Study Companion"? So glad you asked!⁠
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Each weekly study includes an overview of the day, the assigned Epistle and Gospel reading text (KJV), the troparia and kontakia, and questions for reflection. Most of the studies are weekly, based on each Sunday of the Triodion and Lent, but we have also included other important days. ⁠
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Studies are included for: Publican & Pharisee, Prodigal Son, Last Judgment, Forgiveness Sunday, Sunday of Orthodoxy, Sunday of St. Gregory Palamas, Annunciation, Sunday of the Veneration of the Cross, Sunday of St. John Climacus, Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt, Lazarus Saturday, Palm Sunday, Bridegroom Matins & Holy Unction, Holy Thursday, Holy Friday, Holy Saturday, and Pascha.⁠
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Click the link in our bio to order or download yours today and immerse yourself in the Lenten season as it happens.

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03/04/2025

𝙷𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚌𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚕𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝙻𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚜⁠🕯
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The Figs from Thistles candle is a a simple, beautiful way to observe each day of the Lenten season with intention. These all-natural, dye-free soy wax candles are available in a gorgeous lemon verbena or Bohemian rose scent, as well as unscented. The label includes all forty days of Lent plus the days of Holy Week, so you can engage with each day as the season progresses. ⁠
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These also make wonderful gifts for family, godfamily, and friends (with free shipping!), as well as coordinating with our Figs from Thistles Lenten Planner. Order now at the link in our bio to have yours ready to burn on Clean Monday!⁠

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03/03/2025

What is the easiest way to live in sync with the church calendar? Sign up for our mailing list!

Subscribers to our email newsletter receive a monthly digest of news and reminders about what is happening each month as we move through the seasons of the liturgical year.

Plus you also have access to a permanent library of freebies to help you along in your spiritual and temporal life. We offer something new each season, and for this one we have some lovely printable prayers and intercession lists, perfect to add to your icon corner or prayer journal, or really anywhere you could use some prayerful strength during the day.⁠
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Click the link in our bio or below to join our newsletter and get access to a monthly digest of liturgical info and get your password to the freebie library immediately!

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03/01/2025

What's happening in the Orthodox Church in March! If you would like a more detailed outline delivered to your mailbox, sign up for our email newsletter at the link in our bio (or below)!

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02/28/2025

“The fear of the Lord is a fruitful garden, and covers him above all glory.” —Wisdom of Sirach 40:27

We have a gardening planner that integrates gardening and the liturgical year! The Sower is a garden planner for people living on Orthodox time and includes everything you need to support your family with home-grown food, no matter the size of your garden. We have specific notes to walk you through the stages of planning, prepping, seed starting, growing, harvesting, and even preserving—while still allowing enough flexibility for all the many ways we garden. Order one at the link in our bio or below for the gardener(s) on your list today!

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