August 20, 2018 91 0 6 Things You Can Learn for 20 years of Being Orthodox Christian Today marks the 20th anniversary of my reception into the one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church — the Orthodox Church. I was just 22…
August 20, 2018 447 0 The Rights of an Orthodox Priest I’m finally home from my running around all summer. It feels good to be (mostly) home for the next nine months. One of my trips early…
August 17, 2018 130 0 From the Liturgy of the Catechumens to the Liturgy of the Faithful In this commentary series on the Divine Liturgy I would like examine the original transition from the so-called “Liturgy of the Catechumens” (i.e. the…
August 15, 2018 127 0 The Icon of Rest and Joy: Dormition of the Mother of God I really like this icon. As is to be expected, all the apostles are mourning her passing. And why not? Scripture lists her as…
August 6, 2018 232 0 The Main Problem of the Transfiguration My bishop recently shared the story of a young man whom he taught some years ago. He was Orthodox from Estonia. He grew up…
August 5, 2018 501 0 Why Spiritual Ignorance Is so Dangerous for a Christian I remember, as an undergraduate student in a university chemistry laboratory, a fellow student who was having tremendous difficulty understanding the basic principles of…
August 3, 2018 108 0 An Interview with Patriarch Bartholomew I on the Place of the Church in the World This interview comes days after His All Holiness paid a visit to Bulgaria for the opening of new churches in the Burgas region where…
August 3, 2018 244 0 Tentmaking for Present Day Clerics or How Priests Combine Their Service with a Second Job When people meet me, they are usually surprised to learn that not only am I an Orthodox Christian priest, but that I also work…
August 2, 2018 121 0 What to Do When Your Child States a Conflict Between Church and Science Problem: While on Christmas vacation from college, my daughter told me that one of her professors said that sex outside marriage was not against…
July 31, 2018 333 0 An Orthodox Perspective on the Problem of Child Abuse An apparently new social concern has risen in our days which highlights the abuse of children. Child abuse is generally understood in our day…