Fr. Alexander Schmemann · February 28, 2012
“He suffered and was buried. And He rose again…” After the Cross, after the descent into death there is the Resurrection from the dead — that principal, fundamental and decisive confirmation of the Symbol of Faith, a...
Fr. Alexander Schmemann · February 28, 2012
An Urgent Issue
No one would deny that the clergy-laity issue in our church here in America is both an urgent and confused one. It is urgent because the progress of the church is often hindered by mistrust and conflicts,...
Fr. Alexander Schmemann · Lenten Reflections · February 28, 2012
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Rejoicing today in the triumph of Orthodoxy on this first Sunday of Lent, we joyfully commemorate three events: one event belonging to the past; one...
Fr. Vladimir Berzonsky · February 26, 2012
I’ve been contemplating the awesome partings of the Bible, such as Moses bidding farewell to the children of Israel on Mt. Nebo, as they would soon enter the Promised Land; except in my case I’m the one leaving and the...
Misc. Authors · Lenten Reflections · February 24, 2012
When Lent arrives, parents have schedules to maneuver, menus to plan, and services to squeeze in on busy school nights. We take stock: when does Holy Week fall? Whose birthday will be trumped by Lent this year? How will we...
Fr. Vladimir Berzonsky · February 19, 2012
The Orthodox Church in America continues our mother Russian Orthodox Church’s tradition; at least, it was like that a half century ago when I was ordained into the sacred priesthood of our holy Church. The silver cross...
Fr. Vladimir Berzonsky · February 12, 2012
Ponder with me the enigma of our American Orthodox Christian differences from our ethnic ancestors in our relationship with the Theotokos. How is it that the renowned Tikhvin Mother of God icon was received by upwards of a...
Fr. Vladimir Berzonsky · February 05, 2012
We recite it so simply and quickly, as though it is so obvious that it needs no discussion; however, we live in a world that challenges that fundamental truth and imposes the implications of its significance throughout...
Fr. Vladimir Berzonsky · January 29, 2012
Funeral homes – as they are called nowadays – are not literally “homes,” but more like way stations; or put in a more contemporary phrase, “terminals.” They are a stopping place on the way from life to life...
Fr. Vladimir Berzonsky · January 22, 2012
Leonardo Da Vinci wrote: “A great love is the child of a great knowledge.” I wonder why he phrased it that way. He was himself an illegitimate child. He knew firsthand abuse and rejection. Among the greatest geniuses of...