The highlight of the Holy Liturgy is the invitation from the altar to approach and receive the sacred Body and Blood of our Lord, God and Savior, Jesus Christ. You have prepared yourself by fasting and reciting the prayers...
We might explore this enlightening anecdote for lessons we can apply to ourselves. First comes family values from a model family, albeit one without children or parents. Three siblings who live together are bonded in a love...
I’m sitting with the family in the hospital atrium. We are waiting for the signal that the lifeless infant, but a month shy of birthing time, had been removed from her mother’s womb. Then we are to go to her side for prayers...
Raising towers comes instinctively to men, but not necessarily to women. Boy infants squat on the floor, squeeze blocks in fat fingers and place one atop another, piling them up until they fall. Later they will fulfill that...
The Holy Land is where a horrible war rages on. It appears there is no way to attain peace between Arabs and Israelis. No plan is offered, no nation including our own is able to help. Killings are a daily phenomenon. We...
Originality is difficult to come by. For instance, take the problem that the Communists had when they sought to replace the Russian Orthodox Church with atheism. They realized that the people were so imbued with the...
Here begins the Sermon on the Mount. If it will mean anything to you, first you must follow Him up the mountain. Like Him, you must leave the crowds behind. That part of you that belongs to the ordinary, the everyday...
If you need a reason to attend the Divine Liturgy, it’s enough just to listen to the choir sing the phrase: “now lay aside all earthly cares.” Better than any session with psychiatrist or meeting of a group therapy class,...
I’ll be sorry when our iconographer completes his task of surrounding our temple with beautiful icons. It’s always interesting to hear the comments of those who voice their opinions on the work in progress. One might think...
I’m in a foreign land in a store standing in line behind a rangy young lad plucking his purchases from his basket. As he places them on the checkout counter, I notice that though he’s not an American he may as well be one....