Chancellor’s Diary

• Postfeast of Theophany
• James 3:11-4:6
• Luke 18:15-17, 26-30

Russian Christmas

For where envy and self-seeking exist, confusion and every evil thing are there. But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable,...

• Postfeast of Theophany
• James 3:1-10
• Luke 17:26-37

Beginning the Year

The start of the new year is a natural time to make resolutions—and the fact that so many people do so shows how deeply hope is embedded in the human...

• Hebrews 7:18-25
• Mark 10:23-32

Christ the Intercessor

A priest’s main job is to intercede for his people—with God of course, but with anyone else who might help. Saint John Maximovitch of Shanghai and San Francisco, who...

• St John of Kronstadt
• Hebrews 7:1-6
• Mark 10:17-21

Metropolitan Leonty’s Diaries and Papers

Tamara Turkevich Skvir came to the Chancery yesterday with her husband Father Daniel to present information and discuss research...

• Hebrews 5:11-6:8
• Mark 10:11-16

Going Beyond the Letter of the Law

The epistle and gospel today each present us with an example of how the Church took a softer pastoral stance than some scriptural texts advocated.

Mark...

• Hebrews 4:1-13
• Mark 10:2-12

A Place of Rest

“Blessed is the way in which you shall walk today, O soul, for a place of rest has been prepared for you.” (Orthodox Funeral)

The epistle for today speaks of the rest God...

Titus 1:15-2:10
Mark 9:33-41

Envy

But they kept silent, for on the road they had disputed among themselves who would be the greatest. (Mark 9:34)

One of the features I most appreciate about the gospels is their...

• Repose of St Herman of Alaska
• Galatians 5:22-6:2
• Luke 6:17-23

Let Us Love God Above All

Our society at large is hugely supportive of loving our neighbor, and that’s a good thing. We would do well to have Orthodox...

• 2 Timothy 4:9-22
• Mark 8:30-34

Forsaken and Betrayed

But the Lord stood with me and strengthened me…And the Lord will deliver me from every evil work and preserve me for His heavenly kingdom. To Him be glory forever and...

• 2 Timothy 3:16-4:4
• Mark 8:22-26

A Gradual and Messy Cure

So He took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the town. (Luke 8:23)

This is a curious little detail. Jesus encounters a blind man, but instead of making a...