Chancellor’s Diary

• St Nicholas, the Wonderworker and Archbishop of Myra in Lycia
• Hebrews 13:17-21
• Luke 6:17-23

Saint Nicholas

You revealed yourself, O saint, in Myra as a priest,
For you fulfilled the Gospel of Christ
By giving up your soul...

• 1 Timothy 5:22-6:11
• Luke 21:5-7, 10-11, 20-24

Homeland of My Heart’s Desire

“Give me the homeland of my heart’s desire, making me again a citizen of paradise.” (from the Funeral Service)

It’s time for me to...

• 1 Timothy 3:1-13
• Luke 20:9-18

The Mystery of the Faith

“…holding the mystery of the faith with a pure conscience.” (1 Tim 3:9)

When a day starts you never know how it’s going to end. That’s why I love that...

• 1 Timothy 1:18-20, 2:8-15
• Luke 20:1-8

Authority

“Tell us, by what authority are You doing these things? Or who is he who gave You this authority?” (Luke 20:2)

I met a priest a number of years ago who had started a very...

• 1 Timothy 1:8-14
• Luke 19:45-48

What’s this all about?

“The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and sincere faith” (1 Tim 1:5)

Life periodically gives us the opportunity to...

• Entry into the Temple of the Most Holy Theotokos
• Hebrews 9:1-7
• Luke 10:38-42, 11:27-28

“She Brings With Her the Grace of the Holy Spirit”

As Orthodox Christians we place great emphasis on the temple as the place of...

• 2 Thessalonians 1:10-2:2
• Luke 17:26-37

The Coming of the Lord

Whoever seeks to save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life will preserve it. (Luke 17:33)

The Nativity Fast that started on November 15 prepares us...

• The Holy Apostle and Evangelist Matthew
• 1 Thessalonians 5:9-13, 24-28; (1 Corinthians 4:9-16, St Matthew)
• Luke 16:15-18, 17:1-4; (Matthew 9:9-13, St Matthew)

Apostolic Labor

As Jesus passed on from there, He saw a man...

• Nativity Fast begins
• 1 Thessalonians 5:1-8
• Luke 16:1-9

Metropolitan Tikhon Begins His New Work

This will be another very short entry. It’s after 6:00am and the shuttle bus arrives at 6:30 am to take Father Eric, Melanie...

• 1 Thessalonians 4:1-12
• Luke 15:1-10

Metropolitan Tikhon

“But concerning brotherly love you have no need that I should write to you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another” (1 Thess 4:9)

What an...