Chancellor’s Diary

• 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...

• St John Chrysostom
• 1 Thessalonians 3: 9-13
• Luke 14:25-35

Electing a Metropolitan

“The Lord hears me when I call to him.” (Prokeimenon, Monday Vespers)

This is it. It’s a crucial day on the calendar for our little...

• St. Nectarios of Pentapolis (+1920)
• 1 Thessalonians 2:14-19
• Luke 13:31-35

Gathering Together

“How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings…” (Luke 13:34)

This...

• Archangel Michael and all the Bodiless Powers
• 1 Thessalonians 2:9-14
• Luke 13:1-9

Midianites

“Gideon said to the Angel, “O my lord, if the Lord is with us, why then has all this happened to us? And where are all His...

• 1 Thessalonians 2:1-8
• Luke 12:48-59

High Expectations

For everyone to whom much is given, from him much will be required; and to whom much has been committed, of him they will ask the more. (Luke 12:48)

Our Lord expects...

• 1 Thessalonians 1:6-10
• Luke 12:42-48

Election Day

“Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his master will make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of food in due season?”(Luke 12:42)

While...

• Colossians 4:10-18
• Luke 12:2-12

“But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not fear therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.” (Luke 12:7)

It’s Personal

God’s love is personal. He knows us...

I’m finally getting back to the Chancellor’s Diary after a few days of being caught in the air travel chaos caused by Hurricane Sandy. But I’m writing from Ottawa because LaGuardia airport is still closed and I couldn’t...

[NOTE: In the original version of this article, it inadvertently referred to Fr. Pianovich as deceased. This has been corrected in this revised text, with apologies.]

• Greatmartyr Demetrius of Thessaloniki
• 2 Timothy 2:1-10
• ...

• Colossians 1:24-29
• Luke 11:14-23

What is lacking in the afflictions of Christ?

“I now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up in my flesh what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ, for the sake of His body, which...