Remarks after the Divine Liturgy on the Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee
Today we have heard the seemingly straightforward but spiritually powerful parable of the Publican and the Pharisee. On the surface, the parable simply describes two…
by Metropolitan Tikhon
Today we have heard the seemingly straightforward but spiritually powerful parable of the Publican and the Pharisee. On the surface, the parable simply describes two…
by Metropolitan Tikhon
I offer my paternal congratulations to you, Father Chad, and also to all the faculty, staff, students, and other members of the seminary community, on this patronal feast…
by Fr. Lawrence Farley
I begin with a quote from an article that is almost 60 years old, but which has lost none of its timeliness: “Since the Byzantine era, Orthodoxy was always brought…”
by Metropolitan Tikhon
By the grace of God, we have assembled this morning to celebrate the Divine Liturgy, the source of all authentic life. We have gathered as…
by Fr. Lawrence Farley
Second Temple Judaism was a many-splendoured thing. That is, it included many different elements—so many elements in fact that some people talk not just of Judaism, but…
by Fr. Lawrence Farley
Each year one of my favourite Christmas songs is an old novelty song called Snoopy’s Christmas, released in 1967 by the Royal Guardsmen as…
by Metropolitan Tikhon
by Fr. Lawrence Farley
In earlier posts we spoke of the challenges to be faced in understanding the Bible in all its rich complexity. We spoke of the necessity of recognizing that…
by Fr. Lawrence Farley
In an earlier post we spoke of the necessity of recognizing literary genre as one of the essential keys to understanding the Bible. A…
by Fr. Lawrence Farley
Odd as it sounds, the first step to understanding the Bible is to realize that there is no such thing as The Bible. Or, to state it somewhat less…