On Stewardship and the Chancery of the Orthodox Church in America
“In my booklet, Of What Life Do We Speak: Four Pillars for the Fulfillment of the Apostolic Work of the Church, I define…
Reflections in Christ
Praying to the Saints
When I first began to investigate Orthodoxy, my main stumbling block to conversion was prayer to Mary and the saints. My Protestant…
The Despair of Elijah
The Prophet Elijah (whose feast day is July 20) is perhaps best…
The Still Small Voice of God
It seems fitting today to say a few words about the Prophet Elijah and the still small voice of God in our lives. The Prophet Elijah…
The OCA & Autocephaly: The 14th All American Church Sobor / 1st All American Council
In the latest from the Diocese of the Midwest series of reflections on the 50th anniversary of the Autocephaly of the Orthodox…
The Holy Church, Holy Communion, and an Orthodox Ethos
When believers enter an Orthodox Church, they are passing from this world of sickness, strife, and death into a realm of spiritual…
A Letter of a Parish Priest to His Flock
I have waited a long time before writing anything specifically about our current situation because I am a simple parish priest…
Will You Remember Me?
Lately I was listening to Jann Arden’s poignant song Will You Remember Me? and it occurred to me that in one hundred years…
What COVID-19 Means for Singing in Church
The Orthodox Church is a singing church. We express our faith through song. For weeks or months now, many of us have been unable to attend…
To Preserve and Pass On: A Remembrance of Metropolitan Leonty
I arrived in America and reported to my new First Hierarch. He had been elected Metropolitan just a year before my arrival…