Reflections in Christ

I cannot find the exact citation at the moment, but I recall that St. John Chrysostom once said/wrote that, as human beings…

It has been repeatedly stated that we are in an unprecedented situation.  While parallels have been drawn to the Spanish Flu Pandemic, there…

The phrase “social distancing,” and the practice of doing it have now entered into our everyday discourse and actions, probably never…

After Israel was brought out of Egypt and as they journeyed to the foot of Mount Sinai, they faced a multitude of dangers in the howling…

Christ is “the source of life and immortality, and the Maker of all creation, both visible and invisible,” but today, the topic of creation…

The Pascha of the Lord, the Feast of Feasts, Holy Day of Holy Days – these lines from the Paschal Canon were sung solo by me amid…

The year 2020 will be remembered by Orthodox as the year without Pascha.  At the beginning of the year, and even at the beginning…

In the sometimes over-abundant discussion now taking place about the current Covid virus, one sometimes hears the assertion that God…

“Every time my friend and I get together, we always end up talking about Orthodoxy. She’s always so interested, that after a sleepover…

As we remain cloistered due to the ensuing pandemic, in the midst of Holy Week, it is apt to consider the meaning of human suffering.  Where…