“The Grace of the Holy Spirit has gathered us together”
In an earlier age, ascetic monks would have spent their days of Lent fasting and praying alone in the desert beyond the Jordan. And on this…
by Bishop Alexei
In an earlier age, ascetic monks would have spent their days of Lent fasting and praying alone in the desert beyond the Jordan. And on this…
by Bishop Alexei
Thirty years ago when I was a young novice at Saint Tikhon’s Monastery, I recall being moved while reading an account of the Athonite…
by Misc. Authors
Yesterday we commemorated the repose of Saint Tikhon of Moscow, Englightern of North America, and celebrated the Feast of…
by Bishop Alexei
“For those with eyes to see and ears to hear,” these days of being in the belly of the whale, physically separated not only from one another, but…
by Misc. Authors · by Lenten Reflections
True leadership brings people where they need to be but don’t want to go. No Christian worth their salt believes Christ went to…
by Fr. Lawrence Farley
I have just finished watching the series finale of a wonderful television show called The Good Place, starring Kristen Bell and Ted…
by Misc. Authors · by Lenten Reflections
At the direction of our Archbishop Alexander, I served the Divine Liturgy Sunday with only four people present: the choir…
by Bishop Alexei
The Bishops of the Holy Orthodox Church love their flocks and ever strive to lead them to well-watered and rich pastures. They…
by Fr. Lawrence Farley
St. Ignatius of Antioch, martyred in Rome in about the year 107, wrote that along with the death of the Lord, the virginity of Mary and her giving…
by Fr. Lawrence Farley
As I write these words, we are under effective lockdown because of the spread of the Corona Virus, often referred to as “Covid 19”. In the current