“We’re All Dying, Aren’t We?”
“We’re all dying, aren’t we?” These words could have come from the lips of any thoughtful philosopher from the days of…
Reflections in Christ
SS. Peter and Paul: The greatest and most righteous pillars of the Church
During their earthly lives, all the saints are an incentive to virtue for those who hear and see them with understanding, for…
The Seal of the Prophets
The importance of John the Baptizer may be gauged by the amount of paint and ink the Church spends on…
The Trinity, One in Essence and Undivided
Today is the Leavetaking of the Great Feast of the Ascension of the Lord. Looking back to last Sunday, in addition to…
The Myrrhbearing Women: “Witnesses of these things”
During the week following last Sunday’s commemoration of the Myrrhbearing Women, the Vespers and Matins hymns…
The Myrrhbearing Women: “Witnesses of these things”
During the week following last Sunday’s commemoration of the Myrrhbearing Women, the Vespers and Matins hymns…
What It Was that Saved Thomas
Thomas had a heart that had taken one too many beatings. Despite his often being stigmatized by later generations as…
Songs of Light and Revelation
In the service of Sunday Matins (in Greek Orthros) of the Orthodox Church we find a series of eleven hymns called…
Looking at the Lenten Prayer
I cannot be the only Orthodox pastor to have been asked occasionally by my people about the meaning of…
Lives Worth Judging
As we draw closer to the beginning of Great Lent – which begins on Monday, February 19—we are able to set our Lenten…