Reflections in Christ

“So the woman left her water jar, and went away into the city….” [John 4:28]. ...

As I continue to age, I find increasingly that a generation gap opens up unexpectedly at my feet.  The first time it happened was…

Orthodox Christians believe that the New Testament Church and the Christian faith itself appeared at a particular point in history…

I remember Elmer.  Elmer was an elephant, whose image adorned the backs of our notebooks when I was in elementary school, and…

I began this morning with a question on my mind:  Is there life after Pascha?  This, in turn, led to a series of further…

From the prophecies of Isaiah: “It will come about also in that day that a great trumpet will be blown, and those who were perishing…

As we enter Holy Week, the festal atmosphere of Lazarus Saturday and Palm Sunday yields to the solemnity, sobriety and…

On the weekend of Palm Sunday, we begin the celebration of Holy Week—a 10-day long procession to the…

In the Western liturgical calendar we find the Feast of “Christ the King” (often changed to conform to the draconian canons…)

During Great Lent, we commemorate the great monastic saint and writer, John Climacus (of the Ladder).  Saint John, who…