June 4, 2020 May Orthodox Christians Eat Halal Food? When an ignorant person sees a product marked Halal on the counter, it is unlikely that he or she will pay any attention to…
June 1, 2020 I Am Arius Does it really matter if Jesus is God or not? Couldn’t God have just picked a man and made him a savior or a…
May 31, 2020 An Exclusive Creed The Nicene Creed was created to exclude. This goes against the grain of our modern secular society, where the word “inclusive” has become a…
May 30, 2020 Why Do Only Monks Become Bishops? The tradition of ordaining representatives of monastic clergy as bishops is not inherent in the Church at all. The evidence of this is provided…
May 27, 2020 The Holy Objects of the Mount of Olives It was on the fortieth day after His Resurrection that Christ appeared to His disciples in Jerusalem for the last time. He gave them…
May 22, 2020 Bishop’s Staff The bishop’s staff is the oldest attribute of the bishop’s authority, which has long been considered a symbol not only of the highest pastoral…
May 21, 2020 Why Do Boring Churches Last Forever While Exciting Churches Fail? Driving on the freeway in Tulsa a few years back, I saw a billboard advertising a wildly popular church in the area. The ad…
May 16, 2020 Miter One cannot imagine a bishop without a miter, which is, if not the most important, but nevertheless remarkable and quite ancient element of bishop’s…
May 15, 2020 Was the Persian Catholicos the Successor of Apostle Peter? One often hears that the doctrine of the primacy of the Apostle Peter and, as a consequence, the primacy of the See of Rome,…
May 12, 2020 Advice to the Confused I suppose that most pastors have had the experience of a young parishioner approaching them privately and confiding in them their suspicion or decision…
May 11, 2020 Praying in the Difficult Times Have you ever gone through (or presently going through) a really difficult time in your life? It could be injuries from an accident or…
May 11, 2020 Archimandrite Andrew (Konanos): You Can Find a Convenient Confessor, but It Won’t Help You Find the true connection to God. The Lord says, “My child, I forgive you. If I have told you to forgive others up to…
