March 7, 2019 13 Obstacles on the Way to Becoming a Priest Ecclesiastical hierarchy plays a very important role in the life of the Church. The Church cannot exist or perform Her salvific ministry in the…
March 7, 2019 How Am I Supposed to Learn to Love God? Question: I am trying to learn to love Christ. I know with certainty that I believe in God and believe in Christ, but how…
March 7, 2019 8 General Rules for Readers in the Orthodox Church With all reading in Church, certain rules apply: 1. Never read while walking or moving around. 2. It is not necessary to make the…
March 6, 2019 On the Question of the Seven Deadly Sins, Part 2 Why Seven Sins? It’s entirely arbitrary. We could list 1 or 7 or 107. The 1 sin would be Pride, which is usually (not…
March 6, 2019 On Fasting Again: Why and How It Can Be Good for Us To those on the new style calendar who are celebrating the Nativity of Christ, we wish all a joyous feast. Please keep this delightful…
March 4, 2019 On the Question of the Seven Deadly Sins Sin I think we Orthodox don’t talk enough about sin. Really – how many of our people actually go to Confession? And when we…
March 3, 2019 A Homily for the Sunday of the Last Judgment 1 Corinthians 8:9-9:2 Matthew 25:31-46 I would like for us all to think for a moment about what actions on our part could separate…
March 1, 2019 “Christ Is Risen! Be Brave!”: the Meatfare Memorial Saturday The Meatfare Memorial Saturday is one of the major memorial days in the Orthodox calendar. Generally, every Saturday is a special day for Christians….
March 1, 2019 What Is Wrong with the Modern Depiction of Hell? Question: It seems to me that the images of Heaven and hell depicted in books we read and films we view are extremely primitive….
February 28, 2019 A Priest’s Story about How Parents Make Their Children Turn from Church Personally, telling people something that they do not want to hear is the hardest thing to do in the ministry. Especially when a person…
February 28, 2019 What Gifts Were Granted to the Prodigal Son and What Do They Symbolize? The Church prepares us for the beginning of the Great Lent step by step. We have been reminded of Zacchaeus who was seeking Christ…
February 27, 2019 On Prayerful Commemoration of the Dead Our dead are like desperate rafters in a raging river. Our prayer for them is a lifeline that keeps them afloat. If the gates…
