Parish Renovation
Today is a big day in the life of our little parish. The bathrooms in the parish hall, circa 1950, are getting a much needed face lift. Right now I can hear the...
Author: Fr. Peter
Judgment Sunday
This Sunday of the pre-Lenten season is the Sunday of the Last Judgment. On this day we see, in the Gospel lesson from Matthew 25:31-46, the conditions upon whi...
Saturday of Souls
1 Thessalonians 4:13-17 Luke 21:8-9, 25-27, 35-36 Today is the first Saturday of the Souls in the Orthodox Church. On this day we remember all of those who have...
The So Called Independant Church
A quick scan around the Internet will reveal many so called “Independent Churches” that have a presence on the net. The ones I like best are the one...
Liturgy Prayers – Prayer of the Third Antiphon
The third and final antiphon is chanted another small litany and then the Prayer of the Third Antiphon is said: You that have bestowed on us these communal pray...
Liturgy Prayers – Prayer of the Second Antiphon
Continuing on from yesterday we have the Prayer of the Second Antiphon. After a short litany that is the same for each of these we have the following prayer: O ...
Liturgy Prayers – Prayer of the First Antiphon
With Great Lent just around the corner I thought I would do some posting on the silent prayers of the Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom. These are the praye...
Sunday of the Prodigal Son
1 Corinthians 6:12-20Luke 15:11-32 Having acknowledged our sins and sought the Lord’s forgiveness, we now see that we are called to action. We must return...
Hijinks in Boston
So it would seem that all of Boston was in a uproar yesterday over some stupid prank by the TBS network. Some fun loving people put things that appeared to be b...
New Name
When I started this blog it was with the intention that I would post things about Monasticism both East and West. Well a quick look back at the posts during the...