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...

Road Trip

Yesterday I met up with Fr. Greg and Chris D at the Museum of Russian Icons in Clinton, Massachusetts. What an amazing place this is. You would never know that ...

Sunday of Zacchaeus

1 Timothy 4:9-15Luke 19:1-10 Update: I should have posted this last week but time got away from me… We know that we are approaching the beginning of Great...

Hand Kissing

Fr. Tim Finigan has a post about greeting the bishop and should one kiss his hand or not. It got me thinking about the orthodox practice in this area and I woul...

St. Conan

Bishop of the Isle of Man, died January, 684; an Irish missionary, also known as Mochonna. He is not to be confounded with St. Conindrius, who is said to have b...

Deep Freeze

As I sit here in the warmth of my office I see that the old mercury has fallen to -1 degrees F. I ventured outside to check on the church and noticed that our d...

Line of Duty Death

I have blogged before about being a Fire Chaplain and the joy that that aspect of ministry brings. The down side to that ministry is being on a team that has to...

St. Fechin

Fechin was probably born at Luighne (Leyney), Ireland. He was trained by St. Nathy, was founding Abbot of Fobhar, or Fore, in Westmeath, and died of the plague ...

Spiritual Warfare

I have always been a believer in the other side of the spiritual world. I don’t mean like the dark side from Star Wars but the demonic side of things. As ...

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