Scotland’s first Romanian Orthodox Church to open in Glasgow
A church in the east end of Glasgow is to be consecrated as the first place of worship for the Romanian Orthodox Church in Scotland. Shettleston Old Parish Chur...
Tag: Church
It is cold in New England
I took the dog out for a little walk today out back and I took a snap of the church looking up from the back garden. Yes it is as cold as this snap looks.
Ordinations
On Friday I had the privilege to participate in a deacon ordination. I had not been to an ordination since my own almost five years ago. It is wonderful to be a...
Displaced Families Facing Harsh Winter
Tskvarichamia, Georgia — The leaves have already changed in Tskvarichamia, a mountain hamlet about 15 miles above Tbilisi. For the 16 families taking shelter in...
Worker Priests
Several weeks ago Huw had a post on his blog about Tent Maker Clergy. I was going to comment and then it got lost in all of the other posts I was working on. So...
Alternative Worship
Last night we celebrated the feast of St. James with the Liturgy of St James. A beautiful Liturgy and I am sorry we do not use this one more often then the one ...
Everything Must Change Part 2
Well the response was great to the last post, 15 comments so far and the discussion continues. I would like to go out a limb, okay that is usually where I am an...
Everything Must Change
If we start with the premise that we cannot change anything about the Liturgy in the Orthodox Church, then what else can we change to keep religion relevant in ...
Confession
Last night I had the rare opportunity, well rare for an orthodox priest anyway, of hearing first confessions. Emmanuel Orthodox Church in Warren Massachusetts w...
The Bishops Have Spoken, Sort of
So all of the Orthodox Patriarchs, or their representatives have been meeting at the Phanar in Istanbul, Turkey. The heads of 14 Orthodox Churches were in atten...