Sermon ~ Leaders must be Servants
We are coming to the end of the story. Jesus takes His followers aside to tell them what is going to happen. He has not done this much, but as the time of his...
Author: Fr. Peter
Making Sense of it All
Monday will be one week since the terrorist attacks on the Boston Marathon. The city still bears the scars of that attack as do her people. Like many, I have ...
“I Don’t Know How to Feel”
I have been trying to write this essay since the events of the bombing on Monday at the Boston Marathon. I had the honor of bringing the healing ministry of th...
Boston Marathon
I started to write this last night but decided it was better to wait. A raw emotional state is never a good place to write from and I needed time to process th...
Sermon ~ One Rung at a Time
We have now passed the midway point of our Lenten Journey. This year I have tried to focus us on listening to God. This past Wednesday, at the Presanctified, ...
Frequency of Confession
As the season of Great Lent begins to come to a close and we are looking ahead to Holy Week most Orthodox Christians start to think about their confession. Yes...
Sermon ~ Behold Thy Cross
The Gospel of Mark 8:34-38; 9:1 The Lord said: “If anyone wishes to come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever w...
8 April ~ The New Martyr John Naukliros
The Holy New Martyr John Naukliros (“the Shipmaster/Skipper”) (Greek: Ιωάννης ο Ναύκληρος ) was an Orthodox Christian during the seventeenth century...
Thrd Sunday of Great Lent ~ Veneration of the Holy Cross
On the Third Sunday of Great and Holy Lent, the Orthodox Church commemorates the Precious and Life-Giving Cross of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Services in...
Sermon ~ Jut Do It!
The Gospel of Mark 2:1-12 At that time, Jesus entered Capernaum and it was reported that he was at home. And many were gathered together, so that there was no l...