Independence Day
Today, like many of you, I will be gathering with family to commemorate the foundation of our country. This day should be about more than hamburgers and hot do...
Author: Fr. Peter
Southbridge and the Battle of Gettysburg
In the first week of July, 1863, the Armies of the North and South were marching toward a small southern Pennsylvania town called Gettysburg. The 22nd Regiment...
Patriarch Kirill’s appeal regarding tragic events in Syria
25/6/13 Your Graces the archpastors, all-honourable fathers, dear brothers and sisters! Syria has been suffering from ongoing hostilities for nearly two years. ...
Orthodoxy and Marriage
Please forgive my imperfect words. I have struggled to write this. I have gone between not writing something and writing something and just what to write. I ...
The Absolution at Gettysburg
One Hundred and Fifty years ago, two great armies were marching toward the small Pennsylvania town of Gettysburg. The inhabitants of this small town numbered o...
Sermon ~ Overflowing Your Banks
Arriving in my email each day is an email from the Massachusetts Historical Society with a little story about something that happened on that particular day in ...
Every Christian is to Become a “Little Christ”
Now the whole offer which Christianity makes is this: that we can, if we let God have His way, come to share in the life of Christ. If we do, we shall then be s...
Sermon ~ Communion with God
We talk a lot about Communion; after all, communion is central to what we do as Orthodox. At each Divine Liturgy we come into communion with the living God whe...
We Need to Rethink Our Approach to Poverty in America
Recently, St. Vladimir’s Seminary and the Acton Institute teamed up to offer a conference on Poverty in the United States. The recordings of the sessions are a...
Sermon ~ This Little Light of Mine
One characteristic of our Byzantine Spirituality is that of light. Light is all around us. We have candles on the altar, candles that illumine the faces on th...