The Doubt of Thomas
The Second Sunday after Pascha in the Orthodox Church is dedicated to the Doubt of St. Thomas. I find it interesting that we would set aside a Sunday, after we ...
Author: Fr. Peter
Red Eggs at Pascha
If you have been following these pages for the last few months you know that in the fall I acquired a flock of chickens, seven to be exact. During that time I h...
Holy Thursday ~ Washing of the Feet
Many Orthodox have never seen this service as it has been suppressed in many parishes. The proper place of this service is on Holy Thursday. At pres...
The Awesomeness of the Priesthood
On Lazarus Saturday, April 7th, I had the great honor of participating in the ordination of one of my spiritual children. Subdeacon Michael became Fr. Deacon Mi...
7 April ~ St. Tikhon of Moscow, Enlightener of North America
Our father among the saints Tikhon of Moscow (1865–1925), Enlightener of North America, was Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia (1917–1925). While in America, he...
Saturday of Lazarus
Lazarus Saturday is the day before Palm Sunday (the feast of Christ’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem). This Saturday and Sunday are the connection between...
Be Not Conformed
Editor: I have to say this hit home with me. Each and every Orthodox Christian should read this article and take it to heart! And be not conformed t...
Spy Wednesday
** I am reposting this from last year. ** In the Orthodox Church we do not call the Wednesday of Holy Week Spy Wednesday but we do, commemorate is not really th...
Monasticism and Marriage
His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomewfrom his book, Encountering the Mystery In comparing monasticism to a vocation of freedom and love, the Orthodo...