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...
Author: Fr. Peter
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...
Orthodox Theology Defined
“Therefore, theology transcends all formulation and definition, being identified rather with personal encounter and a loving relationship with God in the ...
Prayer of St. Mary of Egypt
“O Sovereign Lady, who didst bear God in the flesh, I know that I should not dare to look upon thine icon, thou who are pure in soul and body, because, de...
The Annunciation
Last Sunday we celebrated the Feast of the Annunciation. It is always weird when a major feast falls during Great Lent as I feel it does not get the attention i...
The Squeeze
h/t The Sword of Peter
Orthodox Theology
In the Orthodox Church, theology is considered a gift. It is not something acquired through mere study or scholarly research. It is not some complic...
The Canonicity of the Church
In his book, Encountering the Mystery, His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew defines the Orthodox Church with these words: It is defined not in rela...
Faith and Doubt
For the past few months I have been taking a class working towards certification in pastoral counseling. I am a big supporter of clergy continuing education and...
St. John Cassian on Prayer
You see then what is the method and form of prayer proposed to us by the Judge Himself, who is prayed to by it. It is a form which contains no petition fo...