Congressman Darrell Issa (R-CA) on Religious Freedom
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) This is how an Orthodox politician should speak, standing up for what is right unlike Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) and a Greek Orthodox Ch...
Author: Fr. Peter
Sunday of Orthodoxy Sermon
To the glory of God Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Amen. Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory Forever! Today we commemorate the restoration of the Icons that ...
A Monk is to be Dead to the World
A monk is to be dead to the world, for by his very vocation he is called to be set apart, living a life in imitation of the angels. Whether he be praised or off...
3 March ~ St. Non of Wales
Non (also Nonna or Nonnita) was, according to Christian tradition, the mother of Saint David (Dewi Sant), the patron saint of Wales… Her legend states tha...
2 March ~ St. Chad of Lichfield
Our father among the saints Chad of Lichfield and Mercia (+672) also called St. Caedda was a missionary, bishop, healer, and wonderworker who spread the Orthodo...
Archbishop Nicolae’s Meditation for the Sunday of Orthodoxy
We all know that the first Sunday of Great Lent is called the Sunday of Orthodoxy and that it was instituted in the year 843, at the end of the period of the Ec...
Open Letter to IOCC
Some background on this post. On Tuesday, May 8th the International Orthodox Christian Charities will host a gala fundraiser to raise funds for the many p...
1 March ~ St. David of Wales
Patron of Wales. Bishop and Confessor. Also known as Degui and Dewi. He is usually represented standing on a little hill, with a dove on his shoulder. The earli...
The Lenten Fast
I often get questions this time of year about the Orthodox practice of fasting during Great Lent. Fr. Oliver Herbel on his Red River Orthodox Blog has pos...
Forgiveness Sunday
On this last Sunday of the period known as the Triodion we face the final judgment of Adam and his eventual expulsion from paradise. We read the story in the Bo...