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...
Author: Fr. Peter
St. Brigit on Fasting and Hospitality
Once, St. Brigit and two of her sister nuns were traveling during Lent, and it so happened that they were offered hospitality by a pagan chieftain whose land th...
Liturgy Schedule for Lent
St. Michael Orthodox Church and St. Columba of Iona Orthodox Monastery publishes the list of Divine Services during Great Lent. The schedule is printed be...
Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of North and Central America: Year in Review
In today’s secular society, which is often filled with meaningless rhetoric, it is encouraging to report that the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of Nort...
Bishop Michael ~ Why We Fast
FASTING: 7 Questions and 7 Answers from Ken James Stavrevsky on Vimeo.
St. Vladimir’s Seminary Implements Fully Paid Tuition Plan
One of the obstacles to attracting more “native” clergy was the cost of attending seminary. St. Vladimir’s has placed itself out in fron...
Why do we pray for the dead?
From the Synarxarion (Explanation) in the Triodion of THE SATURDAY OF THE DEAD Soul Saturday On this day, Soul Saturday, according to the order instituted by ou...
Sermon ~ Sunday of the Prodigal Son
The parable of the Prodigal Son that we heard read in today’s Gospel is a story of a young man who wanted what he wanted when he wanted it. Not unlike what we f...
Future of Orthodoxy in America
The Most Blessed JonahArchbishop of WashingtonMetropolitan of All America and Canada If you have been reading these pages you know that the Orthodox Church here...
Rick Warren tweets: ‘I’d go to jail rather than cave in’ on Obamacare mandate
Ben JohnsonLifeSite News LAKE FOREST, CALIFORNIA, February 9, 2012, (LifeSiteNews.com) – Rick Warren, perhaps the nation’s most influential evangelical pastor, ...