The Blessings of the New Year
God, bless to me the new day, Never vouchsafed to me before;It is to bless Thine own presenceThou hast given me this time, O God. Bless Thou to me mine eye,May ...
Author: Fr. Peter
Leavetaking of the Nativity
We like feasts in the Orthodox Church. We have the Prefeast, the Feast itself, the Leavetaking, and then the afterfeast. We have one of those today. Six days af...
Saying Goodbye
I had the honor recently of participating in the funeral of a very dear friend. Jim was our neighbor my entire life and a great family friend. When we were...
5th Day of Christmas ~ Holy Innocents
Holy Innocents On the 5th day of Christmas the Church remembers the 14,000 Holy Innocents murdered by Herod after the birth of Jesus. The story is recounted in ...
Petition for the Release of Archimandrite Ephraim
A petition has been started for the release of the Archimandrite Ephraim from prison in Greece. For background on this case click this link. I have p...
Third Day of Christmas ~ Remembering the Martyrs
On the third day of Christmas we commemorate the Protomartyr and Deacon Stephen. Scripture tells us that Stephen was martyred. As the hymns of the feast declare...
Adoration of the Magi
Merry Christmas to all of the readers of the Blog! Today we celebrate the 2nd greatest feast on the Church calendar the Nativity in the Flesh of the Our Lord an...
Celtic Christmas Carol
This night is the eve of the great Nativity, Born is the Son of Mary the Virgin, The soles of His feet have reached the earth, The Son of glory down from on hig...
Archbishop Nicolae’s Christmas Message
PASTORAL LETTER ON THE FEAST OF THE LORD’S NATIVITY 2011 † NICOLAE by the mercies of God Archbishop of the Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese in the Americas To our ...
Global Orthodoxy
The Pew Research Group has released a study of Christianity in the world. The full study can be found here. They did a great job in presenting the information a...