Fr. Nathan Monk
From Facebook If you are a longtime reader of these pages you know that we at St. Michael (the I presently serve) have been providing a twice a month meal for t...
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Festival of Lights
Fr. Thomas Hopko The Winter Pascha Originally there was but one festival in the Christian Church for the Lord’s appearing. It was called the “festival of lights...
Cleaning
It seems I have spent the last two weeks cleaning my house. Here in the rectory it is just me and the dog so you would think it would not get that dirty, and I ...
The Peace of God
“As a matter of plain fact, Jesus Christ never promised to bring peace to the earth in the sense that nations would no longer fight with one another and t...
Prayer to Saint Herman of Alaska
O Almighty God, We praise and glorify You, Our Lord and Creator. All the earth and everything within it acknowledges You as Creator, The Eternal Father. Heaven ...
Our Lady of Guadalupe
Our Lady of Guadalupe Shrine Johnstown Cape Breton On the Roman Catholic calendar today is the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. I have kind of a weird conn...
Courage
Since St. Andrew’s feast day, November 30th, I have been following the writings of Matuska Anna, an Orthodox Priest’s wife and mother of five children. Her blog...
Dallas
I am in the process of watching the 14th and final season of the TV show Dallas. Who does not like Ole JR Ewing? I remember watching this show when ...
9 December ~ The Conception of the Theotokos
The Conception of the Theotokos by Saint Anna is commemorated by the Orthodox Church on December 9. St. Anna, the mother of the Virgin Mary, was the youngest da...
The Occupy Movement
I will admit right up front that I have not done all I can to understand what is going on. There has been much discussion on the Internet of what is going...