Prayers requested for Archbishop Dmitri
DALLAS, TX [OCA] The Mystery of Holy Unction will be celebrated for His Eminence, Archbishop Dmitri, on Tuesday, August 23, at 6:30 pm at Saint Seraphim Cathedr...
Author: Fr. Peter
20 August ~ Prophet Samuel
The Prophet Samuel was the fifteenth and last of the Judges of Israel, living more than 1146 years before the Birth of Christ. He was descended from the Tribe o...
20 August ~ St. Oswin King and Martyr of Deira, Northumbria
Died at Gilling, Yorkshire, England, on August 20, 651. When his father, King Osric of Deira (roughly the county of Yorkshire), was killed by the pagan Welsh Ki...
Good Leaders Must First Be Good Followers
One of the classes I wish they taught us in the seminary was a course on leadership. Unlike some of my classmates in the seminary, I have had an advantage...
Daily Scripture Reading
Last week I put up a post about Parish Revitalization, one of the more popular of my recent posts by the way, in this post I mentioned that we need to commit to...
Faith and Philosophy
I recently stumbled across the podcast Faith and Philosophy with Dr. Clark Carlton on Ancient Faith Radio. What a wonderful show and I recommend it highly...
Society for Orthodox Church History
The Society for Orthodox Christian History in the Americas (SOCHA) is pleased to announce a new, affiliated academic publication, the Journal of American Orthod...
Archbishop Nicolae’s Meditation for the Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos
Archbishop Nicolae At the Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos it is beneficial for us to discover what the Holy Fathers of the Church teach us about honorin...
15 August ~ Dormition of the Theotokos
I love the feasts of Mary! I have loves these feasts since I was a kid but I really did not know why. She has always been there but that was it, she was Jesus m...
Scripture Readings ~ 9th Sunday After Pentecost
9th SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST — Tone 8. Forefeast of the Dormition. Prophet Micah (8th c. B.C.). Translation of the Relics of Ven. Theodosius of the Kiev Caves (10...