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...
Author: Fr. Peter
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...
Sausage Gravy
In yesterday’s post I mentioned that my family was on vacation on Cape Cod. First one does not say at Cape Cod you say on Cape Cod. So with that cle...
Martha’s Vineyard Campmeeting
My family and I have been on a little vacation on Cape Cod. This is the first time, that I can remember anyway, that the entire family has gone away toget...
11 August ~ St. Blane, Bishop of Bute
Saint Blane, a disciple of Saint Comgall (f.d. May 11) and Saint Canice (f.d. October 11), was nobly born on Bute Island, Scotland. He returned home to finish h...
Parish Revitalization
Recently, whilst reading my daily list of blogs, I came across the website of All Saints of North America Russian Orthodox Church.On this site were two posts of...
9 August ~ Venerable Herman of Alaska
Our venerable father Herman of Alaska (1756 – December 13, 1837) was an 18th century missionary to Alaska. He, in 1970, became the first saint to be glori...
Orthodox Vocations
I have often thought that we in the Orthodox Church do not do enough to promote vocations to the Priesthood, Diaconate, and men’s and women’s monast...
5 August ~ St. Oswlad
King of Northumbria and Martyr.Born, probably, 605; died 5 Aug., 642. The second of seven brothers, sons of Ethelfrid, who was grandson of Ida, founder of the K...