18 July ~ St. Enoch/St. Thenew
Many legends but few facts are recorded about Kentigern (d. c. 603/612), who with his mother Thenew is a patron of Glasgow. Thenew was a princess whose father s...
Author: Fr. Peter
17 July ~ St. Kenelm, Prince of Mercia
Died c. 812-821. According to a popular legend of the Middle Ages, Kenelm was seven when his father, King Kenulf (Coenwulf) of Mercia, died, and he succeeded to...
Evangelism in the Orthodox Church
The single most comprehensive, contemporary lesson in Church growth (specifically, how to evangelize effectively in your parish) can be learned by standing in a...
15 July ~ St. Swithun, Bishop of Winchester
St. Swithun had been Abbot of the monastery attached to the cathedral, before he was made Bishop of Winchester in AD 852… He was, say the chroniclers, a d...
15 July ~ St. Donald of Olgivy
St. Donald lived in Olgivy, in Forfarshire, Scotland, in the early part of the 8th century. Upon the death of his wife, he and his nine daughters began to live ...
Do not Fear
Don’t be frightened; don’t fear any harm, even though the circumstances in which you work are terrible, worse even than those of Daniel in the pit with all thos...
Sermon ~ 4th Sunday after Pentecost
At that time, as Jesus entered Capernaum, a centurion came forward to him, beseeching him and saying, “Lord, my servant is lying paralyzed at home, in ter...
Prayers requested for Archbishop Dmitri
SYOSSET, NY [OCA] — The Holy Synod of Bishops requests prayers from the faithful for His Eminence, Archbishop Dmitri, retired Archbishop of Dallas and the...
7 July ~ St. Willibald, Bishop of Eichstatt
Bishop and missionary. A native of Wessex, England, he was the brother of Sts. Winebald and Walburga and was related through his mother to the great St. Bonifac...
Statement on Tornado Donations
After the June 1st Tornado that hit my Community of Southbridge, I and several members of my Congregation decided that we would open the Church as a regional do...