14 October ~ St. Parascheva the New
Our venerable Mother Paraskeve the New lived as a monastic in the 11th century. She is beloved in Romania as Parascheva and in Serbia and Macedonia as Petka. Sh...
Author: Fr. Peter
Did God Rescue the Miners?
Sean O’Key/CNN Much has been written about the rescue of the 33 miners from Chile yesterday. I could not seem to pull myself away from the TV report...
Lazarus Come Forth
Mario Sepulveda leads a cheer for Chile after being lifted from the mine early Wednesday. Sepulveda was the second miner to be rescued.Photo from the Government...
12 October ~ St. Wilfrid of York
Born in Northumberland in 634, Saint Wilfrid was educated at Lindesfarne and then spent some time in Lyons and Rome. Returning to England, he was elected abbot ...
2010 Orthodox Census
This past week the 2010 Orthodox Census was released as part of a larger study of Congregation Study. There are some very interesting findings in this report. A...
Relics of St. Vladimir Coming to Seminary Chapel
Date: November 13, 2010 – November 14, 2010 The relics of the Seminary’s patron saint, Holy Great Prince Vladimir, Equal-to-the-Apostles, who conver...
11 October ~ St. Ethelburga, Abbess of Barking
She lived in the 7th century. Benedictine abbess of a dual Monastery, daughter of the king of the East Angles and sister of Sts. Eronwald Bishop of London, Ethe...
Christianity Should Not Change With The Times
Letter By St. Theophan the Recluse December 29, 1863 Sunday after Christ’s Birth It reached my ears that, as it seems, you consider my sermons very strict...
11 October ~ St. Kenneth, Abbot of Aghaboe and the Outer Hebrides
According to a legend he was born in 525 in Glengiven, County Derry, northern Ireland. His father was a distinguished royal bard, and his mother’s name was Ma...
Report Finds Strong Growth In U.S. Orthodox Churches
By Whitney Jones Religion News Service (RNS) America’s Eastern Orthodox parishes have grown 16 percent in the past decade, in part because of a settled im...