Spiritual Fatherhood in the Orthodox Church
Over the last few years and very important aspect of my ministry has evolved that of spiritual fatherhood. Although each pastor of an Orthodox parish is the spi...
Author: Fr. Peter
Hearing
For as long as I can remember my father has been hard of hearing. Over the last few years it has progressively gotten worse. Without his hearing aid...
Listening to the Heartbeat of God
On September 26th the Orthodox Church commemorates the Repose of St. John the Apostle, Evangelist and Theologian. St. John was the Son of Salome the Myrrh-beare...
Sow Bountifully, Reap Bountifully
V. Rev. Fr. Nicholas ApostolaPastor, St. Nicholas Orthodox ChurchShrewsbury, MassachusettsGuest Blogger Following the Feast of the Precious Cross, we begin a ne...
26 September ~ The Falling Asleep of St. John the Evangelist and Theologian
This Apostle was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and was the son of Zebedee and Salome, and the brother of James the elder. First a fisherman by trade, he became an ...
Facebook and Prayer
Since it’s founding on February 4, 2004 more than 500 million people have subscribed to Facebook. Certainly this is the new communications tool and one that the...
Orthodoxy and Capital Punishment
At 9:13pm on Thursday, September 23rd the Commonwealth of Virginia executed 41 year old Teresa Lewis. She was convicted of plotting to kill her husband and step...
Humility
I am in the second week of an adult education program here at the church on prayer. We are using the book, Beginning to Pray by Archbishop Anthony Bloom. This i...
Broken and Spilled Out
This time around on the One Word at a Time Blog Carnival the word is brokenness. This word has many meanings for many different people and for the most part it ...
Media Bias
Unless you live under a rock you know that we have an election in about six weeks time. Here in Massachusetts we have several seats up for grabs including the G...