The Divine Liturgy ~ An Explanation
Over the next few days, I will be posting on elements of the Divine Liturgy of the Orthodox Church. One thing that one needs to know, is that there is more to ...
Author: Fr. Peter
Mosque at Ground Zero
I have not commented on this up to this point but now I think I need too. Let me start by saying that I do not think that the proposed center should ...
Seek God Above All
Imagine that there is nothing else in front of your eyes – as though you were not among mankind – because you are seeing nothing else but God, for G...
Book Review ~ Short Trip to the Edge
Several months ago, shortly after my tonsure into the Orthodox Monastic Life, a very good priest friend of mine gave me a book about a poet who went on a search...
Because a Young Girl Said Yes
Yesterday, the Orthodox Church celebrated the feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos. This is one of the twelve great feasts of the Orthodox Church and commemo...
Encyclopedia of Eastern Orthodox Christianity
“With a combination of essay-length and short entries written by a team of leading religious experts, the two-volume Encyclopedia of Eastern Orthodoxy off...
13 August ~ Saint Tikhon of Zadonsk
Saint Tikhon of Zadonsk, Bishop of Voronezh (in the world Timothy), was born in the year 1724 in the village of Korotsk in the Novgorod diocese, into the family...
Criticizing the Government
I have always been fascinated by government, government at all levels. I am involved in local government on several levels and feel that it is our civic duty to...
One Word at a Time ~ Laughter
For the past few months I have been participation, off and on, with a blog carnival. The idea is you get as many bloggers as you can to blog about the same topi...
Motorcycle Blessing
A few months back I decided to try and put together a motorcycle blessing here at the church. Way back when I was in the Benedictine Monastery we used to do thi...