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...
Author: Fr. Peter
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...
New Orthodox Bloger
I would like to introduce you to a new Orthodox Blogger. Sub deacon Ian blogs over at Birettas & Poison Ian is studying at my Alma Mater Holy Cross Greek O...
6 August ~ Transfiguration
Our Lord had spoken to His disciples many times not only concerning His Passion, Cross, and Death, but also concerning the coming persecutions and afflictions t...
Prayers Requested
I am requesting prayers for my dog Onchu. He went to the Vet today to get fixed and they do the usual blood work and one of his liver tests came back high. They...