Still Here
Well I am still here and still suffering with this cold. I hate being sick and since I am alone I still have to do all the house stuff and prepare my own meals....
Author: Fr. Peter
Radio
Most of you know that my podcast Shepherd of Souls is now on the radio on a few stations in Massachusetts and some n New York as well. You may also know that I ...
Facing East #31
Episode 31 is now online. In this episode we kick back and chat about the Liturgy of St. James. We had just finished the Liturgy and we thought we would chat it...
Where have I Been?
This has just been a crazy week. I hope this week is a little less crazy but so far not the case. I am up at 5am to head to the radio station for 7am to do the ...
Fidel Castro considers Metropolitan Kirill his ally in opposing
Havana, October 23, Interfax – The former Cuban leader Fidel Castro stated that Chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for External Church Relatio...
Displaced Families Facing Harsh Winter
Tskvarichamia, Georgia — The leaves have already changed in Tskvarichamia, a mountain hamlet about 15 miles above Tbilisi. For the 16 families taking shelter in...
The passing of the U.S. Orthodox Church as an ‘ethnic club’ is under way
These were the sad, sobering conversations that priests have when no one else is listening. Father John Peck kept hearing other priests pour out their frustrati...
Study Finds More Orthodox Converts
By Nicole Neroulias, Religion News Service A new study of Orthodox Christians in America has found a larger-than-expected number of converts, mostly from Roman ...
Worker Priests
Several weeks ago Huw had a post on his blog about Tent Maker Clergy. I was going to comment and then it got lost in all of the other posts I was working on. So...
Alternative Worship
Last night we celebrated the feast of St. James with the Liturgy of St James. A beautiful Liturgy and I am sorry we do not use this one more often then the one ...