His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania, Sends Greetings to Pope Francis
From the Romanian Patriarchate His Holiness Pope FRANCIS Vatican City Your Holiness, The Romanian Orthodox Church is sharing in these moments of joy of the Roma...
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His All-Holiness congratulates newly-elected Pope Francis
Source:Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. Immediately following the election of Pope Francis on the evening of March 13, His All-Holiness communicated t...
The Election of a Patriarch
With all of the news focused on Conclave in Rome, I have received many questions about how Patriarchs in the Orthodox Church are elected. Like the rest of the ...
Why Do I Care?
This question was put to me on Facebook yesterday as I was making comments about the Papal election presently underway in Rome. Why do I, as an Orthodox Christ...
Sermon ~ Sunday of the Last Judgment
The Gospel of Matthew 25:31-46 The Lord said, “When the Son of man comes in his glory and all the holy angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious t...
11 March ~ St. Constantine of Scotland, King & Martyr
He died in 576. Constantine was a king of Cornwall, the son of Padeon, whose conversion probably dates from a confrontation with St. Petroc who was sheltering a...
Watchfulness
The Gospel of Luke 21:8-9,25-27,33-36 The Lord said, “Take heed that you are not led astray; for many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am he!’...
Making a Difference
I will admit it, I like movies. However, I have never been one to watch a movie and then think seriously about it. I can remember in my college days, we used ...
Saturday of the Dead
From the Synarxarion (Explanation) in the Triodion of THE SATURDAY OF THE DEAD Soul Saturday (Celebrated this year on March 9th) On this day, Soul Saturday, acc...
Why Conservative Christians Should Oppose Teaching the Bible in Public Schools
Jonathan Merritt ~ Religion News Service On Sunday night, the long awaited mini-series “The Bible” premiered on the History Channel. Produced by reality TV mogu...