Thank You, O Lord!
Protopresbyter Alexander Schmemann celebrated the divine liturgy for the last time on Thanksgiving Day. This was particularly appropriate since Father Alexander...
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Thanksgiving Prayer
Here is a prayer that can be used at the Thanksgiving Table. It comes from the Orthodox Moleben Service for Thanksgiving. Remember on this day that we give th...
The Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple
Today is the prelude of the good will of God, of the preaching of the salvation of mankind. The Virgin appears in the Temple of God, in anticipation proclaiming...
Encyclical of Archbishop Demetrios for Thanksgiving Day 2012
Nov 15, 2012 Protocol Number 161/12 November 22, 2012 Thanksgiving Day Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. (I...
Quick Facts from Orthodox Christian Prison Ministry
OCPM ministers to nearly 1,000 men and women who are in prison or who have recently been released. Many have embraced the Orthodox Faith, while others who were ...
Taking Back Sunday
With a tip of the Skufia to Fr. Greg I post below the text of an address by His Eminence Metropolitan Methodios of Boston given at the recent meeting of the The...
Nativity Fast
On November 15th the Orthodox Church begins a period of preparation leading up to the Nativity of Christ on December 25th. The period of abstinence, called the...
The Good Samaritan
The Gospel of Luke 10:25-37 At that time, a lawyer stood up to put Jesus to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” He...
On Clergy Discipline
I was recently involved in a discussion regarding the discipline of clergy who have, as they say, gone off the reservation. I take a rather hard stand on this ...
First Snow Fall
I do not usually get taken by surprise by the weather, but this morning I woke up, and we had eight inches of snow on the ground. I usually pay pretty close at...