Extremist Language is not Christian
Statement of the Holy Eparchial Synod of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America The Holy Eparchial Synod of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America in its ...
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Sermon ~ Not my Gospel, but God’s
The Reading is from St. Paul’s Letter to the Galatians 1:11-19 BRETHREN, I would have you know that the gospel which was preached by me is not man’s...
Mending Fences
Many times in Scripture, Jesus uses images of a pastoral nature. He is called the good shepherd, he asks Peter to feed his lambs, and we have the parable of th...
Metropolitan Hilarion’s greeting to the Synod of Bishops of the Roman Catholic Church
Your Holiness, Your Eminences and Excellencies: May I address you on behalf of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and the Russian Orthodox C...
Consecration to the Theotokos
For centuries people have been placing themselves under the protection of the Holy Theotokos. This can be done for many reasons, in times of need or great dist...
Sermon ~ Standing at the Cross Roads
The Gospel of Luke 8:5-15 The Lord said this parable: “A sower went out to sow his seed; and as he sowed, some fell along the path, and was trodden under ...
The Heart of the Family Church…
Every Sunday, feastday and other holy day, when we go into our parish temple, we see the heart of the parish which is the sanctuary, where the Holy Table is. Wh...
Boston area religious leaders Discuss the issue of Physician Assisted Suicide
Thanks to Metropolitan Methodios for taking the lead on this issue for the Orthodox in Massachusetts. This is a serious issue and I am very pleased to see that...
What’s Going On?
It has been quite some time since I did an update of what has been going on around here. I have been trying to keep the blog updated by posting at least 3 time...
Pulpit Freedom Sunday
Sunday, October 7th, was a time when preachers from coast to coast took to their pulpits to try and pull the IRS into a court battle. In 1954, then Senator Lynd...