10 Tips for Stress Control
As people, we are under more and more stress each and every day and that stress is not good for us. Stress can, and will, affect us physically and spiritually ...
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The Ladder of Divine Ascent
By Fr. Nicholas Apostola This is the fourth Sunday of Great Lent. We remember our father among the saints, John of Sinai who wrote the great spiritual work, The...
Memory Eternal Fr. Thomas Hopko
This is a very sad day for the Church. The Servant of God, the Protopresbyter Thomas has fallen asleep. I met Fr. Tom many years ago, long before I was Orthod...
Child, Your Sins Are Forgiven
As we continue our journey through Great Lent the scripture for the week, taken from the Gospel of St. Mark, remind us of faith and how we need to have faith in...
Podcast: America’s Spiritual Founding Father
Fr. Peter looks at a little bit of colonial religious history with Professor Thomas Kidd.
English Separatists and My Family
If you have been following these pages for any length of time, you know that my family is heavily involved in family research. We can trace our ancestors back ...
MiniCast: Created in the Image and Likeness
In this Lenten MiniCast Fr. Peter discusses how all of humanity is created in the Image and Likeness of God.
The Necessity of Forgiveness
The last of the preparatory Sundays in the Orthodox Church is the Sunday of Forgiveness. This is the Sunday that we call to mind the expulsion of our first par...
Podcast: The Dangers of Pornography
In this episode Fr. Peter discusses the Ten ways that pornography damages your brain.
An Introduction to Great Lent
Alexander Schmemann When a man leaves on a journey, he must know where he is going. Thus with Lent. Above all, Lent is a spiritual journey and its destination i...