Mary of Egypt a Saint for all of us
The 5th Sunday of Great Lent is set aside to commemorate St. Mary of Egypt. Born in the 4th century this day is to remind us of the great power of reconciliati...
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New England Churches
I am a fan of New England Churches. Perhaps it is the architecture or the quaintness of a time gone by but each time I drive through a town, and see a steeple,...
O Faithless Generation
We have now passed the halfway point of Great Lent and our focus is turned toward faith, or should I say the lack of faith. The middle of anything can be a ver...
Podcast: Behold Thy Cross
In this episode Fr. Peter explains that if we are to be true disciples of Jesus Christ, then we must take up our cross and follow him.
The Journey Begins With A Yes
I have been writing about spirituality for many years now. I have written about the need for us to forgive others and ourselves. I have written on the necessi...
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 ...
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.