Violence in America
I have not watched much of the coverage of the violence in Ferguson Missouri and other cities around the country. On Tuesday I waited for the announcement of t...
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The First Thanksgiving Proclamation
June 20, 1676 “The Holy God having by a long and Continual Series of his Afflictive dispensations in and by the present Warr with the Heathen Natives of t...
1783 Thanksgiving Proclamation
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. By His EXCELLENCY John Hancock, Esq. GOVERNOR of the COMMONWEALTH of Massachusetts. A PROCLAMATION, For a Day of Public Thanksgiv...
Do Not Store Up in Barns
“When someone steals another’s clothes, we call them a thief. Should we not give the same name to one who could clothe the naked and does not? The bread i...
Amphilokios, Bishop of Iconium
FROM THE SYNAXARION On November 23 in the Holy Orthodox Church we continue to celebrate the Entrance of the Theotokos into the Holy of Holies, and we commemorat...
Top Posts of the Last Week
Here is a list of the Top Posts of the Last Week here at Shepherd of Souls Traditions of Blessings Determination Come and See Image of Christ Thanksgiving Praye...
The Theotokos Enters the Temple
Today is the preview 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...
Traditions of Blessing
Orthodoxy is filled with traditions and with blessing but some of these has fallen out of use. I am one of those priests that is attempting to bring back many ...
Massachusetts Religious Leaders Joint Statement on Brutal Attacks at a Jerusalem Synagogue
“The senseless killing of people in any place must always be denounced, but that these brutal attacks in the synagogue in Jerusalem should have occurred a...
The Lost Sheep
The Gospel of Luke 15:1-10 At that time, the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear Jesus. And the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying,...