Healing of the Spirit
“If anyone among you is sick? Let him call for the elders of the Church, and let them pray over him.” James 5:14 There seems to be a fear amongst Orthodox for ...
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Top Posts of the Past Week
Here are the Top Posts of the past week here at Shepherd of Souls The Mendi Bible Enduring Hostility for Jesus’ Sake Sermon ~ 4th Sunday after Pentecost T...
The Confederate Flag at Washington and Lee
For the past few months, students at Washington and Lee University have been petitioning the University Administration to remove the Confederate Flags that are ...
Summer Challenge: Seminary Ridge Museum
I have been vacationing in Florida the past few days for a family reunion but the Summer Challenge Continues. If you would like some background on the Summer C...
The Mendi Bible
In July of 1839 a group of Africans took control of a Spanish slave ship off the coast of Long Island New York. La Amistad (Spanish for friendship) was capture...
Summer Challenge: Adams National Historic Park
Early in June I posted an essay about visiting local sites and listed some of the sites that I was going to try and visit this summer. A couple of them were no...
Colonial Terms Still in Use
On July 4, 2014 I took the tour of the Adams National Historic Site in Quincy Massachusetts. During the tour the Rangers for the National Park service tell sto...
Encyclical of Archbishop Demetrios for Independence Day
To the Most Reverend Hierarchs, the Reverend Priests and Deacons, the Monks and Nuns, the Presidents and Members of the Parish Councils of the Greek Orthodox Co...
Rev. Joseph Henry Thayer, Chaplain 40th Massachusetts
The Reverend Joseph Henry Thayer was born November 7, 1828 in Braintree Massachusetts to Joseph Thayer and Evelina Stetson Thayer. He studied at the Boston Lat...
Enduring Hostility for Jesus’ Sake
During the ordinary time of the year, each day of the week is assigned a pericope from the Epistles and Gospel. All too often we miss these passages as we go a...