Is the “Church” truly in decline?
As the spiritual leader of a local congregation, I spend much of my time reading and staying up to date on the latest trends in all things church. One of the m...
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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...
The Not So Eastern Church
By Fr. Lawrence Farley I can, I think, count on the fingers of my one hand the number of times I have described myself as an Eastern Orthodox. Usually the pref...
Festival Time
Each year, around the end of June, we start to dust off all of the supplies and things that will be needed for our Annual Romanian Festival. For about the last...
The Holy Altar
There really is no more sacred place in an Orthodox Church than the Altar where the Liturgical Services are celebrated. When a Church is built, the altar is co...
Eyeing the Catacombs – Again
by Fr. Lawrence Farley Fr. John Peck, Author of the Orthodox Church of Tomorrow, has an excellent discussion on his blog about how we Christians can survive in ...
Faith in the Church
A week ago, the Orthodox world was trying to get used to the idea that a Metropolitan of a major Jurisdiction in the United States had resigned in a cloud of co...
Retention of Church Membership
Thanks to Facebook, I saw the graphic that is located at the top of this page. The research comes from the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate and it ...
The Working Session of the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church
The Press Office of the Romanian Patriarchate informs us: On 5 July 2012, the working session of the Romanian Orthodox Church took place in the Synodal Room of ...
The Power of Prayer
I am a firm believer in the power of prayer. I have seen lives transformed by prayer and people praying for them. As an Orthodox Christian we also believe in ...