Great and Holy Friday
When Friday dawned, Christ was sent bound from Caiaphas to Pontius Pilate, who was then Governor of Judea. Pilate interrogated Him in many ways, and once and ag...
Tag: Ministry
Blessed are You…
Those three words begin each stanza of what has come to be called the Beatitudes. In our Orthodox Liturgy we recite these each time we celebrate the Divine Litu...
Grief
This is another post in Blog Carnival series on One Word at a Time and this time the word is Grief. Grief is one of those funny things as many people do not rea...
Swine Flu and the Chalice
Over on the AOI blog I can across a letter from His Eminence Alexios of Atlanta on the Swine Flu and the Chalice. I had the blessing of meeting His Eminence aft...
The First Orthodox Orphanage in the Diocese of Irinopolis, Tanzania
Dr. Constantine Santas(8/19/2009) By the grace of God and the missionary zeal of Metropolitan Dimitrios of Irinopolis, the spreading of the word of God continue...
FOCUS North America
There is a new Orthodox Social Ministry called FOCUS North America and the Focus of FOCUS are the needs at home. This from the website: Mission of FOCUS North A...
5 Years Ago
Five years ago today I was in Chicago preparing to be ordained to the Holy priesthood. What a weekend of events. I was ordained a deacon on Friday morning and t...
Giving During Lent
If you follow me on Twitter or Facebook you know that today was foodshare radiothon day here in the Village. Once a year we turn the radio station over for a 12...
Evangelism
We just had one of the best Parish Council meetings I can remember since I came here almost 5 years ago. It was progressive and nice and we got many things acco...
Reaching the Next Generation
I read and follow a lot of blogs on a daily basis. I am always looking for the next great idea or something that will help in ministry. We never stop learning a...