Faith • Grief • History • Hope
Faith • Grief • History • Hope
On July 13 and 14, 2013 the second Monastic Synaxis of the monasteries of the Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese in the Americas was held at the monastery dedicated to St. Dimitrie the New. Participating in the meeting were; His Eminence Archbishop…
Spiritually there exists a difference between the life of the Orthodox lay person and the life of the Orthodox monastic. One is never to surrender their free will to the spiritual father, one should seek his advice, but one must…
Mother Magdalena from the Monastery of the Transfiguration in Ellwood City, PA was the speaker at a Fall retreat at St. Ignatius Antiochian Orthodox Church in Franklin, TN. She spoke on prayer and life in the monastery. I have listened…
The other day I linked to an article debunking reasons for women to become nuns. The article was written by, and for a Roman Catholic audience but there were some points that could be useful to an Orthodox audience as…
Dr. Al Rossi, Adjunct Professor of Pastoral Theology at St. Vladimir’s Seminary in New York, has a newly released podcast on Ancient Faith Radio dealing with the topic of Dark Asceticism. This episode is a part of a series that…
I came across this talk given by Metropolitan Jonah of the OCA during the Friends of Mount Athos conference held recently in the UK. In light of my previous post regarding monasticism I thought this was a great plan for…
August 20, 2012 ~ UPDATE: When I wrote this essay some time back I was not in full command of the facts. I had a wonderful conversation today with Mr. Kalmoukos and I would like to revise my remarks concerning…
(Originally published on OCN’s The Sounding) Published here with Permission Introduction: Journeying by boat to visit their beloved spiritual father, Constantine Palamas – the father of St. Gregory – suddenly realized he and his family had forgotten to bring food…
Listening to the Heartbeat of GodHow to Enter into the Ancient Orthodox Life of PrayerBy V. Rev. Hieromonk Peter-Michael PrebleISBN: 978-192865342-4Price $9.95Publisher: Regina Orthodox Press Inc.PO Box 5288Salisbury, Massachusetts 01952800-636-2470reginaorthodoxpress.com Prayer is a conversation with God, a divine and holy…