Blessed are Those Who Mourn
As a priest I come into contact with people who are mourning as part of the job if you will. Grief and mourning is part of our existence as human beings. We m...
Tag: Spirituality
A Pilgrim’s Way: A Search in Sacred Romania
One of the first books I read on my journey towards Orthodoxy was The Way of the Pilgrim. This is a story of a young man who sets out to find out the meaning o...
Is It a Sin to Break the Fast?
The quote below is taken from a much larger essay on fasting. I would recommend the entire article to you for your information and edification. So, is it a sin...
Good Works or Bad Works
This past Sunday, the 23rd Sunday after Pentecost, the Epistle reading comes from St. Paul’s letter to the Ephesians chapter 2. In this chapter St. Paul writes...
Watchfulness
The Gospel of Luke 21:8-9,25-27,33-36 The Lord said, “Take heed that you are not led astray; for many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am he!’...
Saturday of the Dead
From the Synarxarion (Explanation) in the Triodion of THE SATURDAY OF THE DEAD Soul Saturday (Celebrated this year on March 9th) On this day, Soul Saturday, acc...
10 Spiritual New Year’s Resolutions for Orthodox Christians
– By Fr. Stephen Lourie 1) Arrive for Church Services on time! We take for granted the Divine Liturgy at the best of times. Often we believe that as long...
Facing Loss During the Holidays
Those of us who have lost children can dread the holidays (by which I really mean Christmas/Nativity). The focus seems to be so much on family togetherness and ...
Ancestral Sin versus Original Sin
The fact that we Orthodox do not accept the doctrine of original sin as espoused in the West, does in no way suggest that we do not need to be born again (born ...
Taking Back Sunday
With a tip of the Skufia to Fr. Greg I post below the text of an address by His Eminence Metropolitan Methodios of Boston given at the recent meeting of the The...