The So Called Independant Church
A quick scan around the Internet will reveal many so called “Independent Churches” that have a presence on the net. The ones I like best are the one...
Author: Fr. Peter
Liturgy Prayers – Prayer of the Third Antiphon
The third and final antiphon is chanted another small litany and then the Prayer of the Third Antiphon is said: You that have bestowed on us these communal pray...
Liturgy Prayers – Prayer of the Second Antiphon
Continuing on from yesterday we have the Prayer of the Second Antiphon. After a short litany that is the same for each of these we have the following prayer: O ...
Liturgy Prayers – Prayer of the First Antiphon
With Great Lent just around the corner I thought I would do some posting on the silent prayers of the Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom. These are the praye...
Sunday of the Prodigal Son
1 Corinthians 6:12-20Luke 15:11-32 Having acknowledged our sins and sought the Lord’s forgiveness, we now see that we are called to action. We must return...
Hijinks in Boston
So it would seem that all of Boston was in a uproar yesterday over some stupid prank by the TBS network. Some fun loving people put things that appeared to be b...
New Name
When I started this blog it was with the intention that I would post things about Monasticism both East and West. Well a quick look back at the posts during the...
Road Trip
Yesterday I met up with Fr. Greg and Chris D at the Museum of Russian Icons in Clinton, Massachusetts. What an amazing place this is. You would never know that ...
Sunday of the Publican and Pharisee
2 Timothy 3:10-15Luke 18:10-14 Nothing begins without the desire to see Jesus and when we truly see Him, then and only then are we able to see ourselves. This i...
Sunday of Zacchaeus
1 Timothy 4:9-15Luke 19:1-10 Update: I should have posted this last week but time got away from me… We know that we are approaching the beginning of Great...