The Absolution at Gettysburg
One Hundred and Fifty years ago, two great armies were marching toward the small Pennsylvania town of Gettysburg. The inhabitants of this small town numbered o...
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Sermon ~ Overflowing Your Banks
Arriving in my email each day is an email from the Massachusetts Historical Society with a little story about something that happened on that particular day in ...
Every Christian is to Become a “Little Christ”
Now the whole offer which Christianity makes is this: that we can, if we let God have His way, come to share in the life of Christ. If we do, we shall then be s...
Sermon ~ Communion with God
We talk a lot about Communion; after all, communion is central to what we do as Orthodox. At each Divine Liturgy we come into communion with the living God whe...
We Need to Rethink Our Approach to Poverty in America
Recently, St. Vladimir’s Seminary and the Acton Institute teamed up to offer a conference on Poverty in the United States. The recordings of the sessions are a...
Sermon ~ This Little Light of Mine
One characteristic of our Byzantine Spirituality is that of light. Light is all around us. We have candles on the altar, candles that illumine the faces on th...
Storm Season Serves As Reminder To Prepare For Emergencies
Recent weather-related tragedies across the U.S. including floods triggered by tornadoes and violent storms in the Midwest, wildfires in California, and the ons...
His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel at the European Commission
Basilica – On May 30th, the Patriarch of Romania participated in the annual meeting of the religious leaders of Europe with the presidents of the Commissi...
Orthodoxy and Orthopraxis
I am not one to compare my particular Church (or denomination if you will) with any of the others. I believe that one should simply speak about what he believe...
Sermon ~ Aid to Those in Need
All during the period after Easter we read from the Book of Acts. The book of Acts tells the story of the formation of the early church and the ministry of St....