Boston Marathon
I started to write this last night but decided it was better to wait. A raw emotional state is never a good place to write from and I needed time to process th...
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Sermon ~ One Rung at a Time
We have now passed the midway point of our Lenten Journey. This year I have tried to focus us on listening to God. This past Wednesday, at the Presanctified, ...
Frequency of Confession
As the season of Great Lent begins to come to a close and we are looking ahead to Holy Week most Orthodox Christians start to think about their confession. Yes...
Sermon ~ Behold Thy Cross
The Gospel of Mark 8:34-38; 9:1 The Lord said: “If anyone wishes to come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever w...
8 April ~ The New Martyr John Naukliros
The Holy New Martyr John Naukliros (“the Shipmaster/Skipper”) (Greek: Ιωάννης ο Ναύκληρος ) was an Orthodox Christian during the seventeenth century...
Thrd Sunday of Great Lent ~ Veneration of the Holy Cross
On the Third Sunday of Great and Holy Lent, the Orthodox Church commemorates the Precious and Life-Giving Cross of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Services in...
The Date of Easter
Unless you live under a rock you know that today is the Western World it is Easter. The Orthodox are celebrating Easter a little latter this year, May 5th. So...
The Outskirts
Yesterday, I had the honor of participating in the 34th Annual Food Share Radiothon on WESO 970 AM here in Southbridge. Food Share is the food pantry organizat...
Lenten Prayer
O great Lord and God! You have led us from corruption to imperishable life through the life-giving death of Your Christ. So, now, deliver our senses from the mo...
William Henry Preble
For the last 20 years or so, my brothers and I have been involved in researching our family heritage. We have spent most of that time researching the Preble si...