Sequestration
On Friday, March 1st, the United States faces what is being called Sequestration. Now, I do not know what the fine details are but what I do know is the US wil...
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Sermon ~ Are You Ready for the Persecution
Today we begin the season known as the Triodion. The Triodion are the books that we will use now until after Pascha, and they contain all of the services for t...
Liturgy Returns to Oxford
Oxford’s Keble College played host to a very special ceremony when it welcomed Bishop Jerome of Manhattan, of the Russian Orthodox Church. When His Grace celebr...
Silence in Liturgy
When I first started to attend services at the Benedictine Monastery I would eventually call home, I was taken aback by the silence during the services. It see...
Freedom in the Kingdom of God
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 w...
Sermon ~ Woman, Great is Your Faith
The Gospel of Matthew 15:21-28 At that time, Jesus went to the district of Tyre and Sidon. And behold, a Canaanite woman from that region came out and cried, &#...
Elder Cleopa on Prayer
1) – Oral prayer is the first step of prayer. When we pray with our tongue, mouth and lips, we are on the lowest step of prayer. 2) – The second ste...
The Real Saint Valentine
by Fr. John Bockman Around 1928, when I was in the second grade, a good part of the winter was spent constructing what I recall as a fantastic make-believe clas...
The Prophet Isaiah on Fasting
Hear the word of the Lord: “Yet on the day of your fasting, you do as you please and exploit all your workers. Your fasting ends in quarreling and strife, and i...
Pope Benedict XVI to Resign
The Vatican has announced that Pope Benedict will resign on February 28th. This is the first time in more than 500 years. The text of the announcement is belo...