Sermon ~ The Start of the Journey
It is not very often that a movie that I watch affects me either in a good way or in a bad way. Recently I watched a movie that has done just that. I would sa...
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Massachusetts Death With Dignity Act
There is much at stake in this election season. We have an opportunity to chart the course of our nation for the next four years. In Massachusetts we will be ...
Feminism and the Orthodox Church
As someone who is involved in Pastoral Ministry I face many questions about issues such as why doesn’t the Orthodox Church ordain women? What about wome...
Blessing for the Romanian Orthodox Faithful Living Abroad
Message of His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church on the Immigrant Romanians Sunday, 19 August 2012: This Sunday dedicated to the immig...
Transfiguration and the Blessing of the First Fruits
August 6th is the Feast of the Transfiguration of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. This year the feast falls on a Monday and so at the Sunday Liturgy we sang ...
Sermon ~ Taking a Step in Faith
I think that the Gospel story we just heard is my favorite of all of the Gospels stories that we hear during the year. This Gospel displays an enormous amount ...
OCEC, St. Tikhon’s Seminary, to co-host Christian education conference September 15
The Orthodox Christian Education Commission [OCEC] and Saint Tikhon’s Seminary will be co-sponsoring a Christian education conference, “Educating Our Children i...
Words of Warning from Dietrich Bonhoeffer
“Silence in the face of evil is itself evil. God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.” Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Vocations and Sharing our Faith
The other day I linked to an article debunking reasons for women to become nuns. The article was written by, and for a Roman Catholic audience but there were s...
Paraclis’ service of the Mother of God is very spiritually useful
On 1 August 2012, 17.00 hours, the Paraclis Service of the Birth Giver of God was celebrated at the Patriarchal Cathedral of Bucharest, on the first day of the ...