30 November ~ Feast of St. Andrew the First Called
Today the Christian world celebrates the Feast of St. Andrew the First Called of the Apostles. This is an interesting feast day for me since it brings two parts...
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Orthodox Prayer Against Bad Weather
I think this is a good time for all of us to recite this prayer each day as part of our daily prayers. O Master, Lord our God, who through your consubstantial a...
15 August ~ Dormition of the Theotokos
I love the feasts of Mary! I have loves these feasts since I was a kid but I really did not know why. She has always been there but that was it, she was Jesus m...
The Inventor of the Doughnut
I have begun a little period of rest that I am calling a mini Sabbatical. During this time of rest and refreshment I am also performing a little research on to...
15 July ~ St. Donald of Olgivy
St. Donald lived in Olgivy, in Forfarshire, Scotland, in the early part of the 8th century. Upon the death of his wife, he and his nine daughters began to live ...
7 July ~ St. Willibald, Bishop of Eichstatt
Bishop and missionary. A native of Wessex, England, he was the brother of Sts. Winebald and Walburga and was related through his mother to the great St. Bonifac...
New Monasticism
“At the Last Judgement I shall not be asked whether I was successful in my ascetic exercises, how many bows and prostrations I made [in the course of pray...
2 July ~ Ştefan cel Mare (Stephen the Great)
The holy and right-believing Prince Saint Stephen the Great (Romanian: Dreptcredinciosul Voievod Ştefan cel Mare şi Sfânt) was ruler of Moldova (in modern-day R...
Dignity of the Human Person
I have begun to read the little book, The Pearl of Great Price, The Life of Mother Maria Skobtsova by Sergei Hackel and I have found what I think is a wonderful...
9 June ~ Our venerable and God-bearing Father Columba of Iona, Enlightener of Scotland
He was born to Fedhlimidh and Eithne of the Ui Neill clan in Gartan, near Lough Gartan, Donegal. On his father’s side he was great-great-grandson of Niall...