A Pilgrim’s Way: A Search in Sacred Romania
One of the first books I read on my journey towards Orthodoxy was The Way of the Pilgrim. This is a story of a young man who sets out to find out the meaning o...
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Prayer at the First Continental Congress
On September 5, 1774 at Carpenter’s Hall in Philadelphia Pennsylvania Peyton Randolph of Virginia called into session delegates from 12 of the 13 Colonies, Geor...
Did You Not Sin?
In yesterday’s essay I quoted Walter Brueggemann that the first eleven chapters of the Book of Genesis are the most important in Scripture, well so far that has...
Let us Make Man in our Image
I do not usually make New Year’s resolutions because I never follow through on them. I start of great but in a few shorts weeks it is gone. Well, I hope to ch...
55 Maxims for Christian Living
55 Maxims for Christian Living by Fr. Thomas Hopko 1. Be always with Christ. 2. Pray as you can, not as you want. 3. Have a keepable rule of prayer that you do ...
Repost ~ Hogmanay
A few years ago my family decided to celebrate the Scots New Years with a Hogmanay celebration. So I will be heading home on New Years day for some food and fun...
Is It a Sin to Break the Fast?
The quote below is taken from a much larger essay on fasting. I would recommend the entire article to you for your information and edification. So, is it a sin...
The Celebration has Just Begun
Today is the 2nd day of Christmas. All during the season that preceded this one, I was reminding people that it was not yet the Christmas Season that it was in...
Nativity Encyclical of Patriarch Bartholomew
(Patriarchate.org) – Prot. No. 1109 + BARTHOLOMEW By God’s Mercy Archbishop of Constantinople-New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch To the Plenitude of the Ch...
Christ is Born! Glorify Him!
Traveling around the countries of Eastern Europe this time of year, you will not hear the very familiar greeting of Merry Christmas. Rather, people will say Chr...