Religion and Politics
I have written before about the unprecedented attack from this White House on the religious freedom in America. The Orthodox Bishops in America released&n...
Tag: Bishops
Assembly of Bishops of Marriage and Morality
Recently, the public discussion about marriage and about the propriety of its redefinition has once again become prominent. It is a discussion that is certain t...
Courage in Leadership
One of the fundamental characteristics of a good leader, no, strike that, a great leader is courage. Of all the skills that leaders, especially leaders in the C...
Clergy Meeting
The Leadership of the Eastern Deanery Every so often, once or twice a year, the clergy of my diocese gather for a meeting. Our Archdiocese is broken down ...
Monasticism and Marriage
His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomewfrom his book, Encountering the Mystery In comparing monasticism to a vocation of freedom and love, the Orthodo...
Orthodox Theology
In the Orthodox Church, theology is considered a gift. It is not something acquired through mere study or scholarly research. It is not some complic...
The Canonicity of the Church
In his book, Encountering the Mystery, His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew defines the Orthodox Church with these words: It is defined not in rela...
Sunday of Orthodoxy Vespers
Sunday of Orthodoxy Icon Last night, clergy and laity from the 12 Orthodox Churches in our area joined together to celebrate the Sunday of Orthodoxy. The first ...
Archbishop Nicolae’s Meditation for the Sunday of Orthodoxy
We all know that the first Sunday of Great Lent is called the Sunday of Orthodoxy and that it was instituted in the year 843, at the end of the period of the Ec...
Open Letter to IOCC
Some background on this post. On Tuesday, May 8th the International Orthodox Christian Charities will host a gala fundraiser to raise funds for the many p...