Something for my Christmas List
We need a new censer at the church and I think this will fit the bill. http://www.gloria.tv/media/109207/embed/true
Tag: Church
Obey the Rules
When one takes a job at a company you are told the rules up front, perhaps in your contract, and there is an expectation that you will obey these ru...
The Priest and Obedience
In a previous post, I wrote about a priest being removed by his bishop for wearing a cassock. I fear I may not have been fair in my treatment of that post and h...
USCIRF Condemns Terrorist Attack on Baghdad Church
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today condemned Sunday’s terrorist attack on Baghdad’s Our Lady of Salvation ...
Priest Dismissed for Wearing a Cassock!
The Offending Garment According to a story on OCANews.org Metropolitan Philip has dismissed a priest as pastor of one of his churches because he was wearing a c...
All Hallows Eve
I was going to try and write a post about Halloween but my good friend Huw has already done it. Each year I get questions about Halloween from an Orthodox...
Turkey Shoot
Last night we had one of the best events of the church year outside of Liturgy of course. For the last 40+ years we have held the Annual Turkey Shoot in o...
Washburn House in Worcester to begin a new life
Washburn Houe Worcester By Martin Luttrell TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF Nineteenth-century industrialist and philanthropist Ichabod Washburn amassed a fort...
2010 Orthodox Census
This past week the 2010 Orthodox Census was released as part of a larger study of Congregation Study. There are some very interesting findings in this report. A...
Report Finds Strong Growth In U.S. Orthodox Churches
By Whitney Jones Religion News Service (RNS) America’s Eastern Orthodox parishes have grown 16 percent in the past decade, in part because of a settled im...