Tag: General

Yesterday I posted about church names and I mentioned if it was up to me, I would choose the name St. Snuffies. Some of you asked for the story behind that part...

Today on the Romanian Church Calendar is the feast of St. Parascheva. I believe her feast is latter in the year on the Greek calendar. I had the opportunity las...

Fr. Greg has a post on his blog about how the cathedral got it’s name. I find this topic interesting so I thought I would post about how our church, St. M...

Recently I wrote about loving your enemies. I spoke on this topic in church last Sunday and had some comments after from parishioners. Like I said, this is a ha...

In my previous post I mentioned my work as a fire chaplain. This has been a very rewarding ministry for me for the past few years. I serve a small department ma...

One of the most difficult parts of ministry is to be at the side of a family after the death of a loved one. This time is one of great spiritual grace for me as...

I mentioned this last week, but Cardinal Sean O’Malley of Boston is in Rome and has begun a blog. Although he does not make the posts himself, someone on ...

The Gospel reading for today’s Liturgy is taken from Luke’s Gospel chapter 6 vs 31-36. A very short Gospel reading by Orthodox standards but a very ...

Last Sunday, as I mentioned in the previous post, I was at a Krking service in New Hampshire. The minister spoke about faith and about how much time we spend on...

Today is a very strange day for me. For the first time in the more than 2 years since I have been ordained, I am not celebrating the Divine Liturgy today. I am ...