Matthew 15:16-20
So Jesus said, “Are you also still without understanding? Do you not yet understand that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and is eliminated...
Tag: Scripture
Bishops Response
In my morning blog reading I came across this post on Bishop Tobin of Providence, Rhode Island and his response to Congressman Patrick Kennedy. They have had an...
Matthew 5:14-16
Fr. John Peck at the Preachers Institute has given us what he calls the New Testament Challenge. Basically you read the entire New Testament during the Nativity...
40 Day Scripture Challenge
Today the Orthodox Church enters the preparation period for the Glorious Feast of the Nativity of Jesus Christ. Fr. John Peck at the Preachers Institute has iss...
Sunday of the Samaritan Woman
Sermon AudioOne of the most ancient cities of the Promised Land was Shechem, also called Sikima, located at the foot of Mount Gerazim. There the Israelites had ...
Holy Myrrhbearers Sunday
Sermon Audio About the beginning of His thirty-second year, when the Lord Jesus was going throughout Galilee, preaching and working miracles, many women who had...
Saturday of Lazarus
Yesterday we saw the final service of the Lenten season for the Orthodox, well almost the last service Palm Sunday is th e bridge between the two so I guess you...
Orthodox and Scripture
In Orthodoxy, we hold Scripture to lie within tradition… We do not believe in Scripture and tradition as two separate or parallel sources. Tradition is si...
Blessing of the Water includes prayer for everyone in the Valley
YOUNGSTOWN — Water references such as “the clouds refresh humanity,” “washing away man’s sin” and “baptism of salvation” flowed in a Blessing of the Water servi...