The Doubt of Thomas
The Second Sunday after Pascha in the Orthodox Church is dedicated to the Doubt of St. Thomas. I find it interesting that we would set aside a Sunday, after we ...
Tag: Theology
Orthodox Theology Defined
“Therefore, theology transcends all formulation and definition, being identified rather with personal encounter and a loving relationship with God in the ...
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...
A description of the first 40 days after death
by St. John Maximovitch Limitless and without consolation would have been our sorrow for close ones who are dying, if the Lord had not given us eternal life. Ou...
Why do we pray for the dead?
From the Synarxarion (Explanation) in the Triodion of THE SATURDAY OF THE DEAD Soul Saturday On this day, Soul Saturday, according to the order instituted by ou...
The Peace of God
“As a matter of plain fact, Jesus Christ never promised to bring peace to the earth in the sense that nations would no longer fight with one another and t...
The Second Adam
As the second and final Adam, Jesus does everything that the first and original Adam was called – but failed – to do. He obeys God. He h...
15 August ~ Dormition of the Theotokos
I love the feasts of Mary! I have loves these feasts since I was a kid but I really did not know why. She has always been there but that was it, she was Jesus m...
Orthodoxy and the Rapture
Update: With all of this talk of the world coming to an end on May 21st I thought I would re post this article I wrote some time back. The other thing I w...
Sermon ~ Lord I Believe, Help My Unbelief!
Sunday of St. Thomas Sunday of St. ThomasJohn 20:19-31 Today the Church remembers a person of great faith but also a person of great doubt. The Gospel story we ...