Academic Theology: Swimming With Your Clothes Onby Fr. Michael Shanbour(Published in the Antiochian Archdiocese publication: “The Word Magazine”) In the renowned and God-inspired work, The Ladder of D[...]
from Eusebius? Ecclesiastical History: (c. A.D. 260-340)CHAPTER XXVII. That after reflecting on the Dawn fall of those who had worshiped Idols, he [Saint Constantine] made Choice of Christianity. Bein[...]
St. Amphilochios on Avoiding Despairfrom "The Evergetios: A Complete Text", Vol. 1 of the First Book A certain brother, overcome by the passion of immorality, sinned every day. However, eac[...]
Both love and duty today fashion my homily for your charity. It is not only that I wish, because of my love for you, and because I am obliged by the sacred canons, to bring to your God-loving ears a s[...]
SAFELY HOME TO HEAVENA Letter from an Orthodox Nun to a Former Calvinist(from the Orthodox Journal, "Road to Emmaeus") The following letter from an Orthodox nun to a troubled layman is a war[...]
Christians are those who live in Christ, i.e. are participants in His Life. "It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me" (Gal. 2:20). Indeed "life" without Christ is[...]
Dear Faithful in Christ,What a joy it is to gather each Sunday, on the day of the Resurrection of our Lord, to celebrate the Divine Liturgy -- that glorious act of worship in which we "plug int[...]
“The love of God is
shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit which is given unto us”
--Romans 5:5
Love is joy, and anoints the human
heart with joy. Love is strength,[...]
St. Amphilochios on Avoiding Despairfrom "The Evergetios: A Complete Text", Vol. 1 of the First Book A certain brother, overcome by the passion of immorality, sinned every day. However, eac[...]
Remembrance of wrongs comes as the final point of
anger. It is a keeper of sins. It hates a just way of life. It is the ruin of virtues, the poison of the
soul, a worm in the mind. It is the[...]
On Lazarus Saturday, as Orthodox Christians
throughout the world begin their annual participation in the Lord's entrance
into Jerusalem, His voluntary Passion, and glorious Resurrection, we at C[...]
Check out this eye-witness account of the Orthodox Pascha Service in Dachau Concentration Camp in Nazi Germany in 1945:The room was bare, save for a wooden table and an icon of the Theotokos. A cre[...]
It is common to feel a "let down" after Pascha, because of the blessed discipline and intensity of prayer we find by the end of the Great Fast.? The let down can also reflect our missing the[...]
Pastoral Letter
May 13, 2006
St. Theodore the Sanctified
Dear People of God,
“At the present time, people consider us believers to be
foolish and stupid. They do no[...]
I just wanted to alert you to several quotes I put up on?our website regarding prayer for the departed.? The practice of prayer for the dead is typically misunderstood or misstated.? The later Roman e[...]
When my family first met Fr. Roman Braga in the
mid 1980's,he had recently arrived at the Holy Transfiguration Monastery near
Ellwood City, PA, happy to join his sister, Mother Benedicta, who [...]
Sermon on The Divine LiturgySunday, August 2, 2009Christ the Savior Orthodox ChurchIn the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. A Protestant pastor approached a pious Orthodox Prie[...]
For your meditation and application, below is a portion of a brief treatise on the spiritual life by Saint Theophan the Recluse from: http://www.orthodoxinfo.com/praxis/soul_powers.aspx?nogoogle follo[...]
When Thou, O Lord, was baptized
in the Jordan, the worship of the Trinity was made manifest. For the voice of the Father bare witness unto
Thee, and called Thee His Beloved Son.
And the Spi[...]
