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You have really asked the fundamental question: What is worth living for? You are right that an external constraint to be good only proves ...

A weary priest, after listening to a college student share in rapture all that he has learned from the latest Life of an elder on the Holy M...

One of the phrases that repeatedly appears in the biblical and liturgical texts surrounding the death and resurrection of our Lord is "...

I'd like to draw my faithful few blog readers' attention to an Orthodox Christian outreach ministry called "Focus North America...

Kh. Krista West, in her podcast, The Opinionated Tailor, mentioned once her love for the novels by George Eliot, particularly Adam Bede . S...

I have been thinking lately about the prophetic ministry. Particularly, I have been thinking about how this ministry is manifest in the Chu...

I got to go up to spend a night at the monastery this week, and while there, Br. Samuel shared the following with me. In the Septuagint ver...

I must confess that when it comes to eschatology I am most convinced by the “realized” approach. Realized eschatology interprets apocalypti...

The Hebrew Bible presents Ahab as a sinful man like no other: “But there was none like Ahab which sold himself to work wickedness.” The Sept...

The Gospel reading for the second Sunday of Lent is the the story about the four fellows who want to bring their paralyzed friend to Jesus t...

Jim Forrest was with us this week. He is a man who makes you really want to be a Christian. I am not much of a pacifist. In fact, I have ...

I’m often asked by Protestants if the phrase “ever virgin Mary” means that the Church teaches that Mary the Theotokos never had sex. If ...

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the passions and how they afflict us like a disease. Even when you fight against the passions, I find...

I got an e-mail today from a colleague in the world of Orthodox Christian publishing who commented that "America is not coming to Ortho...

Holy Nativity is growing! We had 68 for PASCHA. It was glorious. Or was it? Why is it that two people can share what appears to be the e...

Glory be to God, I have just returned from a life changing trip to an orphanage in Guatemala city, Guatemala. This orphanage is run by four ...

I was invited last week to listen to a professor of theology—quite famous for his Evangelical orthodoxy and at the same time his ecumenica...

Eastern Orthodox Reflections. Father Thomas Hopko draws on the wisdom of the Orthodox Christian Church and the Holy Scriptures to help us un...

Dear Brothers and Sisters, As God has seen fit to grant our mission growth, we are now experiencing growing pains. Particularly, we are lea...