Holy Nativity Orthodox Church

Mercy and grace, in as much as we use these words to refer to God, can refer to the same thing.  That is, both mercy and grace--and love and...

I’m reading Jane Austen’s Emma again because of a sentence I read in Elder Porphyrios’ Wounded By Love . In a passage on the dangers of pr...

Forgiving, again, and again, and again.  Forgive me if I carry on with this topic forgiveness, even if I get repetitive.   When I was a k...

Ostensive Lyme asked whether Christians "need to" forgive the unrepentant.  The short answer is yes.   I can see why someone might...

We forgive those who trespass against us, don’t we?  I have been wondering about this as I have discussed the topic of church community life...

(Please first read Christopher's comment on "A Journey To The Ancient Church" in which he comments on some problems in most Or...

I found this four part youtube video and was very blessed watching it. It chronicles one group's journey to Holy Orthodoxy. Although t...

I am reading Emma again. It is my favorite of the three Jane Austen novels I have read. I started Sense and Sensibility , but was overrun...

Discipline and punishment are not the same thing.  Discipline is a kind of teaching, it has as its goal the training of the person under dis...

The feast of Theophany (also called Epiphany) is the second greatest feast (after Pascha) in the Christian Calendar. Theophany is even more...

This Christmas night bestowed peace on the whole world; So let no one threaten; This is the night of the Most Gentle One - Let no one be c...

According to the Proto-Gospel of James, Righteous Joseph was away for the summer doing construction work while the infant Christ was growing...

In Colossians chapter one, St. Paul prays for the Colossians that they would be filled with the knowledge of God’s will and live (“walk”) in...

This morning while waiting for the weather report on the radio, the announcer reported a study conducted by an on-line service that helps fa...