Holy Nativity Orthodox Church

A couple of friends have asked me to comment on a post by Fr. Aiden Kimel on his eclectic orthodoxy blog entitled " What is Ort...

Sometimes inquirers and catechumens in the Holy Orthodox Church experience a lot of stress.  I certainly experienced a great deal of stress...

At Mid-Pentecost--the mid-point between Pascha and Pentecost--we commemorate Jesus's teaching in the temple "at about the middle...

Many, I chief among them, have had trouble accepting the historicity of the Church's accounts of Mary as a child in the temple--espec...

The following are two answers to questions about Mary the Theotokos. I wrote these to an inquirer recently. Let me try to answer...

A Protestant acquaintance of mine was able to hear Archbishop Joseph speak this past weekend. He was impressed and (perhaps half jokin...

Considering what they have done to their lives, if people lived eternally in this life, there would be no greater hell. Elder Paisios ...

Yesterday, His Eminence Archbishop Joseph, made a pastoral visit to Holy Nativity. As always, it was beautiful. It is a joy to get to spe...

In one of his mini-talks about the history of Anglicanism, Professor Ron Dart speaks of Erasmus and the the Church Fathers.  In that tal...

I'm reading With Pain and Love for Contemporary Man , volume one of the five volume "Spiritual Counsels" of Elder Paisios o...

The bishop will be visiting Holy Nativity next weekend. This is a huge event in the life of our community. In an iconic way, it is Christ...

It is an interesting irony that people who generally have very little regard for power of any religion can have an extremely high regard ...

Easter visits us now while our concerns increase, our fears grow greater, destruction expands, evil intensifies and killing is everywher...

It's Good Friday.  The services don't begin until 3:00.  A holy person would probably spend the first part of the day in stillnes...

What does it mean to give our weaknesses to God?  On a certain level, I don't know if I can explain what I mean by giving our wea...

Sometimes I confuse guilt and humility. When I become aware of a particular weakness or failing, when the sadness of my failure seems to...