Holy Nativity Orthodox Church

Recently one of my parishioners wrote to me asking the following question. With her permission, I’d like to share with you the question...

In the Orthodox Church, when someone moves from one parish to another, it is expected that he will bring a letter from the priest or bish...

Every morning at the end of matins, the Church prays the last three Psalms of the Psalter, which include the following verses.   Psalm ...

One of my parishioners tells the story of how, when she was a university student, God helped her keep her relationship with God alive thr...

Lord, if you had been here… When Lazarus dies, his sisters, Martha and Mary, are overwhelmed with sadness, confusion and probably not...

“The Dark Night of the Soul” is a term made famous by St. John of the Cross, a sixteenth century Spanish mystic. St. John wrote a long po...

From This To This My Christian experience before Orthodoxy was among the Charismatic and Pentecostal Protestants.   Recently sev...

The Green Shift Phenomenon In my last post , I spoke of two options for Christian living.  These options, marriage or monasticism, are...