David Bentley Hart 2015 The long history of defective Christian scriptural exegesis occasioned by problematic translations is a luxuriant one, and its riches are too numerous and exquisitely various adequately to classify. But I think one can arrange most of them along a single continuum in four broad divisions: some misreadings are caused by a […]
Repentance
by St. John Climacus “Repentance is the renewal of Baptism. Repentance is a contract with God for a second life… Repentance is a constant distrust of bodily comfort… Repentance is the daughter of hope and the renunciation of despair. Repentance is reconciliation with the Lord by practice of good deeds contrary to the sins. Repentance […]
Remembering Protopresbyter Thomas Hopko
SYOSSET, NY [OCA] Today—March 18, 2019—marks the fourth anniversary of the repose of Protopresbyter Thomas Hopko, Dean Emeritus of Saint Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary, Yonkers, NY, and noted Orthodox Christian priest, theologian, preacher, and speaker. Father Thomas was the beloved husband of Matushka Anne [Schmemann] Hopko, whom he married on June 9, 1963. They are the […]
Why They Hate Us
Frederica Mathewes-Green [Eighth Day Institute, Feb 2019] Back in my college days, when dinosaurs roamed the earth, I was a hippie and a spiritual seeker. The range of spiritual options on campus was broad, and I sampled a bit of everything: Ananda Marga Hinduism, Zen Buddhism, Hare Krishna, Transcendental Meditation. I say I was a […]
Archbishop Benjamin Visits Soon!
The Most Reverend Benjamin Archbishop of San Francisco and the West Archbishop Benjamin was born in 1954 and was baptized and chrismated at Holy Virgin Mary Cathedral, Los Angeles, CA on April 27, 1972. In 1982, he was awarded a Master of Divinity degree and Certificate in Liturgical Music from Saint Vladimir Seminary. A prolific […]
Holy Synod of Bishops issues Archpastoral Letter on Ukraine
SYOSSET, NY [OCA] On Monday, January 28, 2019, His Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon and the members of the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America issued an Archpastoral Letter concerning the situation of the Church in Ukraine and related matters, as decided during the Fall Session of the Holy Synod held October 23-25, 2018. The complete text […]
Spiritual Morsels
put together by Fr. Paul Jaroslaw from Prophet Elijah Antiochian Orthodox Mission in Ellensburg, WA If we do commit some sin again, we should without delay ask forgiveness once again, and the Lord will forgive us, for He came not to save the righteous but the sinners, i.e., those who acknowledge their sins. Abbot Nikon […]
PATRIARCH DANIEL: REPENTANCE IS A CHANGE, NOT A SIMPLE REGRET
source: Basilica News Agency January 14, 2019 ‘Repentance is an effort for inner change, not a simple regret,’ His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel said in his Sunday homily at St Gregory the Enlightener Chapel of his Patriarchal Residence. His Beatitude noted that repentance does not simply imply saying ‘I’m sorry’ and moving on, ‘it is an effort […]
Sanctity of Life Sunday 2019
Archpastoral Message of His Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon January 20, 2019 To the honorable Clergy, venerable Monastics, and pious Faithful of the Orthodox Church in America, For forty-six years, we have lamented the Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion in the United States of America. And for forty-six years, those who consider life to be […]
SKETE PLANNED NEAR RATHDRUM, IDAHO
For years, Elene Schumacher has wanted to donate land for a quiet place of worship for the Eastern Orthodox Church. The Rathdrum-area property owner believes the right scenario has surfaced to make that happen. Schumacher is seeking a conditional-use permit from Kootenai County for a skete and a private cemetery for Russian Orthodox monks on […]
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