As a kid growing up in Kansas the song “Home on the Range” was common in our region’s musical repertoire. I do remember, however, being...

I am a great sinner and greatly infirm. If you see a person sinning even at the hour of his death, do not judge him. Judging and mockery...

I have heard some people say, “Ah! Human love is useless,” which is a great error. Human love is useless and barren only when it excludes...

“Once the Elder was invited aboard a frigate which came from Saint Petersburg. The Captain of the frigate was a highly educated man, who...

The Sunday after Pentecost is the Sunday of All Saints. In the Orthodox Church the feast of All Saints is not on a fixed date as it is in...

Christ had ascended bodily into heaven, so if He had not sent His Holy Spirit to accompany and strengthen His disciples and their...

The first words of the troparion to St Nicholas extol him as a “rule of faith”. The word “rule” here is a translation of the Greek word...

As we near the end of the Paschal season it is worthwhile to look at the account of Mary Magdalene's encounter with the risen Lord in...

Behold, here is love! Behold, here is instruction! Behold, here is humility! Behold, here is an example! As there is in good bread all...

A Paschal Homily by St Justin (Popovic) In our human world, death is the greatest torment and inhumane horror. Freedom from this torment...