“The Way of God is a Daily Cross”
We live in strange days, brothers and sisters. I’m not talking about gay marriage, abortion, and the decline of “traditional morality”....
“On the Precious and Life-giving Cross”
Friends, Friends, the following is an excerpt from a homily of St Gregory Palamas on the Precious and Life-giving Cross in anticipation...
“Bless my enemies, O Lord.”
Friends, The following is from Prayers by the Lake, a volume from one of the great saints of the 20th c., the Serbian bishop St Nikolai...
“Don’t hide sorrow in your heart.”
Friends, I recently came across the following letter from Elder Joseph the Hesychast - one of the great spiritual fathers of the 20th c....
Saint John of Kronstadt - Sermon on the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos
Let us be happy, beloved brothers and sisters that we belong to the Holy Orthodox Church, worthily and rightly glorifying the Most Holy...
A Word of Thanks from the Fergusons
Except for one week spent visiting my mother in Texas, we have spent almost the entire summer in Arkansas with you. Of course, the...
On the Transfiguration of the Lord
Friends, as we begin the Dormition Fast this Monday we also prepare for the feast of the Transfiguration on Saturday, August 6. Below is...
One Lord, One Church
There is a line of singularity, or oneness, that runs through the entire length of the Creed. It begins with the confession of belief in...
Putting It Together
“Something that stands for something else.” That’s usually what we mean when we think of the word Symbol. In our world flags stand for...
With the Holy Angels
As the Priest (and Deacon, if there is one) and servers come out of the Holy Altar with the Gospel Book during the Divine Liturgy (called...
