Liturgically, the season of preparation for the feast of the Nativity of our Lord (Christmas) doesn’t begin until December 20, the first...

Are you looking for a place where you can meet people with whom you have everything in common, get excited about like-minded politics,...

Friends, I hope you will forgive this “rerun”. This is the first piece I wrote for TheO3 last year at the beginning of the Nativity Fast...

"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." St. Paul’s famous words from his epistle to the Philippians have been turned by...

Orthodox Christians begin most all of their praying with invocation, “O Heavenly King….” This prayer captures simply and beautifully the...

There is more than one Jesus. In fact, there are hundreds and thousands and maybe more. Modern Christianity has so popularized the notion...

The churches in this part of the world are so thick that if you throw a rock in any direction you are likely to hit one. And with all of...

When I was a kid the old people often used the expression, “If I had a nickel for every time….” I don’t hear that much anymore, maybe...

We live in strange days, brothers and sisters. I’m not talking about gay marriage, abortion, and the decline of “traditional morality”....

You don’t have to read too deeply into history to realize that most societies and cultures have placed a premium on strength and power....