In 1956 an American game show debuted called “To Tell the Truth”. Each round of the game introduced three people all claiming to be the same person, and a team of panelists would ask them questions. Those pretending to be…
In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. I greet all of you with joy on the occasion of the patronal feast of our cathedral, the feast of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker. Saint Nicholas is known the world over; in some ways…
Some heresies never seem to die, but have a disconcerting tendency to pop up in every generation, rather like the emerging heads of the whack-a-mole in the children’s game…
Like many Orthodox clergy, I have lost track of the number of times my Protestant brethren have objected to the priestly title (in my case, “Father Lawrence”), citing the Bible which commands that they…
I greet you with joy on this holy occasion. And I thank you all for your gracious hospitality. I do not intend to speak at length, but I hope you will allow me to reflect brief…
Your Grace Bishop Daniel, I greet you today with joy, joy for you and joy for your flock. But it is not just I who have come to visit the cathedral for your enthronement. ...
In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Beloved brothers and beloved children in the Lord: ‘Today the Virgin stands in the midst of the Church, and with choirs of saints she…’
In the late Metropolitan Kallistos Ware’s classic The Orthodox Church, he describes the Church as “a continued Pentecost”. This is true, but it is important not to misunderstand his…
One of the first things that clergy do after entering the church on Sunday morning for Divine Liturgy is to put on special clothes called “vestments”. They are highly stylized…