On Unexpected Death
When we lose someone that is very near and dear to us, we are troubled by a solitary, perplexing question…
Reflections in Christ
The Sermon on the Mount’s “either/or” choice
Embedded at the heart of the Sermon on the Mount, Christ teaches us that “no one can serve two masters; for either he will…
Coming and Going, Gathering and Sending
Words are wonderful. June 30 is the Synaxis of the Holy Apostles. What is a Synaxis? ...
The Holy Spirit’s Presence in the Church
Yesterday—June 4, 2017—we celebrated the Great Feast of Pentecost. And it seems fitting for me to share a fine…
“I ascend unto My father, and your Father….”
According to the mind of the Church, the Risen Lord is also the Ascended Lord. In the words of Father Georges Florovsky…
The Ascension: a Beginning, Not an Ending
If one read the four Gospels as if they were four separate biographies of Jesus, one might be forgiven for thinking that…
New Answers from the Bible Answer Man
Hank Hanegraaff is well-known as the “Bible Answer Man.” His recent conversion from Protestantism to Orthodoxy has caused…
The Great Litany
At every Divine Liturgy, after the initial doxology in which the celebrant blesses the Kingdom of God and blesses with the sign of…
An encounter like no other!
Among the Myrrhbearing Women, it is clear that Mary Magdalene is something of a “first among equals.” In the Synoptic…
“Break on through (to the other side)”
The Orthodox Church’s claim that Pascha is “the Feast of Feasts” is far more than poetic rhetoric. On the most basic level, it reminds…