Good Guys Wear Black | Discerning Your Vocation In The Orthodox Church
For Orthodox Christian Men Discerning A Vocation
HOMILY GIVEN BY ST. JOHN CHRYSOSTOM ON THE DAY HE WAS ORDAINED PRIEST St. John Chrysostom was called to the priesthood and ordained by Flavian, bishop of Antioch, early in the year 386. This is the date of his first sermon: he had not yet descended into the lists, as he himself puts it. What will you preach at your ordination? Think about it! St. John Chrysostom speaks of himself, the bishop and the people. 1. Is what has Read more…
Well, here it is. After discussions about the dormant D.Min. program at SVS and the need for more homiletics offerings, we now have something serious and available to us. This is on a cohort basis - it won't be available every year. Brothers, don't let this opportunity slide by. Tell Fr. Sergius you saw it here. Priests, chaplains, and other professionals in ministry may now earn an accredited Doctor of Ministry (D.Min.) degree Read more…
by Humbert of Romans As the primary responsibility of any competent clergyman is preaching with excellence, I decided to repost this portion of "On the Formation of Preachers" from Preachers Institute, and post it here. Meditate on these words well, and put them into action! Chapter Two VIII. Knowledge Required by a Preacher We must not overlook the high degree of learning that is necessary for preachers, who are commissioned to Read more…
by Fr. John A. Peck Many of my subscribers know that I consider excellence in preaching to be the most basic skill of any clergyman. Lately I've been inundated with statements by well-meaning folk who claim that preaching is not important. They don't say it directly, but that is what they mean. Usually, they back up their statements with something like the falsely attributed 'saying of St. Francis of Assissi' - "Go into all the world Read more…
Faithful readers of GGWB: the following appeared this evening on the Preachers Institute and is available to you as well. A venerable text on the formation of preachers, called (not surprisingly) “On The Formation Of Preachers”is now available through Preachers Institute. This is a considerable text, loaded with Scriptural and Patristic quotes on the work, art, craft and science of preaching and the personal formation of those who Read more…
by Hieromonk Irinei Remarks Given at the XII All-Diaspora Youth Conference Paris, 5th July 2011 Your Eminence, Your Grace, Reverend Fathers, Beloved Brothers and Sisters: In the Name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit: Amen. It is a joy for me to be giving what amounts to the first ‘formal’ lecture of this blessed conference, in which our whole aim is to explore mission and missionary work, especially in practical terms Read more…
Because I have some experience with this, I was very happy to see that some pastors are realizing what this means. by Olga Kiryanova Christ called upon fishers, future apostles, to leave their nets, follow him and become "fishers of man". Archpriest Viktor Gorbach, head of the Missionary Department of the Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Diocese, is no fisher, but he is also close to the ocean and tries to answer this appeal his own way, but also Read more…
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