Share the post “Regarding the Priest’s Clothing” FacebookBlueskyShare… by His Eminence Metropolitan Saba (Isper) Toward the end of the last century, a lively debate arose in Greece—especially in Athens—over what a priest should wear outside the liturgical services: the traditional cassock or the clerical suit. It is said that during that period, Saint Paisios the […]
Midwest OCA Program Aims to Expand Clergy Formation
Share the post “Midwest OCA Program Aims to Expand Clergy Formation” FacebookBlueskyShare… A new Chicago-based seminary program in the OCA’s Diocese of the Midwest aims to address clergy shortages through a selective, hybrid-formation model. It follows closely the model used by the GreatMartyr Euphemia Orthodox Theological Academy based in Phoenix, Arizona. St. Tikhon’s Orthodox Theological Seminary […]
Cassock
Share the post “Cassock” FacebookBlueskyShare… From the diaries of a small-town priest This is a story I heard from a priest I (Fr. Konstantin) know personally. I live in a small town. Its population is about fifty thousand. Naturally, everyone knows one another. And so one day, I had to go to the bank to […]
