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GGWB Podcast #12: Slaying the Lazyathan

September 8, 2016 Filed under: Leave a Comment

Slaying the Lazyathan Good Guys Wear Black (AFR), 02 September 2016 Fr. Anthony Perkins In this episode, Fr. Anthony talks about the differences between Summer and Fall ministry, pokes some gentle fun at Enochian fundamentalists, and makes a plea for the intentional patterning of habits that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: General Tagged With: GGWB podcast

Top 10 Tips for Attending Seminary

August 24, 2016 Filed under: 1 Comment

by Fr. Stephen Frase From our friend Fr. Stephen come these top 10 tips. What would you add to them? 1. Don't miss services, not even for studying or writing papers. 2. Go to confession, at least once every three weeks. 3. Ask difficult questions (really any question) to professors after … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Preparation, Seminary Tagged With: Fr. Stephen Frase, seminarian, top ten

Episode #11; Evangelism is the Answer (with Bill Marianes)

August 12, 2016 Filed under: Leave a Comment

Bill Marianes (of Stewardship Calling)  was giving a talk at the Ukrainian Orthodox League Convention; being the incredibly generous soul he is, he agreed to sit down for an interview to talk about how to energize and organize our parishes to the glory of God and the spreading of the Good News. The … [Read more...]

Filed Under: General, Leadership, podcast Tagged With: Marianes, podcast, Stewardship Calling

The Tonsuring of Monks

August 8, 2016 Filed under: 5 Comments

Not all clergy are married. Many are monastics. This article from pravmir.com sheds some light on what the Church does to make a man a monk. I imagine that very few Orthodox have ever observed the rite for the tonsuring of a monastic.  The first time I observed the rite was during my stay at St. T … [Read more...]

Filed Under: General, Preparation Tagged With: monastic, monk

True, Priestly Image: Bishop, Priest, Deacon

August 1, 2016 Filed under: Leave a Comment

by St. Symeon of Thessalonica Priests are servants of the Creator of all things, who are to serve in the restoration of those, who were alienated by their own free choice and fell into being evil. Priests are ministers of the greatest and most divine work, through which earthly and heavenly beings … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Bishop, Deacon, Priest Tagged With: bishop, deacon, priest

GGWB Podcast Episode #9: On Funerals

July 30, 2016 Filed under: Leave a Comment

I prepared and recorded this episode in the midst of end-of-life-care and funerals for three prominent parishioners (and committed Christians). May their memory be eternal!  There's a lot I would like to have added to it (and some things I probably should have said differently), but it's a start.   … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Pastoral, podcast Tagged With: funerals

What a Clergyman Should and Should Not Be

July 21, 2016 Filed under: 1 Comment

Presentation by His Grace Bishop Christoforos of Andida. It is truly an exceptional honour but also a great responsibility for all of us that we have been chosen by God to be clergymen. The Lord Himself affirms: “You have not chosen me, but I have chosen you” (John 15:16). The Greek word for a c … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Bishop, Deacon, Featured, Priest Tagged With: clergyman

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