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Press Release

December 12, 2013 Filed under: 3 Comments

PRESS RELEASE:  Fr. Anthony Perkins, Vocations Director of the UOC-USA, is the new webmaster of "Good Guys Wear Black", the premier website on Orthodox Christian Vocations   Fr. John Peck, the creator of the "Good Guys Wear Black"(GGWB) website, recently turned the management of the site over to F … [Read more...]

Filed Under: General Tagged With: Fr. Anthony Perkins, Fr. John A.. Peck

An Introduction to Vocations: Every soldier is a rifleman…

December 12, 2013 Filed under: Leave a Comment

An Introduction to Vocations, Part One;Every soldier is a rifleman; every clergyman is a Christianby Fr. Anthony PerkinsI have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me … [Read more...]

Filed Under: General, Preparation, Vocation Tagged With: orthoanalytika, orthodox way, Vocation

Married Life and Asceticism

December 8, 2013 Filed under: 2 Comments

by Deacon Pavel Serzhantov It all began with our forefathers, Adam and Eve. They received a commandment in paradise not to taste of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil (cf. 2:17). The commandment not to “taste of this or that” is quite well known to any Orthodox Christian. This is the com … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Clergy Wives Tagged With: asceticism, clergy, married life, wife

One of the Ways Priests are Healed

November 27, 2013 Filed under: 3 Comments

by Fr. Michael Butler On 15 November, the first day of the Nativity Fast, I concelebrated a service of Holy Unction. Every year several of the clergy in Cleveland get together for this service, which is particularly loved by Romanians, so we usually serve it at one of the local Romanian … [Read more...]

Filed Under: General, Pastoral Tagged With: Fr. Michael Butler, healing, priests

Signs in a Congregation That a Leader Has Covert Narcissistic Personality Disorder

November 22, 2013 Filed under: 37 Comments

Having experienced leaders like this in parishes like this, and grown them anyway, I believe this describes too many Orthodox parishes in North America today. Read and learn. Let the pastor beware. Taking steps to solve these pernicious and destructive issues has gotten me bounced from more than one … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Leadership, Pastoral Tagged With: congregation, narcissistic personality disorder

Orthodox Chaplain Runs Marathon In Cassock

November 18, 2013 Filed under: Leave a Comment

File this under: Priests: Only Men Need Apply "I wanted to show that the Church always lived with its people and was present at all events: from public events to sports. That's why I took part in this marathon. I could see that the people liked it: whenever I was running, I was applauded more … [Read more...]

Filed Under: General, Priest Tagged With: cassock, marathon, priest, rason

On The Mystery Of Ordination

October 16, 2013 Filed under: 2 Comments

by St. Nikolai Velimirovich "And when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them" - Acts of the Apostles 6:6 By laying their hands on the chosen faithful, the apostles consecrated bishops, priests and deacons. It is apparent from this that the Christian Faith is not only a teaching, but … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Bishop, Deacon, Featured, Priest, Vocation Tagged With: bishop, deacon, ordination. priest, St. Nikolai Velimirovich

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