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SVS Dean Publishes Landmark Work

June 8, 2011 Filed under: Leave a Comment

Fr. John Behr

by Deborah (Malacky) Belonick Accurately chronicling bygone theological debates can be extraordinarily challenging, but Dean, Archpriest John Behr, has proved himself worthy of the task. In May 2011, he published a landmark work, The Case Against Diodore and Theodore, which is being touted by … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News, Seminary Tagged With: Dean, Fr. John Behr, Oxford University Press, St. Vladimir Orthodox Theological Seminary

Basic Pre-requisites For Ordination

June 7, 2011 Filed under: 2 Comments

by Metropolitan Hierotheos Vlachos It is certain that the apostles transmitted this priesthood of Christ through a definite sacrament called the Sacrament of Holy Orders. The Church also fixed the canonical prerequisites for anyone to receive this great grace and to exercise this highest … [Read more...]

Filed Under: General Tagged With: bishop, deacon, Metropolis Hierotheos Vlachos, ordination, pre-requisite, priest

Between Heaven and Earth: Pastoral Reflections on the Psychodynamics of the Clergy Family

June 6, 2011 Filed under: 1 Comment

by the Rev. Vasileios Thermos, M.D., Ph.D. Our family is a special gift of God in our lives. It is through our family  that we struggle for salvation, for personal integration, for well-being.  The apostolic tradition of a married priesthood should be considered an invaluable blessing of God in o … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Clergy Wives, Featured, General, Priest Tagged With: clergy, family, Orthodox

In The Shadow Of The Priest

June 5, 2011 Filed under: 1 Comment

Here at GGWB, we are often asked by women whose husbands are looking ahead to ordination - "What is my job? What will I be expected to do? I can't handle that!" My answer is very simple: The priest's wife has one job - to care for her husband and children. Anything else is of secondary … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Clergy Wives, Priest Tagged With: clergy wives, matushka, Orthodox, popadija, presbyetra, shadow

The Perils Of The Priesthood

June 3, 2011 Filed under: Leave a Comment

by Fr. Patrick Henry Reardon Ever since reading it a half-century ago, I have wondered how anyone familiar with St. John Chrysostom's treatise on ordination could still summon the nerve to go through with the rite. The message of that book seemed to be: "Go ahead, fool, get yourself ordained; … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Priest Tagged With: Fr. Patrick Henry Reardon, perils, Priesthood

On The Priesthood

May 27, 2011 Filed under: 1 Comment

On The Priesthood

by Fr. Aris Metrakos Even after two thousand years of Christian history, the ordained priesthood remains a "mystery" in every sense of the term. Why do some men who are called to this role fail miserably while others succeed? Can seminarians be prepared for the presbytery in a way that is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Priest Tagged With: Fr. Aris Metrakos, priest, Priesthood

The Priesthood As Vocation

May 26, 2011 Filed under: Leave a Comment

". . . the priesthood unites all of the callings to which man may respond and cannot be thought of as just one of them. " INTRODUCTION Since it is the divine grace that elevates a man, through the laying-on-of hands, to be a priest, it is clear that the priesthood is unlike any other vocation … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Bishop, Deacon, Featured, General, Priest, Vocation Tagged With: Orthodox, Priesthood, Vocation

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