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So You Think You Want To Be A Priest’s Wife…

February 10, 2012 Filed under: 2 Comments

From the blog The Orthodox Clergy Wife by Presbytera Anonyma, a solid list for the priest-wife-to-be. A brave woman, as this list illustrates. Before you head off on your husband-search to seminary or to a choir concert featuring eager young men in black singing liturgical music, make your … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Clergy Wives, Featured Tagged With: clergy, priest, wife

Marriage & the Priesthood

October 2, 2011 Filed under: 1 Comment

A Preliminary Study Of Problems Facing The Married Priest In Contemporary Society And A Consideration Of Some Possible Aids In Solving Them Introduction The title of this study paper may perhaps suggest the need for some new justification of the Orthodox Church's traditional practice of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Clergy Wives, Featured, Priest Tagged With: marriage, priest, Priesthood

Help Your Priest By Understanding This One Thing

September 12, 2011 Filed under: 4 Comments

An excellent reflection on how faithful parishioners can better help their priests has been offered by Very Reverend Igumen Tryphon, Abbot of the All-Merciful Saviour Monastery, Vashon Island WA. The monastery, established in 1986, is in the Diocese of San Francisco and the West of the Russian … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Clergy Wives, Deacon, Priest, Vocation Tagged With: Abbot Tryphon, help, priest

The Perfect Priest: The Perfect Presbytera

July 21, 2011 Filed under: 6 Comments

from the blog The Orthodox Clergy Wife. I only found this a little funny. Mostly sad. I found this in an old e-mail. I know the ‘perfect priest’ is an adaptation of ‘perfect pastor’ lists that have been around for ages, but am not sure where the additions about the Presbytera originally appeared. En … [Read more...]

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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

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