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The 2016 Old Testament Challenge

September 13, 2016 Filed under: Leave a Comment

If you, like many who read this website, are discerning a vocation to the priesthood or the diaconate, I'd like to invite you to participate in the 2017 Preachers Institute Old Testament Challenge. It starts on Sept. 15th. There is still time to join up and get started! There are many good … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Deacon, General, Pastoral, Preparation, Priest Tagged With: 2016, Old Testament Challenge, preachers institute

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

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

Do Clothes Make the Man? Keeping the Cassock

June 24, 2016 Filed under: 3 Comments

by Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos (The cassock) has a history connected with sacrifices, struggles, tears and blood. … To clergy the cassock reminds them that they are spiritual physicians and not just social workers. The life of the cleric is sacrificial, an ongoing offering that requires t … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Bishop, Deacon, General, Priest Tagged With: cassocks

Refresher for the Orthodox Pastor

October 14, 2015 Filed under: Leave a Comment

by Metropolitan Philaret (Voznesensky) 1. Having accepted the grace of ordination, bear in mind of what a gift and of what mercy the Lord has found you worthy – and what responsibility you now bear. A priest is an apostle to his flock. "I do not belong to myself, but to others," said the great R … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Bishop, Deacon, General, Leadership, Pastoral, Priest Tagged With: Metropolitan Philaret Voznesensky, pastor

Advice for New Deacons

September 9, 2015 Filed under: 7 Comments

One of the many blessings I enjoy in my present assignment (St. Michael the Archangel Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Woonsocket, RI)  is that I have three deacons serving with me.  It's the sign of the health of our parish that we have grown three diaconal vocations within our parish over the last few … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Deacon, Preparation

Christian Priesthood and Ecclesial Unity

June 10, 2015 Filed under: Leave a Comment

Some Theological and Canonical Considerations by Professor Contantine Scouteris School of Theology of the University of Athens 1. The records of the early Christian tradition leave no doubt that Christian priesthood is not a "function" necessary for the institutional being of the Church. Nor is … [Read more...]

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

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