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Fit For Ministry?

October 24, 2012 Filed under: 4 Comments

Addressing the crisis in clergy health by Amy Frykholm Being a pastor is bad for your health. Pastors have little time for exercise. They often eat meals in the car or at potluck dinners not known for their fresh green salads. The demands on their time are unpredictable and never ending, and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Bishop, Deacon, Preparation, Priest Tagged With: clergy, fitness

The Basics of Divine Liturgy

August 22, 2012 Filed under: 1 Comment

  Translated by John Sanidopoulos Before I left the Holy Monastery I found an opportunity in a discussion to ask him [Elder Sophrony] about the Divine Liturgy, and he presented me with the basic teaching about it. - "The Priesthood is not given to man as a reward for virtues, but … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Bishop, Deacon, Featured, General, Priest Tagged With: divine liturgy, Metropolitan Hierotheos Vlachos

The Challenges of the Priesthood in Today’s Russia

April 30, 2012 Filed under: Leave a Comment

Though this article refers to the challenges of the priesthood in Russia, it applies equally in America. The following interview with His Eminence, Archbishop Mark of Yegoryevsk, offers a frank and revealing look at the challenges and temptations faced by clergy in contemporary Russia. While of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Bishop, Deacon, Pastoral, Priest Tagged With: priest, Priesthood

The Noetic Hierarchy

March 13, 2012 Filed under: 2 Comments

by St. Maximus the Confessor The one who anoints his mind for the sacred contests and drives away passionate thoughts from it possesses the character of a deacon. The one who illumines it with knowledge of beings and obliberates counterfeit knowledge possesses that of a priest. Finally, the one … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Bishop, Deacon, Priest Tagged With: hierarchy, noetic, St. Maximus the Confessor

Diaconal Vesture

February 23, 2012 Filed under: Leave a Comment

by Protodeacon David Kennedy This nice article comes from the Eastern Catholic site: The Diaconate In Christ. Apart from clerical attire, which for deacons is generally the same as priests, there is one vestment, namely the sticharion.  It is worn with the orarion and the epimanikia which … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Deacon, Featured Tagged With: deacon, Orthodox, vestments, vesture

The Orthodox Clergy Wife

February 13, 2012 Filed under: 1 Comment

by Matushka Valerie G. Zahirsky What does it mean to have a wonderful title, and no real job description? The position of the wife of a priest is exactly this. The various languages or every Orthodox country have titles of honor for the priest’s wife. Some might literally be translated as ‘ … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Deacon, Priest Tagged With: clergy, matushka, Orthodox, Valerie Zahirsky, wife

The Duties of the Orthodox Deacon

January 14, 2012 Filed under: 3 Comments

From the Bulgakov Handbook The name deacon in own sense designates a third rank of the ecclesiastical hierarchy. On initial assignment the deacons were servers at the meal of the Lord, i.e. at the fulfillment of the liturgy. They were also ministers of the word of God. The present circle of their … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Deacon, Featured Tagged With: Bulgakov, deacon, duties

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