Good Guys Wear Black | Discerning Your Vocation In The Orthodox Church

For Orthodox Christian Men Discerning A Vocation

  • Home
  • About
    • Vocation
  • Education
    • Why Seminary?
    • Pre-Seminary
    • Seminaries
    • Distance Education
  • Holy Orders
    • Major Orders
      • Bishop
      • Priest
      • Deacon
    • Minor Orders
      • Subdeacon
      • Reader
    • Military Chaplaincy
      • Become A Chaplain
      • Chaplain Candidate Programs
    • Tent Making
  • Clergy Wives
  • Media Resources
    • Website Resources
    • Parish Resources
    • Bulletin Resources
  • Contact
  • General
  • News
  • Vocation
  • Deacon
  • Priest
  • Preaching
  • Preparation
  • Tentmaking
  • Clergy Wives

The Significance of Apostolic Succession: Part 4

May 9, 2012 Filed under: 1 Comment

by Metropolitan Sergii (Stragorodsky) Part Four of Four. An understanding of the Ecumenical Church as a conglomerate of heterogenous parts. But this very attractive, broad and most pleasing to all theory cannot be attributed to the Church. The Church of Christ always understood its unity in the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: General, Priest Tagged With: apostolic succession

The Significance of Apostolic Succession: Part 3

May 7, 2012 Filed under: 1 Comment

by Metropolitan Sergii (Stragorodsky) Part Three of Four. In contrast to the total rejection of any significance of Apostolic succession among the heterodox there are those, primarily among the heterodox who exaggerate this significance to an extreme. An ordination within the Apostolic succession … [Read more...]

Filed Under: General, Priest Tagged With: apostolic succession

The Theology of Illness

November 20, 2011 Filed under: Leave a Comment

Question of health and sickness have been very much on my mind these past two years, and for this reason I have decided to return to two books authored by the remarkable French Orthodox scholar, Jean-Claude Larchet: The Theology of Illness and Mental Disorders and Spiritual Healing, (the third … [Read more...]

Filed Under: General Tagged With: illness, Jean-Claude Larchet, Orthodox, sickness, sin, theology, Theology of Illness

How Willpower Works

November 14, 2011 Filed under: Leave a Comment

by Deborah Kotz David Blaine — the 38-year-old self-described “endurance artist’’ who once encased himself for seven days in a plastic coffin with no food and little water — credits willpower training for his amazing feats. “Getting your brain wired into little goals and achieving them … [Read more...]

Filed Under: General Tagged With: brain, success, training, will

The Orthodox Priest: Icon of Christ

November 7, 2011 Filed under: 5 Comments

by Fr. Alister Anderson In this holy season you could have a child ask you, “why was Jesus born as a boy? Why couldn’t St. Mary have had a baby girl to be our saviour?” How would you answer these questions? I would say this because the Bible says it: God wanted to be born of St. Mary as a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: General Tagged With: Christ, icon, nativity, ordination, Orthodox, priest, priesthood. women

Clergy Burnout and Fatigue

November 2, 2011 Filed under: Leave a Comment

by Fr. George Morelli This excellent article was first published on Orthodoxytoday.org, where much of Fr. Morelli’s writings appear. We offer to our overworked, underpaid, and often exhausted brethren, in the hopes that they may be refreshed who are weary in well-doing.  It is placed under … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, General, Priest Tagged With: burnout, clergy, Fatigue, Fr. George Morelli

A Call For An Orthodox Approach To Scripture

October 28, 2011 Filed under: 2 Comments

by Fr. Lawrence Farley This excellent article by Fr Lawrence has complete harmony with the Orthodox Tradition and is quite a distant thing from what is often passing for 'Biblical Studies' today - within the Orthodox Church today and without. We'll be bringing you more along these lines … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, General Tagged With: fathers, Fr. Lawrence Farley, Orthodox, Scripture

  • « Previous Page
  • 1
  • …
  • 23
  • 24
  • 25
  • 26
  • 27
  • 28
  • Next Page »

Latest Additions

  • July 10-13, 2022 – Liturgical Practicum
  • History, Symbolism and Modern Use of Orarion
  • Priestly Priorities
  • The Biggest Challenge For Pastors Of Healthy Churches Right Now
  • To the Deniers of the Clergy

Find it Fast

Worth A Serious Look

Preachers Institute Journey to Orthodoxy

#35 in 2018

Orthodox Blogs

Receive Updates by Email


Expertido

Start your training

www.watchfreesocceronline.com

replica watches for sale offers an modern elegant appearance and excellent performance.

https://www.replica-watches.co/ to keeping our prices low.

watchufc202.com

https://www.luxurywatch.io/ and other top famous watch brand online.

https://www.bestwatchreplica.co/ is widely copied by replica watch,

Search for it here

#35 in 2018

Orthodox Blogs


Copyright © 2022 Fr. John A. Peck · Designed by Fr. John A. Peck · Log in