A familiar pattern deserves sober attention. A zealous priest undertakes a wide public ministry and gathers a large community. For several years he seems tireless. Then he begins to find everything dull. Conversation with parishioners weighs on him. Works of mercy that once moved him now provoke … [Read more...]
“The Priesthood is the Most Terrible Thing on Earth”
“The priesthood is the most terrible thing on Earth. When a priest is serving, he has Paradise on the right and hell on the left. A priest will give an answer for every soul from his parish, if any should perish. The priesthood is not a profession, but a Divine mission. My soul hurts when I … [Read more...]
Regarding the Priest’s Clothing
by His Eminence Metropolitan Saba (Isper) Toward the end of the last century, a lively debate arose in Greece—especially in Athens—over what a priest should wear outside the liturgical services: the traditional cassock or the clerical suit. It is said that during that period, Saint Paisios … [Read more...]
Cassock
From the diaries of a small-town priest This is a story I heard from a priest I (Fr. Konstantin) know personally. I live in a small town. Its population is about fifty thousand. Naturally, everyone knows one another. And so one day, I had to go to the bank to add cash to my debit card … [Read more...]
A Young Man wrote me today asking about the Priesthood
A friend of mine recently sent me this exchange. Published with permission. “Dear Father, I’m currently looking at attending seminary...Though my Priest says it's natural to enter with trepidation. When you entered into the Clergy was there anything that struck you as a stumbling block or maybe … [Read more...]
Pagans Are Doomed to a Life of Unhappiness
Priest Nicolas Francois Xavier came to Moscow from Côte d’Ivoire, a country where few people have heard of Christianity. Bringing the Good Tidings to a land where paganism is predominant is a very complicated task. But, responding to the Lord’s call: Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing … [Read more...]
The Good Priest
by Archimandrite Gregorios (Estephan) Christian priesthood is a Heavenly, not an earthly occupation, because the true priest is appointed by God, not by men, and the goal is first and foremost to lead the people of God to the Kingdom of Heaven. It’s every Christian’s duty to seek his … [Read more...]
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