St. Gregory Palamas wrote this prayer for priests and I would ask that you make this part of your daily prayer. Pray for priests that you know as they minister daily to God’s people. O Lord Jesus Christ, enkindle the hearts of all thy priests with the fire of zealous love for Thee, that they may … [Read more...]
“I Dreamt of the Priesthood Since Childhood”
A Conversation with the First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia Metropolitan Hilarion – Vladyka, please tell us about your “new homeland.” Where were you born? – I was born in Western Canada, in the Province of Alberta, where there were a great many Ukrainian settlers. … [Read more...]
The Basics of Divine Liturgy
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...]
Priestly Formation
This is the first of what I hope to be a series of essays on the topic of priestly formation. This is a topic that I believe needs some serious study in the Orthodox Church in the 21st century. Recently, a priest in the Antiochian Archdiocese, was convicted of one count of assault and battery on a … [Read more...]
“A Priest Should Know the Works of Great Authors and Poets”
Archbishop Antony of Borispol, Chancellor of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, rector of the Kiev theological schools, and member of the Board of Trustees of the Patriarchal Literary Awards, talks about the Patriarchal Literary Awards. —Vladyka, you are a member of the Board of Trustees of the … [Read more...]
The Significance of Apostolic Succession: Part 4
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...]
The Significance of Apostolic Succession: Part 3
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...]
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