by Metropolitan Sergii (Stragorodsky) Part Two of Four. If the Orthodox Church receives heterodox clerics in their order because it recognizes their priesthood, how can we reconcile the accepted historical fact of changes in treating these groups by the Church, for example Roman Catholics? It … [Read more...]
The Significance of Apostolic Succession: Part 1
by Metropolitan Sergii (Stragorodsky) Yeah, it really is that important. The prestige of our contemporary Church hierarchy, its Divinely established rights and authority, rests on the historical fact of its Apostolic succession. This is the present teaching of the Orthodox Church, and such was its … [Read more...]
The Challenges of the Priesthood in Today’s Russia
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...]
Silent Clergy Killers: ‘Toxic’ Congregations
Source: Huffington Post, with a hat tip to the American Orthodox Institute. They are called “clergy killers” — congregations where a small group of members are so disruptive that no pastor is able to maintain spiritual leadership for long. And yet ministers often endure the stresses of these dysfu … [Read more...]
The Noetic Hierarchy
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...]
The Orthodox Clergy Wife
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...]
The Royal Priesthood
by Rev. Robert E. Lucas Currently much attention is being focused on the Church and the relation her members have to the principal reason for her existence: to bear witness to the love of God our Father in the sin inundated world and to aspire to His heights of perfection. And no discussion … [Read more...]
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