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How to Know that You are Called to be a Priest – 5 Minutes With A Priest

November 8, 2023 Filed under: Leave a Comment

Priesthood is a vocation. What makes priesthood different from many other professions? How does it happen that an Orthodox Christian, a man, receives this special calling to become a priest? Does God appear to him in a dream or knocks on his door and tells him that he is the “chosen one”? Or, maybe, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Preparation, Priest, Video, Vocation

On the Mystery of Ordination

May 31, 2023 Filed under: Leave a Comment

A homily by St. Nicolai Velimirovich “And when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them" (Acts 6:6). By laying their hands on the chosen faithful, the Apostles consecrated Bishops, Priests and Deacons. It is apparent from this that the Christian Faith is not only a teaching but also a power. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Bishop, Deacon, Priest, Vocation

Make THE Difference, where you are, right now

August 19, 2020 Filed under: Leave a Comment

I want you to join our team, and make a difference in every corner of the globe. Did you know that half of the first class of graduates of the Greatmartyr Euphemia Orthodox Theological Academy have already been ordained? By four different national churches/jurisdictions? We need your help. If you … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Preparation, Seminary, Vocation

The Rank of Reader: History and More!

July 20, 2020 Filed under: Leave a Comment

by John Nichiporuk The Orthodox divine service is performed by the priest and deacon in the altar, as well as singers and readers in the choir. Arguably we hear the voices of the readers most frequently in the church. They are assigned the important role of reading aloud the Paremias and the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: General, Leadership, Preparation, Vocation

Two Scripture Verses You Should Memorize Today

November 4, 2018 Filed under: Leave a Comment

Are you discerning a vocation? Do you think about serving Christ as a priest or deacon? Wondering why things seem to slam up against you? Do you feel like you are charging upstream, against the current, sinking in quicksand half the time? You're not just being tested - you're being trained! … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Vocation

The Role of Narcissistic Personality Disorder in the RC Scandal

August 24, 2018 Filed under: Leave a Comment

The revelations of decades of abuse and cover-ups in the Roman Catholic Church is gut-wrenching.  It calls for recognition, repentance, and penance on a massive scale.  It also calls for serious study so that reforms (and reforms MUST come!) are effective.  One of the challenges is that no one is go … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Bishop, Featured, General, Leadership, Pastoral, Priest, Seminary, Vocation Tagged With: Abuse, Catholic, Scandal

Rod Dreher: Letter from a Frustrated Priest

July 17, 2018 Filed under: Leave a Comment

In the article excerpted from below, Rod Dreher is writing specifically about the culture of the Roman Catholic Church.  Therefore many of the points that he and the priests he quotes make do not apply to the Orthodox Church.  However, to the extent that the problem is really about power, then any in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, General, Pastoral, Priest, Tentmaking, Vocation Tagged With: American Conservative, Dreher

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