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Continuing Education Isn’t Optional; It’s Self-Care

August 2, 2011 Filed under: 2 Comments

by Fr. Basil Biberdorf In the course of the past couple of weeks, I’ve had the opportunity to attend by the SVS Symposium (topic: “Hellenism and Orthodoxy”) as well as the Acton Institute’s Acton University 2010. Both have given me significant opportunity to reflect on a number of the issues … [Read more...]

Filed Under: General, Priest, Tentmaking, Vocation Tagged With: continuing education, Fr. Basil Biberdorf, priest, The Orthodox Leader

A Bullseye On Their Back

July 29, 2011 Filed under: 4 Comments

Another gem from the Ministry Best Practices webblog. It's not easy being a pastor. Here are some stats why: 50% of pastors’ marriages will end in divorce 80% of seminary graduates will leave ministry in the first 5 years 70% of pastors are grossly underpaid (compared to the amount of work … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Pastoral, Priest, Vocation Tagged With: back, bullseye, clergy, pastor, target

Heeding the Call

July 18, 2011 Filed under: Leave a Comment

How do I know when I am called? All the baptized are incorporated into the Church and so called to be holy.  The struggle is to determine which call is truly ours amid the many vocations God has for his people. One way to think more carefully about whether or not you are called to the priesthood is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Preparation, Priest, Vocation Tagged With: bishop, deacon, discernment, monk, priest, Priesthood, Vocation

The Paradigm Shift In The Orthodox Priesthood

July 8, 2011 Filed under: 12 Comments

by Fr. Aris Metrakos In this article, originally entitled "Brother, Can You Spare A Paradigm?", Fr. Aris makes clear that misconceptions about what the priest is, and isn't, are failing, and that there is one legitimate alternative, and it is catching fire across America, and beyond! This essay was … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Priest, Vocation Tagged With: Fr. Aris Metrakos, priest, Priesthood

Tentmaking Today: The Bi-Vocational Priest

July 4, 2011 Filed under: 4 Comments

The Working Man

by Fr. Anastasios Hudson When people meet me, they are usually surprised to learn that not only am I an Orthodox Christian priest, but that I also work as a Computer Network Consulting Engineer. The term for what I am is “bi-vocational.” It is not a term that I invented, or which was even created … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Priest, Tentmaking, Vocation Tagged With: bi-vocational, Fr. Anastasios Hudson, priest, tentmaking

Am I Called To Be A Priest?

June 29, 2011 Filed under: Leave a Comment

Thinking About the Priesthood

And how can I tell? These are the questions every future priest must ask. The first and most important thing is - you don't do it alone. You aren't sending yourself into the work of the Church. Your call must be tested. Confirmed. Validated. If a man believes that Christ is calling him, he owes … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Preparation, Priest, Vocation Tagged With: calling, priest, Priesthood, question, test

An Archbishop Speaks With Seminarians

June 23, 2011 Filed under: 1 Comment

Archbishop Mark of Berlin and Great Britain Speaks With the Students of Sretensky Theological Seminary On Thursday, March 24, 2011, His Eminence Archbishop Mark (Arndt) of Berlin, Germany and Great Britain met with the students of Moscow' Sretensky Theological Seminary and answered questions. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Bishop, Preparation, Seminary, Vocation Tagged With: Archbishop Mark Arndt, Berlin, Germany, Great Britain, priest, seminarian, seminary, student, theology

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