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Am I Called?

August 21, 2014 Filed under: 8 Comments

The Gospel reading for Matins this Sunday answers the question "Am I Called?" When you have understood this, you know what to do next. So when they had eaten breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you love Me more than these?” He said to Him, “Yes, Lord; You know that I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Vocation Tagged With: calling, Christ, Do you love me, Peter, Vocation

The Orthodox Priest: Icon of Christ

November 7, 2011 Filed under: 5 Comments

by Fr. Alister Anderson In this holy season you could have a child ask you, “why was Jesus born as a boy? Why couldn’t St. Mary have had a baby girl to be our saviour?” How would you answer these questions? I would say this because the Bible says it: God wanted to be born of St. Mary as a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: General Tagged With: Christ, icon, nativity, ordination, Orthodox, priest, priesthood. women

Why We Should Preach After The Gospel

July 1, 2011 Filed under: Leave a Comment

by Fr. Hans Jacobse Director of the American Orthodox Institute, and editor of OrthodoxyToday.org, Fr. Hans provides Orthodox Christians today with updated news and articles on social, cultural and political events from an Orthodox Christian moral tradition.  His editorials and essays have been … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Preaching Tagged With: Christ, Fr. Hans Jacobse, Gospel, Orthodox, preaching, St. Paul

The Three Degrees of Priesthood

June 28, 2011 Filed under: 4 Comments

by Metropolitan Hierotheos Vlachos From a study of the sources, chiefly patristic literature, it seems clear that the degrees of priesthood (deacon, priest, bishop) are closely connected with the three basic degrees of the spiritual life. This means that as a man progressed in healing he ascended … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Bishop, Deacon, Preparation, Priest Tagged With: bishop, Christ, deacon, Metropolitan Hierotheos Vlachos, priest, Priesthood

Was Adam an Actual or Symbolic Figure, According to the Fathers of the Church?

June 25, 2011 Filed under: 5 Comments

From the Orthodox Outlet for Dogmatic Enquiries. I've included this article due to a multitude of requests from seminarians about the Church teaching regarding the historical reality of Adam and what the Church, not the seminary Bible Studies professor, actually teaches. This is a great article to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: General Tagged With: actual, adam, bible, Christ, Church, fathers, person, real, symbolic

Man As Priest Of Creation

June 21, 2011 Filed under: Leave a Comment

Man As Priest Of Creation

by Fr. Christopher Foley I came to discover Orthodoxy during a time in my life where I was very heavily involved in performing and writing music. Growing up as an Evangelical Christian and attending a small liberal arts Evangelical College in Northeast Georgia, I struggled for a number of years … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Priest, Vocation Tagged With: Christ, creation, Fr. Christopher Foley, Liturgy, Orthodox, priest, St. John Chrysostom

On The Holy Priesthood

June 18, 2011 Filed under: 1 Comment

by St. Symeon of Thessalonica St. Symeon's treatise on the Priesthood, is addressed to a newly ordained monk as “a word of reminder” (Λόγος ύπομνήσεως), of what the Priesthood is all about and of its importance in serving the saving Mystery of Christ to humanity. The Priesthood is, indeed, a basic t … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Deacon, Priest Tagged With: Christ, priest, Priesthood, St. Symeon of Thessalonica

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