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Between Heaven and Earth: Pastoral Reflections on the Psychodynamics of the Clergy Family

June 6, 2011 Filed under: 1 Comment

by the Rev. Vasileios Thermos, M.D., Ph.D. Our family is a special gift of God in our lives. It is through our family  that we struggle for salvation, for personal integration, for well-being.  The apostolic tradition of a married priesthood should be considered an invaluable blessing of God in o … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Clergy Wives, Featured, General, Priest Tagged With: clergy, family, Orthodox

In The Shadow Of The Priest

June 5, 2011 Filed under: 1 Comment

Here at GGWB, we are often asked by women whose husbands are looking ahead to ordination - "What is my job? What will I be expected to do? I can't handle that!" My answer is very simple: The priest's wife has one job - to care for her husband and children. Anything else is of secondary … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Clergy Wives, Priest Tagged With: clergy wives, matushka, Orthodox, popadija, presbyetra, shadow

The Priesthood As Vocation

May 26, 2011 Filed under: Leave a Comment

". . . the priesthood unites all of the callings to which man may respond and cannot be thought of as just one of them. " INTRODUCTION Since it is the divine grace that elevates a man, through the laying-on-of hands, to be a priest, it is clear that the priesthood is unlike any other vocation … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Bishop, Deacon, Featured, General, Priest, Vocation Tagged With: Orthodox, Priesthood, Vocation

Romanian Church Defrocks Divorced Priests

May 15, 2011 Filed under: Leave a Comment

Associated Press - March 19, 2010 The Romanian Orthodox has decided to strip clergymen who divorce of their priestly duties. Church spokesman Constantin Stoica says the decision to defrock priests who divorce will apply to all. But he says that those whose marriages broke up because their wives … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News, Priest Tagged With: Church, divorce, Orthodox, priest, Romanian

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