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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 in … [Read more...]

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

Invisibility While Making God Seen

June 30, 2011 Filed under: Leave a Comment

The Interchangable Functionary

From A Protestant View On Orthodoxy “We could take a cue from Orthodoxy, whose priests stand with their backs to their congregation, leading a liturgy that is neither clever nor impassioned, but simply beautiful, like stone smoothed by centuries of rhythmic tides. It’s an austere ritual, i … [Read more...]

Filed Under: General Tagged With: divine, God, invisibility, mystery, orthodoxy, priest

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

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

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

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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