Inviting Saint Nicholas Into Our Christmas Every year, Christian parents face a dilemma: what to do about Santa Claus. He's everywhere, that …
The Transfiguration of Christ and the Deification of Mankind
Read: Mt. 16:13-20 (Peter’s confession: “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”) Mt. 16:21-23 (First prediction of the passion: The Son …
The Alaskan Orthodox Mission and Cosmic Christianity
The Alaskan Mission By Fr. Michael Oleksa Two hundred years ago this September, the first overseas mission of the Russian Orthodox Church arrived at …
Sermon on Galations 5:22 – 6:2 from August 28 , 2005
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit… In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth…and on the sixth day, God …
The Transfiguration of Christ and the Deification of Mankind
Read: Mt. 16:13-20 (Peter’s confession: “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”) Mt. 16:21-23 (First prediction of the passion: The Son …
Mysticism, Women and the Christian Orient
A great cloud of witnesses but few "mystics" The Christian Orient is widely considered to be a "mystical" church; one enfolded in mystery and awe and …
Through Creation to the Creator
Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees.-- Revelation 7:3 The saints embrace the whole world with their love.-- St. Silouan the …
The New Testament
Our life with God continues… Introduction Once you have read and come to know some of the Old Testament, you should be able to take a look at a bit …
Prayer in the Eastern Christian Church
“Remember God more often than you breathe.” St. Gregory Nazianzus, +389 Prayer is more essential to us, more an integral part of ourselves, than …
Prayer
Our tradition of prayer tells us that the one who prays only when he or she gets up to pray is not really praying at all. Prayer is not what we do. It …