“The I9-year-old boy-man said he shot the newlywed woman because “I just felt like killing somebody. Among those trying to find solutions to the outrageous crime rate in this country, the once prevailing opinion that poverty is at fault is wearing thin. As the Wall Street trading scandals caught media attention, so did the realization that…
Among those that pay the slightest attention to world and national news, is there anyone today ‘who doesn’t have a profound sense of unease? Recent media reports speak of … Politicians without a world-view other than the ethics of hypocrisy-run-rampant…a younger generation awash in a sea of alcohol, drugs and sex….”assisted” suicides….multi-generations with the morals…
In addressing the Church of Ephesus by way of revelation to St. John the Theologian, the Lord begins by commending it for its good works: “I know thy works, and thy labor, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil; and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles…
The recent announcement that ABC is preparing a film about Donna Rice (the “other woman” in the Gary Hart scandal), and that Jessica Hahn (the “other woman” in the Jim Baker-PTL scandal) is successfully selling her story for hundreds of thousands of dollars, and the news images of “Elvis Fans” sobbing hysterically at the grave…
Learn to know the spirit of the age, study it, so whenever possible you will be able to avoid its influence. – Bishop Ignatius Brianchaninov The majestic procession of the Church through her feast days, fasts, and liturgical seasons provides a wonderful c alto in which the pious can live and breathe and have their being.…
In approaching the threshold of Great Lent, the Church begins preparing the Orthodox Christian soul for this period of spiritual purification and renewal as it sings “Open to me, O Giver of Life, the gates of repentance…” And the Lord, Who is pleased to fulfill this soul-saving petition, opens them wide. Through the weeks that…
Although the seed of Orthodox Christianity was planted on this continent more than 200 years ago, it is today a predominantly emigre Church–whether Russian, Ukrainian, Serbian, Greek or Syrian. This is not to say that the majority of its members are emigrants-far from it. Those who have blood ties with these various ethnic groups are…
by Archpriest Valery Lukianov Bishop Theophan the Recluse writes: “boasting and judging are the two most commonly found faults in man.” Judging is indeed a sin which is very widespread. This is partly explained by the fact that it is so easy to fall into this sin. Judging occurs without any particular effort and even affords a certain satisfaction. In judging…
The sea is the world, in which the Church is set ‘like a ship tossed in the deep, but not destroyed, for she has with her the skilled pilot, Christ And she bears in her midst also the trophy over death; for she carries with her the Cross of the Lord. For her prow is…
When Thou wast transfigured on the mountain, O Christ our God, Thou didst show Thy glory to Thy disciples as far as they could bear it. Let Thy everlasting light shine also upon us sinners through the intercessions of the Theotokos. Giver of Light, glory to Thee. (Troparion of the Feast, tone 7) “Here, I’ll tell you…
