Author: Abbot Tryphon

The Place of the Holy Virgin in our Lives The Holy Virgin is a stumbling block for many protestants looking into Orthodoxy. The idea that this woman described in the Gospels in such humble terms could be called Mother of God seems unbiblical to them. She was never called Mother

Photo: Bill Rockwell (OCMC), Abbot Tryphon, Father Iulian Negru, Missions Director for the Muloavia and Bucuvina Archdiocese in Romania, and Ancuta and Floyd Frantz, missionaries in Cluj, Romania. The Role of Saints in our Christian Lives Growing up Lutheran I always believe the veneration of saints by Roman Catholics and

I believe the words of Metropolitan Hilarion are of such grave importance that I am choosing to post this article from Interfax for all to read. Please contact your congressman and ask that the United States government speak out in defense of our Coptic brothers and sisters. The US and

Graduate Students from Seattle Pacific Univerity Church as Hospital of the Soul Our Orthodox Faith defines sin as an illness that is in need of healing, not as a crime that requires punishment. The Church is a hospital for the soul whose therapists (priests) first sought therapy and then became

Abbot Gerasim and Abbot Tryphon A Faith Without Action is Dead Although eternal life can not be attained by works, for no one can do any good but by the power of Christ, faith without works is dead. Transformation is necessary for any of us to enter into God’s kingdom

I thought there would be a grave beauty, a sunset splendour In being the last of one’s kind: a topmost moment as one watched The huge wave curving over Atlantis, the shrouded barge Turning away with wounded Arthur, or Ilium burning. Now I see that, all along, I was assuming

Click on photos to enlarge. Where there is no vision, the people perish (Proverbs 9:18). I was privileged to be an Observer for the Orthodox Church in America’s All American Council, held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Bellevue, WA. It was a particular blessing to be in attendance as

Love Involves Suffering If we are indeed to love one another we must be willing to suffer with others. The Lord tells us that we must “Bear one another’s burdens, and so be filled with the law of Christ” (Gal. 6:2). When we learn to love others our compassion is

Humility Comes from Humus We all struggle with our passions and like Saint Paul we can say we do that which we do not want to do and do not do what we  want to do. The passions hold us down close to the ground in our sin and fallen

Concelebrating with my OCA brothers at their All American Council in Bellevue, WA Recollection of God is required if we are to be reconciled with God. Seeking to be aware of God throughout the day helps us remember to do battle with the passions and leads to repentance. Contrition brings