Author: Abbot Tryphon

When Church Attendance is Merely a Habit Church attendance means nothing if we remain unrepentant. Metropolitan Anthony Bloom said, “The Church has a glorious aspect and a tragic one. Each one of us bears the aspect of the Church’s infirmity. We are within the Church and yet we are on

Divine-Human Oneness Sobornost is a word that means spiritual harmony based on freedom and unity in love. It is a necessary component in our membership within the Body of Christ, for if we are not bound together in love, our freedom becomes our enemy, separating us from others, and, ultimately

The Judgement As word of the assault spread across the island, we were inundated with offers of help. One contractor had one of his carpenters construct a new cross. A couple bought us a new gate, and an island lumber company donated new posts for the gate, and even had

The Desecration Father Paul arrived in our old pickup truck just in time to see me being knocked to the ground. Dialing 911, he described the assault taking place, and two King County Sheriff’s patrol cars were dispatched to the monastery. The owner of the property, after desecrating the holy

The River of Fire:“an all-consuming fire and an illuminating light” Upon Christ’s Second Coming, everyone who has ever lived will see Him in His uncreated light, forever. For “those who worked good deeds in their lifetime will go towards the resurrection of life, while those who worked evil in their

PLU Norwegian students, Martin and Ove Taking Orthodoxy to the Campus Anyone who knows me is aware of my passion for missionary work. My blog, The Morning Offering, was began as a both a pastoral and missionary tool. As well, I have used facebook, with over 5,000 “friends” on my

Seeking out the Good Part Seeking out knowledge of the truth must be for us the goal of every day and hour. We must free ourselves of all vain concerns and drive out anything that causes us to forget the goal, remembering that Jesus said to Martha, “you are worried

Therapeutic Tradition of the Church Most of us have been asked the question, “are you saved?”, at least once in our life. Having it’s origin in the protestant soteriology (doctrine of salvation), this question has clearly become part of our American cultural lexicon. The question is often asked by Evangelical

Dockton Village near the monastery Wisdom is not Based on Age It has been said that wisdom comes with age, and to some degree this is quite true. I’ve often had conversations with old college friends about how nice it would have been to have had the knowledge and wisdom

The Assault Although the monastery had accounts in two separate banks, along with very good credit, neither was willing to give us a construction loan. One loan officer admitted to John Noe that banks are not interested in loaning to churches, as “we don’t want to have to foreclose on