On Being a Good Father I’ll forever be grateful for the love and support I received from my own father. He never let a day pass without giving his two sons assurance of his love and acceptance, and always demonstrated the importance of living an honest life. He was kind
An Aging Monk with His Aging Laptop The Morning Offering, my daily blog, has been a ministry of sorts for a number of years. My old MacBook is showing signs that it may be about to give up the ghost. I’m waiting for the prices to go down, now that
Birth Control, and the Orthodox Christian Marriage, for the Orthodox Christian, is to have as it’s foundation, Jesus Christ, and a commitment to live in full communion with the Church. When a couple are joined together in this mystical (sacramental) union with one another, they become one flesh, and begin
To Believe or Not Believe: What to do about doubt and faith? In the Gospel narratives we read that the Holy Apostle Thomas had told his fellow Apostles that he would not believe the Lord had risen from the dead unless he put his hand in the wounds of Christ.
Taking Stock Pilgrimage from Saint Silouan Orthodox Church () If you do not take stock in yourself on a daily basis, you will lay barren your heart, and will succumb to your fallen nature, failing to attain spiritual perfection. With love in Christ,Abbot Tryphon Photos: Parishioners of Saint Silouan Orthodox
Berlin Synagogue Restored The largest synagogue in Germany reopens today after two years of renovation. Built in 1904, Rykestrasse synagogue was one of the few Jewish buildings in the capital to survive the Kristallnacht pogrom of November 1938. As an Orthodox Christian, I see God’s hand whenever justice reigns, and
Personal Effort and God’s Grace Without our personal effort, God’s grace can not be activated in our lives, for we have been created with free will, and God never forces a relationship upon us. Without God’s grace, we can have no salvation, for we can not active salvation of our
A Lovely, Giving, Generous Woman I was privileged to be among eight Orthodox clergy who chanted the funeral service for Gloria Leonidas, a lovely woman, the mother of two daughters, a wife who was about to celebrate the twentieth wedding anniversary with her beloved husband, and an active volunteer leader
The Gospel of Christ vs. the Message of Hate Today I will be joining other Orthodox clergy of the Puget Sound region, serving the funeral of Gloria Leonidas. Gloria was murdered in cold blood, shot in the head by a deranged man in downtown Seattle. He was the same man
Satellites Egoism of Worldly Educated PeopleOne of the great saints of our age, Elder Paisios of Mt. Athos, said people who are filled with egoism and pride because of their education, “resemble satellites that orbit in the sky, giving one the impression that they are stars. If, however, you observe