This Christmas night bestowed peace on the whole world; So let no one threaten;
This is the night of the Most Gentle One - Let no one be cruel;
This is the…
There is a line in Shakespeare's Hamlet that I have always loved. It comes in Act 1, scene 5: "There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are…
Date: December 19, 2013
ARCHBISHOP DEMETRIOS EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER RHETORIC TO CONVERT HAGIA SOPHIA INTO A MOSQUE
NEW YORK – His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios, Primate of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America,…
Let's face it, we live in a society that has exalted radical uncertainty to a virtue. Where the "really sophisticated" people pride themselves on being able to "see all sides"…
One of the greatest attractions to me towards the Orthodox Church was the continuity of practice and, more importantly, memory.
There's an old story about a British journalist visiting the library…
There's a song I heard in my youth that was popular on the Christian radio stations at the time. It went something like this:
"Salt makes people thirsty. People are thirsting…
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O Lord, grant that I may meet the coming day in peace.
Help me in all things to rely upon Your Holy Will.
In every hour of the day, reveal Your will…
They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. And they (whoever they are?) are right.
The truth is mimicking behavior we see starts from our earliest days. Infants get…
OK, here's the scene, Harrison Ford playing Indiana Jones, finally passes all the tests to get into the chamber where the ancient knight stands guard over the True Chalice used…