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Thoughts on Praying for Others. Thoughts on Rules and Persons.

09/29/2021

Thoughts on Praying for Others By Michael Haldas, July 15, 2016 “An interesting thing I’ve learned about praying for others and the world in general is that while I’m praying for others, God is also working in me, changing my heart for the better.” (David L. Fontes, PsyD) “Prayer is a weapon that all believers should use in interceding for others.” (Life Application Study Bible, Romans 15:30) “Over the past twenty years, there has been

Taking on the Image of Christ. My Sins.

09/28/2021

Taking on the Image of Christ To be a Christian is not about conformity to the image of other people, but to the image of Christ By Abbot Tryphon, January 9, 2020 When we enter into communion with one another in the life of the Church, we come broken, and far from the image and likeness that God intended when He created us. We, to a one, are in need of the healing that comes

Forgiveness – The Hardest Love of All

09/27/2021

By Stephen Freeman, March 9, 2016 I cannot think that any of my readers is a stranger to forgiveness, either the need to be forgiven or the need to forgive. The need to forgive, according to the commandment of Christ, extends well beyond those who ask for our forgiveness: we are commanded to forgive our enemies – whom I presume would rarely want to ask for our forgiveness. Of course, our experience of those who

Experiences During the Divine Liturgy

09/24/2021

SSCORRE! Saint Sophia Cathedral Online Resources for our Religious Edification Topic of the Week – Experiences During the Divine Liturgy “The Divine Liturgy on earth is a real and live enactment of all that which happens in the Liturgy of Glory of the Jerusalem Above.” Fr. Stephanos Anagnostopoulos Experiences During the Divine Liturgy by Protopresbyter Stephanos Anagnostopoulos is a book which explains about the Divine Liturgy and in addition gives many examples of actual experiences of priests and the

Knowing Saints

09/24/2021

By Fr. Stephen Freeman, March 7, 2016 There are many stories of saints in the Orthodox world, including contemporary ones. Their biographies are sometimes remarkable, sometimes not. Their stories are occasionally marked by miracles, but not always. I cannot think of a single characteristic that makes them like one another apart from their sanctity. And that quality does not make them so much like one another as so completely and truly themselves. I have had

Imitating Christ. Divine Warmth.

09/23/2021

Imitating Christ We must live as the Lord requires of us By Abbot Tryphon, December 17, 2019 As we examine how we live our lives as Christians, we look to those who leave an impression of goodness, kindness, and humility, as examples of the person we would like to become. That saintly person, by their every example, exudes the humbleness of the Lord, and love seems to be palpable when we are in their presence.

Thoughts on Questions and Answers. Thoughts on Gratitude.

09/22/2021

Thoughts on Questions and Answers By Michael Haldas, July 13, 2016 “We must experience life as Job did—one day at a time and without complete answers to all of life’s questions. Will we, like Job, trust God no matter what? Or will we give in to the temptation to say that God doesn’t really care?” (Life Application Study Bible, Job 1:1) “What defines this consensus, above all—what distinguishes orthodoxy from heresy, the central river from

Sacred Things

09/21/2021

What should be our attitude toward icons and other sacred things? By Abbot Tryphon, December 20, 2019 One of the attributes of God is holiness, and is reflected in His people, and in physical objects that have been blessed by the Church for the use of His people in their journey towards Him. Therefore, reverence for these sacred objects and images is the manifestation of the relationship between ourselves and God. “And ye shall be

Greatmartyr Eustáthios Placidas, with his wife and children, of Rome

09/20/2021

Before his Baptism, the Holy Great Martyr Eustáthios was named Plakidas (Πλακίδας). He was a Roman General in the reigns of Emperors Titus (79-81) and Trajan (98-117). Even before he came to know Christ, Plakidas devoted himself to charitable endeavors, helping the poor and destitute. Therefore, the Lord did not allow this virtuous pagan to continue in the darkness of idolatry. One day, while hunting in a forest, he saw a remarkable stag which stopped

The Change We Should Believe In

09/17/2021

By Fr. Stephen Freeman, February 25, 2016 But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord. (2 Co 3:18) Among the many losses within modern Christianity has been the place of transformation. Nineteenth-century revival movements and theology emphasized a single experience that was associated with salvation. Those who concerned

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Thoughts on Praying for Others. Thoughts on Rules and Persons.

Taking on the Image of Christ. My Sins.

Forgiveness – The Hardest Love of All

Experiences During the Divine Liturgy

Knowing Saints

Imitating Christ. Divine Warmth.

Thoughts on Questions and Answers. Thoughts on Gratitude.

Sacred Things

Greatmartyr Eustáthios Placidas, with his wife and children, of Rome

The Change We Should Believe In

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