Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil; for Thou art with me; Thy rod and Thy staff they comfort me. Psalm 23:4 Two of the things people worry about when it comes to the end of life are dying in a […]
Watch therefore, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming. But know this, that if the householder had known in what part of the night the thief was coming, he would have watched and would not have let his house be broken into. Therefore, you also must be […]
But they do not know the thoughts of the Lord, they do not understand His plan, that He has gathered them as sheaves to the threshing floor. Micah 4:12 There are lots of things in life that are hard to understand. Calculus, taxes, home appliance repair, how to raise a child—these […]
Jesus said to them, “Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s. Mark 12:17 Every couple whose wedding I celebrate is required to complete a questionnaire as part of a pre-marital counseling program I offer at our church. One of the questions on […]
You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands; you shall be happy and it shall be well with you. Psalm 128:2 Today’s Scripture verse comes from Psalm 128, the Psalm that is part of the Orthodox wedding service. The Psalm describes what the happy home looks […]
And as Jesus passed on from there, two blind men followed him, crying aloud, “Have mercy on us, Son of David.” When he entered the house, the blind men came to him; and Jesus said to them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” They said to […]
In this episode of The Black American Orthodox Experience, Fr. Chrysostom Onyekakeyah speaks with Abbess Katherine Weston (Mother Katherine) about her experience as the only Black Abbess in the Eastern Orthodox Church in America, her musical compositions which blend musical traditions from the Black American Church with the Orthodox Liturgy, […]
In the first book, O Theophilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach, until the day when He was taken up, after He had given commandment through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom He had chosen. To them He presented himself alive after His […]
An Extra Prayer Team Message on Holy Thursday about a Woman Who Died on Holy Thursday The Story of Eva Cledaras, the woman who died at the same hour as the Lord Here is another inspiring story, that I post every year on Holy Thursday, about another inspiring woman, […]
You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands; you shall be happy and it shall be well with you. Psalm 128:2 Today’s Scripture verse comes from Psalm 128, the Psalm that is part of the Orthodox wedding service. The Psalm describes what the happy home looks like. At […]
And as Jesus passed on from there, two blind men followed him, crying aloud, “Have mercy on us, Son of David.” When he entered the house, the blind men came to him; and Jesus said to them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” They said to […]
Hierodeacon Rafael Misiaoulis, Theologian ‘The Choir of the Fathers…’ [1] This Sunday, our holy Church honors the 318 God-bearing Fathers who attended the 1st Ecumenical Synod [2] in Nicaea, Bithynia, in 325, and confessed the faith of the Prophets and Apostles. This synod rejected the heresy of Arius and formulated […]