The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such there is no law. And those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit. Let us […]
After this, Jesus went down to Capernaum, with His mother and His brothers and disciples; and there they stayed for a few days. The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple, He found those who were selling oxen and sheep and pigeons, and […]
Around the world, Orthodox Christians will soon be participating in the same services in celebration of the Resurrection of our Lord. Much of Holy Week and Pascha is shared by Orthodox Christians across many cultures, which connects us spiritually. Nevertheless, the variety of cultures found within Orthodox Christianity means that […]
An Extra Message for Holy Monday about a Woman Who Died on Holy Monday The Story of Stavroula Anthopoulos, the woman who had nothing and yet had everything What follows is an inspiring story about a woman named Stavroula who died on Holy Monday, 2004. I post this story every year […]
But Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest and asked him for letters to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any belonging to the Way, men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem. Now as he […]
I believe that I shall see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living! Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; yea, wait for the Lord! Psalm 27:13-14 I’ve known Fr. Constantine for thirty years. When I first went to the seminary back […]
Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. John 15:13 Because speaking about death is an uncomfortable subject for many people, we either don’t know or don’t share certain things that we should know as Orthodox Christians. We will discuss several of […]
Pray at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. Ephesians 6:18 Today, by God’s grace, is the 9 year anniversary of the beginning of the Prayer Team. What began as a series intended for only Lent of 2015, with the goal of getting 30 people to join, now […]
She who is a real widow, and is left all alone, has set her hope on God and continues in supplications and prayers night and day. I Timothy 5:5 When someone close to us dies, we feel sad, we cry, we mourn, we remember, we tell stories about them to […]
And when the time came for their purification according to the law of Moses, they brought Him up to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord (as it is written in the law of the Lord, “Every male that opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord”) and […]
Fr. Christopher Metropulos sits down with three of the winners from this year’s Byzanfest film festival to talk about their projects. Byzanfest screens and streams the very best of Orthodox-inspired cinema, with a goal to foster the growth of the global Orthodox movie industry and introduce diverse audiences to our […]
Around the world, Orthodox Christians welcome the birth of Christ with feasts, processions and family traditions. Traditions are a great way to come together and enjoy time with our loved ones and community, but more than that, many of our cultural Holiday traditions are deeply connected to, and remind us […]