Bright and Magical Week

“You’ve just completed the forty day fast, what are you going to do now?”
“I’m going to Disney World!”
Not the typical answer but that’s what we decided to do with our Bright Week this year. We arrived yesterday afternoon in Orlando. This morning I served with Fr. Ljubisa Brnjos at the St. Petka Serbian Church in [...]

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“We worship Thy Passion…”

Our faith is a mystery.
For us Christians, there is a logical explanation to all of our Lord’s miracles since we believe that He is truly the Son of God. We confess Him as our Lord and our God, Creator of the heavens and the earth to whom “all things are possible”. Yet, we cannot explain [...]

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Repitition in the Orthodox Church

Perhaps you already read this somewhere online. Someone emailed it to me:
The incident related below was forwarded to me by a local priest and I thought the reading of this account would bring a blessing to others–God’s grace is magnificent (you’ll see what I mean in just a moment).
I thought the following story might be [...]

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The Doors of Humility

Last week’s New Yorker published a story in the fiction section by Sana Krasikov whose Americanized Russian character was discovering a church. She writes:
“Olya walked up the steps of the church and tested the brass handle. The door was so low that to go through it one had to bend to a posture of [...]

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The Oil of Gladness

Just as Lazarus Saturday and Palm Sunday serve as a kind of celebratory oasis during the lenten days, Great and Holy Wednesday, in the midst of Passion Week, has the same affect on me. Especially the evening Unction service. In our small Orthodox community in northwest Pennsylvania we always have a pan-Orthodox service at [...]

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