Sep 24, 2014 | Uncategorized
As Elder Sophrony wrote in his book about St Silouan, the whole of the Church is like a great ocean through which a small stream of pure living water flows. Those who wish to drink from these living waters must renounce argument and become fools for Christ. Love of...
Sep 24, 2014 | Uncategorized
(lecture given by Jim Forest at New Skete Monastery in Cambridge, NY on 4 October 2010) What I would like to do is take a closer look at one of our most-used prayers, “O heavenly king,” giving special attention to the words, “cleanse us from all impurity.” But first...
Sep 23, 2014 | Uncategorized
I am an unworthy man, unworthy to be called an Orthodox Christian, not to speak of the priesthood, and I write, admittedly, from the comfort of my Mount Pleasant, SC, home. There is no Mount nearby, but it is, indeed, a pleasant seaside community on the East...
Sep 12, 2014 | Uncategorized
Thayendanegea (Joseph Brant) – 1776 This past summer I was able to spend a week in Southern Ontario in the Bay of Quinte area where at five years old in 1949 I emigrated to from Holland with my parents and three older brothers. We lived there for about four...
Sep 6, 2014 | Uncategorized
