I’d like to direct my readers to a YouTube channel my friend Sharon just started concerning her journey through life struggling with a corn allergy. While that might not immediately seem like the kind of thing for me to post on my website, I have noticed that a lot of traditionalist Orthodox Christians are interested… Continue reading A Friend With Corn Allergies Raises Awareness
Month: May 2014
What You Should Realize When Your Dog Dies Young
On Monday, our dog Peluche started acting strange, became lethargic, got glassy eyes, layed down, and died. He was a small dog, and only 10 years old, which means for a small dog, he was probably too young to die. My first dog, by comparison, lived to be 17 years old, which is ancient by… Continue reading What You Should Realize When Your Dog Dies Young
Free Periodical: The Good Word
I want to alert my readers to a periodical that began in August 2013, The Good Word, which is published by the Holy Orthodox Diocese of Portland, a diocese of the Church of the Genuine Orthodox Christians of America, under the omophorion of His Grace Bishop Sergios. Issue 1 Issue 2 Issue 3 Special Enthronement… Continue reading Free Periodical: The Good Word
Statements Against Ecumenism by New Calendarists
Part of my ongoing Correspondence series, featuring replies to people who contacted me and asked questions, mostly when I served as a priest (2008-2013). What is your take on this? Very strongly worded. The list of signers is impressive. A Confession of Faith Against Ecumenism Dear M., I rejoice when people in the New Calendar… Continue reading Statements Against Ecumenism by New Calendarists
Metropolitan Demetrius’s Enthronement Weekend
It was a blessing to be able to travel to Astoria, New York the weekend of April 27-28 (May 10-11 on the civil calendar) to attend the Enthronement of His Eminence Metropolitan Demetrius as the new Metropolitan of America and president of the Holy Eparchial Synod of the Church of the Genuine Orthodox Christians of… Continue reading Metropolitan Demetrius’s Enthronement Weekend
An Example of the Type of Phone Calls Priests Get
When I served as an Orthodox priest, I often got strange phone calls, which was rather similar to the situation when I worked at a law firm in my early 20s. People love to call up priests and lawyers randomly to get advice. I was going through some old Facebook posts and found this post… Continue reading An Example of the Type of Phone Calls Priests Get
Angry Orthodox
Part of my ongoing Correspondence series, featuring replies to people who contacted me and asked questions, mostly when I served as a priest (2008-2013). Dear Father Anastasios, Thank you for your message. At the moment I am with ROCiE, but am wondering where to look within Orthodoxy for doctrinal purity without a rigid, cold, legalistic… Continue reading Angry Orthodox
Sheep’s Pool Healings as a Type of Christian Baptism
Notes on the Gospel Reading for the Sunday of the Paralytic (John 5:1-15). The Cleansing ritual This pool was outside of the Temple, and used to wash down the sacrificial lambs The sick thus participated indirectly in the sacrifices of the Temple The grace was limited to the first person to enter, and was mediated… Continue reading Sheep’s Pool Healings as a Type of Christian Baptism
The Purpose and Goals of My Writing
I’ve enjoyed writing since I was little, and I have written for a variety of reasons. Writing is an interactive process for me; I am as excited to see the reaction to and engagement with what I produce as I am to produce it in the first place. Sometimes I write for personal reasons, such… Continue reading The Purpose and Goals of My Writing