Fr. John Whiteford joins me to discuss the theology of baptism and the Orthodox approach to receiving newcomers to Orthodoxy. We shall address this topic not by simply repeating and quoting the Saints, but by synthesizing their perspectives and the doctrinal paradigm of receiving converts as established in the Council
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How Big Foundation Money Is Subverting Traditional Christianity - There is a struggle within Christianity right now between those who want to retain its traditional moral and social teachings and those who seek to modernize and conform Christianity to the modern liberal democratic social order of the west. We saw
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For those of you who have been reading my blog articles concerning The Orthodox Montanica Conference that took place at Holy Trinity Serbian Orthodox Church in Butte, Montana, you are already aware of how excited we all were that 95 percent of the participants were young men from across the
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Ours is the great transition age. For the masses, the glowing assumption is that the revolutionary period we are undergoing is the work of a long, evolutionary process of “natural progress.” Wandering about their bubbles, the hipster proles neither challenge nor examine these presuppositions, rather decorating their cafeteria-plate lives with
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Parish priests feel pressures that are found in no other profession. The type of man that generally is drawn to the holy priesthood is one who has a heart for serving others. Bishops and priests are often expected to do far more than is humanly possible. Bishops, as fathers to
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I read online, some very disturbing information. It seems that when polls are taken around the country as to what religious affiliation people have, that for the first time in our nation’s history, the common thread is none no religion. No religious affiliation. No identity with any kind of religion,
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A number of people recently have been asking me why I became orthodox. Why orthodoxy? Now of course, I can talk about my own experience but in reality God reaches out to each of us in a very specific way. Each of us as individuals, God calls and reaches each to
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Orthodox evangelizing ministry in accordance with the Great Commission of Christ that exposes nonOrthodox to the Faith. Provides continuing education for the Orthodox Faithful through published Orthodox articles and media that serve to edify, educate, and teach the Faithful how to live a Christian life in the Orthodox Church. Patristic
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