The Orthodox Church in Norway is a tiny community in a predominantly secular and Lutheran country. Most of our parishes are mission churches and there are only a very few...

A homily delivered in the Three Hierarchs Chapel at St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary on the Feast of The Protection of our Most Holy Lady the Mother of God and Ever...

I was the house organist and music coordinator for the [2014 Western Rite Vicariate] Conference . I had the responsibility of organizing and leading the music for all of the...

The news is full of stories about impoverished children from Central America making the dangerous trek across Mexico to Texas, Arizona, and California. Less noteworthy for the...

I am a relatively new bishop, having served happily as a pastor for 33 years before being elevated to the episcopacy. I still have the honor of glimpsing into the intimate dynamic...

I taught medieval history at Wichita State University, KS, and I am a translator. When I get stuck in a stubborn paragraph, I say a short Latin prayer to the Holy Spirit: “ Veni...

Pascha approaches: we should reflect once again on this crux of our faith, orient ourselves anew by the perspective that it offers, and enter afresh into its mystery. By his death...

The woman poured precious oil of myrrh upon thine awesome and royal head, O Christ our God. —Matins of Holy Wednesday, ode eight I have found David my servant: with my holy oil...

Now if Christ is preached that He has been raised from the dead, how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? But if there is no resurrection of the dead...