“Great are you, O Lord, and marvelous are your works, and there is no word which suffices to hymn your wonders!” These words, which come from the blessing of water at the baptismal...

Come, O faithful, let us work zealously for the Master; for he distributes wealth to his servants. Let each of us, according to his or her ability increase the talent of grace: let...

Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest! [Mark 11:9–10] Today Jesus enters into Jerusalem, and the cheering crowds greet him like a king...

As we approach Pascha, the Feast of Feasts, it is fitting that we consider once again the nature of the banquet to which we are invited. As we will sing at Matins on Holy Thursday...

Human suffering, no matter the form it takes, be it natural disasters or human-initiated evil, leads many to doubt the omnipotence of God. Catastrophes such as tsunamis, wars, or...

A homily delivered in the Three Hierarchs Chapel at St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary on the Feast of the Holy Apostle Onesimus of the Seventy (Wednesday, February 15...

These two words immediately call to mind a story about Elijah (1 Kings 19:11-13). We all know the story. Elijah goes up a mountain to converse with God and there’s an earthquake...

Reading the bulletin in Church this morning, I noticed that next Sunday is already Zacchaeus Sunday, the signal that Great Lent is soon upon us. How did that happen? The way the...

There’s something very “fruitful” about this idea: Bloom where God plants you. It really illustrates the drastic difference between success that belongs to you and fruit of the...