by Terry Mattingly This is Terry Mattingly’s advice for journalists who which to cover what just happened in the OCA. It goes without saying that I have received quite a bit of email from GetReligion readers, and others, wanting to know my take on last Friday’s resignation, and now the ongoing humiliation, of Metropolitan JONAH […]
‘Fr. John’s Last Flight’
When I was preparing to depart the lower 48 for Alaska to finally attend seminary, after a decade and a half wait, my cousin Bob made a poster for me out of pen and ink. It was a picture of a Cessna aircraft (my uncle is a pilot), and the title, I thought, was very […]
The Hypocrisy of the ‘Christian’ Left
Fr. John Whiteford Responds to Dr. David Dunn In a Huffington Post article, David Dunn has pointed out what he sees as hypocrisy on the part of Christian conservatives: It is the view that Christians should vote their values, and this means we should legislate moral evils into oblivion. Thus if we believe life begins […]
Religion From The Bottom Up
By Fr. Patrick Henry Reardon For years, I used this outstanding article for inquirers who wonder about the importance of worship in the Christian faith. I lost it for awhile, but in my recent move, I found my only remaining copy of it – maybe the only remaining copy anywhere (I contacted Fr. Patrick some […]
Best Definition Of Great Lent EVER!
You may know Steve Robinson, our good friend, as the host of “Our Life In Christ” radio program or the “Steve The Builder” podcast on Ancient Faith Radio, but our favorite work of this theologically astute Orthodox laymen is his Pithless Thoughts blog, where he regularly posts Orthographs – editorial cartoons with an Orthodox Christian […]
Show Up For Great Lent
No one can attend all of the services in Great Lent. But with a little plan everyone one of us can attend some of services. There is simply no excuse for not making Lent first of all the time for increased attendance of and participation in the liturgy of the Church. Fr. Alexander Schmemann Given […]
Out Of The Cross
by Fr. Patrick Henry Reardon When we speak of excruciating pain, we do well to look at the etymology of that adjective: ex cruce, “out of the cross.” It is nearly impossible to exaggerate what the Savior suffered on the cross. Whether the cause of Jesus’ death was asphyxiation, or hypercarbia, or hypovolemic shock, or […]
Orthodox Worship As A School Of Theology: Part Six
by Metropolitan Hilarion Alfeyev Lecture delivered at the Kiev Theological Academy on September 20, 2002 Church Singing Permit me to say a few words about church singing. Recently I visited the Valaam Monastery of the Transfiguration, where I served an all-night vigil and Divine Liturgy in the monastery’s main church. The services there struck me […]
What Was Christ Writing On The Ground?
by St. Nikolai Velimirovich Bishop Nikolai, a gifted theologian combining a high level of erudition with the simplicity of a soul steeped in Christ-like love and humility, is often referred to as the “new Chrysostom” for his inspired preaching. As a spiritual father of the Serbian people, he constantly exhorted them to fulfill their calling […]
The Manhattan Declaration
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20, 2009—Today a group of prominent Orthodox, Catholic and evangelical Christian clergy, ministry leaders and scholars released the Manhattan Declaration, which addresses the sanctity of life, traditional marriage and religious liberty. The 4,700-word declaration issues a clarion call to Christians to adhere to their convictions and informs civil authorities that the signers will […]