by St. John Chrysostom 1. Just as a chorus seeks the chorus leader, and a crew of sailors the helmsman, so also the assembly of these priests today seeks the high-priest and common-father. But in the case of the chorus and the ship frequently the absence of those in charge wrenches them away from … [Read more...]
The New Year: The Mystery of Time
by Fr. Alexander Schmemann On New Year’s Eve we feel the mystery of time more powerfully than at any other time. We feel, in other words, that its flow – in which we live and in which everything constantly vanishes as the “past” and constantly places us face to face with the unknown future – esse … [Read more...]
A New Year’s Sermon
by St. Seraphim of Virits This was sent to me from my friend, Fr. John Stavropoulos. "This was from me" is a famous letter written by St. Seraphim of Viritsa that he sent to his spiritual child, a bishop who was in a Soviet prison at that time; this homily "This was from me" is written as a … [Read more...]
