December 3, 2025, as we know, Our Lord Jesus Christ speaks to us often in parables because through the use of such parables certain truths and realities are brought into full view. The story is so expertly crafted as to open for us a new glimpse into reality in a way that was otherwise[…]
Author: Chris Purdef
Another Update from Fr. Jesse at St. Jacob of Alaska Orthodox Christian Mission
November 24, 2025, we continue our Bible Study on Exodus, and this Monday will get into the really juicy parts of the dimensions of the Tabernacle and the priest’s vestments. There is value in everything! I’m happy to report that our food pantry manager James and his wife advertised our weekly food pantry distribution this[…]
A Righteous Thirst: Keeping Your Eyes on the Horizon
December 1, 2025, when Righteous Gideon of the Old Testament was called by the Lord to choose his warriors for battle, he was told to look upon his brothers as they came near a stream kneeling to drink and replenish. He noticed most of the men succumbed their chests and lapped the water like[…]
On Self-Criticism by His Eminence, Metropolitan Saba of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America
November 20, 2025, Father Arseny (1893-1973) was a man of prayer and a high-caliber spiritual father. He spent eighteen years in a hard labor camp in Siberia during communist rule (1940-1958). Once, during a heated argument between two ideologically opposed groups of political prisoners, one of the leaders forcefully brought Father Arseny into the[…]
Metropolitan Saba: “Is Fasting an Obligation?”
November 25, 2025, the newly spread tone among believers regarding the fast is that it is not obligatory or a duty. Consequently, the believer can ignore it or practice it whenever and however he wants. Fasting is a necessary and binding virtue. If the commandments of the Lord in His Holy Gospel are binding,[…]