On this Sunday, the Church remembers the Myrrh bearing women: Mary of Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome who got up early to anoint the body of our Savior in his Sepulcher. The myrrh-bearing women took with them spices that ‘they might anoint Him’ so we see that they did not go empty[…]

As we approach the Apostle’s Fast the word “sacrifice” comes to mind. Saints Peter and Paul among others pioneered the Church through the Gospel of Jesus Christ, while going through many beetings and much sacrifice and ultimately death. 2 Corinthians 4:8-18 NKJV 8 We are hard-pressed on every side, yet not crushed; we are perplexed, but[…]

In the late Metropolitan Kallistos Ware’s classic The Orthodox Church, he describes the Church as “a continued Pentecost”.  This is true, but it is important not to misunderstand his meaning. It is possible to understand the description of the Church as “a continued Pentecost” as meaning that the Church is an earthly organization founded by[…]

When our churches look like cardboard boxes instead of Cathedrals, we have lost true worship towards God in architecture. When our Communion Elements come from a factory, we have lost true worship towards God in The Pinnacle of an intimate relationship with Him.  When we trade our embroidered vestments for ripped jean shorts and a[…]

 The Orthodox year has a rhythm, much like the tide coming in and going out – only this rhythm is an undulation between seasons of fasting and seasons (or a few days) of feasting. Every week, with few exceptions, is marked by the Wednesday and Friday fast, and every celebration of the Divine Liturgy is[…]