March 17, 2026, Today is St Patrick’s Day. It’s a national holiday here in Ireland, during which there is a lot of drinking and parading and the wearing of green leprechaun hats. I’m too old for that sort of thing, and the leprechaun hats don’t suit me anyway. Instead, this morning I was in[…]
New Ministry Partnership Announced: Commonwealth Orthodox Crowdfunding.
March 7, 2025, Share the Faith Ministries is proud to announce their ministry partnership with Commonwealth Orthodox Crowdfunding. Commonwealth is a grassroots network that exists to deliver real-time assistance to Orthodox Christians experiencing financial hardship. Their network of donors provides relief through hundreds of small gifts, helping people through some of the most difficult[…]
Orthodoxy And The Remission of Sin
February 16, 2026, the Orthodox Church has always understood the remission of sins not as a legal fiction or a divine need for satisfaction, but as God’s merciful act in Christ, by the Holy Spirit, that releases the human person from sin’s tyranny, cleanses the wound sin creates, restores communion with God and His[…]
Sister Anastasia: All Food Is Good
March 11, 2026, fasting in general, and the season of Great Lent in particular, is, as we have all come to learn, most certainly not just about food. At the same time, however, it kind of is. One of the reasons why fasting is as difficult for us as it is, is that our relationship[…]
Monk Arsenije: Ancient Answers to Modern Challenges (VIDEO)
March 6, 2026, Monk Arsenije, Abbot of the Serbian Orthodox Monastery Ss Peter and Paul in Ribnica in Pastric, Serbia, gives a talk on Challenges facing Orthodox Christians in the Modern World. Monk Arsenije, civil name Aleksandar Jovanović, was born in Belgrade in 1960 to parents of educators, medical professionals. In his hometown, he[…]
Sister Anastasia: Christ’s Love Transforms Our Suffering
February 4, 2026, holiness will always involve suffering, because the path to holiness is the path of the Cross: Then He said to them all, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me” (Luke 9.23). What is different about the type of suffering that comes through voluntary[…]
