March 23, 2025, when I first read the passage in Luke where Jesus seems to turn away His own mother, I remember feeling very uneasy. I remember asking myself, what does it mean when the Lord says, “My mother and My brothers are those who hear the word of God and do it.” It[…]
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[…]
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[…]
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[…]
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[…]
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[…]
