LISTEN NOW The Lord coming to the disciples in dark of night, after they had struggled for hours with dangerous wind and rain describes many times in our life. Although the disciples were without Christ in body during their struggle, they were not really alone, as He was praying and aware of their needs.… Continue reading 9th Sun after Pentecost 2008. Jesus walks on the water. Will we recognize Christ when He comes to us in the middle of the night?
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“Just do it”, from a church father
I have a bit of a hobby that I have indulged in all of my Orthodox life. I love to find things in secular culture that are actually true and sensible. I have lists of these things squirreled away in some GoogleDocs document, for later publishing on this BLOG. There are song lyrics, advertising slogans,… Continue reading “Just do it”, from a church father
9th Week After Pentecost – Tuesday – How many times should I forgive? The difference between the commandment to forgive all times and the priest’s responsibility and right to bind and loose.
Matthew 18:18-22; 19:1-2, 13-15 Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. 19 Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask,… Continue reading 9th Week After Pentecost – Tuesday – How many times should I forgive? The difference between the commandment to forgive all times and the priest’s responsibility and right to bind and loose.
Schedule for August at St Nicholas.
Schedule for August, 2008 (PDF). Also in Word DOC & RTF formats. This schedule overrides our regular service schedule.
VIDEO:8th Sunday after Pentecost 2008, The Feeding of the Five Thousand:What are we to do in our “desert place”?
8th Sunday after Pentecost 2008, The Feeding of the Five Thousand:What are we to do in our “desert place”?
LISTEN NOW Matthew 14:14-22And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick. 15 And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, This is a desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away, that they may go… Continue reading 8th Sunday after Pentecost 2008, The Feeding of the Five Thousand:What are we to do in our “desert place”?
8th Week after Pentecost – Thursday, 2008 – “What shall a man give in exchange for his soul?”
Matthew 16:24-28: Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. 25 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it. 26 For what is a man… Continue reading 8th Week after Pentecost – Thursday, 2008 – “What shall a man give in exchange for his soul?”
Man’ task, by Alexander Solzhenitsyn
It was fully appropriate that today, as we are mourning the death of Alexander Solzhenitsyn, I read his famed “Harvard Address”. I do not wish to endorse or criticize any of newly reposed servant of God Alexander’s politics. I am not intelligent or well read enough to comment intelligently, but I can recognize Christian sentiments… Continue reading Man’ task, by Alexander Solzhenitsyn
7th Sunday after Pentecost 2008, “According to your faith, be it unto you”
LISTEN NOW SYNOPSIS:The faith of the two blind man Jesus healed and of the men who brought the mute demoniac for healing demonstrate two aspects of faith. The demoniac’s muteness shows lack of faith; we cannot proclaim that which we do not know and experience, and the Holy Spirit will not reside where Evil is.… Continue reading 7th Sunday after Pentecost 2008, “According to your faith, be it unto you”
Jul 19/ Aug 1 – THE UNCOVERING OF THE RELICS OF ST SERAPHIM OF SAROV
THE UNCOVERING OF THE RELICS OF ST SERAPHIM OF SAROV This is the “summer feast” for St Seraphim of Sarov. Here are some of his sayings. Acquire the spirit of peace and a thousand souls around you will be saved. “…the Lord has frequently demonstrated before many witnesses how the grace of the Holy Spirit… Continue reading Jul 19/ Aug 1 – THE UNCOVERING OF THE RELICS OF ST SERAPHIM OF SAROV