Video Lectures and Liturgy from US Service
Here are videos of the two lectures I gave at the 2017 SCOOCH Youth Conference with the blessing of HG Anba Angaelos, HG Anba Karas and the Oriental Orthodox bishops…
Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal
It is hard to imagine that controversy can become so engrained an attitude that even the words of hymns become the subject of polemics. But this is the case. In…
Bishops and Priests
I was asked this morning by a friend, how it is that we have bishops and priests in the Orthodox Church, and how we should understand this structure in the…
Congregation Size – Sit the men down
There are times when I write about something which is doctrinal and even dogmatic. There are times when I write about the authentic spirituality which is the basis of our…
St Severus and Julian of Halicarnassus – Part 2
The First Letter of St Severus to Julian of Halicarnassus Of the Patriarch, to the same Julian. From the instant when I received the letter of your Holiness, I rejoiced,…
St Severus and Julian of Halicarnassus – Part 1
There is an extensive collection of texts between Julian and St Severus which describe the controversy caused by Julian’s view that the humanity of Christ was immortal and incorruptible. This…
The Church and the churches – Part 1
I first started writing something with this title more than 30 years ago. It has often been on my mind. Indeed, as soon as I started learning about the early…
Technophobia!
I am not afraid of technology. I just wanted to get that sorted out right at the beginning. My last job, before I was ordained a priest, was IT Manager…
Orthodoxy and Protestantism IX – Do we need the Church?
The idea that Christians do not need the Church and can find spiritual life and sure guidance without membership of any organised community of believers is a very recent but…
Sin, Death and the Fall
I would like to consider the dogmatic aspects of Sin, Death and the Fall which are the basis of man’s estrangement from God, and the cause of our needing a…