A Christian Refugee Policy
I was reading the Gospel passage for the Liturgy today. It is Luke 16:1-12, and is the parable of the rich man and the steward. The steward is told by…
True Christianity – Be converted
We need to be converted to Christianity, to life in Christ. It doesn’t matter if you were born into a Christian family. It doesn’t matter if you attend Church services…
Understanding “On the Incarnation” – Chapter 11
On the Incarnation – Chapter 11 Text 1. When God the Almighty One was making mankind through His own Word, He saw that they, owing to the limitation of their…
Holy Women – Saint Hilaria
As I proposed online a little while ago, I wish to research and write a series of posts about the many Holy Women venerated in our Orthodox Church of Alexandria,…
Give true life another chance
I am always concerned by those who are notionally Orthodox, who attend Orthodox services still, for a variety of reasons, and yet just don’t connect with what is happening around…
Dangerous teaching – T.D. Jakes
I was disturbed to see the teaching of T.D. Jakes being promoted by Orthodox Christians recently. When we follow the instruction of someone who is not Orthodox in faith and…
Loneliness and Union with God
Every time I read something by Father Anthony Paul I am inspired. I have yet to meet him face to face, but I have been able to appreciate much of…
Essence and Energies
I recently taught a little on this subject drawing on the Patristic materials. These are some notes, but the subject deserves a more detailed consideration to which I will return…
Father Peter serving in California
Thanks to the blessing of HG Bishop Angaelos, and the invitation of HE Metropolitan Serapion and HG Bishop Kyrillos, Father Peter Farrington is spending a week at the ACTS Coptic…
Mind your language!
No, I am not reflecting on the use of various languages in the services of the Church, though that is a serious issue. I mean the use of coarse and…