by St. John Maximovitch “Where can I go from Thy Spirit, and where can I escape from Thy presence? If I go up into heaven, Thou art there; if I go down into hades, Thou art present there. If I take up my wings toward the dawn, and make mine…
December 19, 2023 By Fr. John A. Peck Venerable Ephraim the Syrian: Beware of making potions, casting spells, telling fortunes, making storages (talismans) or wearing those made by others: these are not storages, but bonds. Saint John Chrys…
December 19, 2023 By Fr. John A. Peck Venerable Ephraim the Syrian: Beware of making potions, casting spells, telling fortunes, making storages (talismans) or wearing those made by others: these are not storages, but bonds. “Even if we are
October 31, 2023 By Fr. John A. Peck Have you ever noticed what the people who pray there look like? More precisely, what are they wearing? Grand Duchess Elizabeth FeodorovnaIt would seem that for a believer the question, “What should I wea…
October 13, 2023 By Fr. John A. Peck St. Photius, Patriarch of Constantinople, preached a sermon on the day the icon of the Theotokos was dedicated in Hagia Sophia, 29 March 867. In the notes introducing the English translation of the sermo…
March 10, 2023 By Fr. John A. Peck On the Second Sunday of Great Lent, the Holy Church commemorates St. Gregory Palamas, one of the great fathers of the Church who lived in the fourteenth century and actively contributed to one of the most
May 23, 2022 By Fr. John A. Peck by Fr. Stephen Freeman Few things are as awkward (and even painful) as “feeling like a fool,” whether it is the mild thing we call “embarrassment,” or the stronger things that make us want to disappear or ru…
April 21, 2022 By Fr. John A. Peck by St. Innocent of Kherson Translation by Jesse Dominick By the grace of God we have, brethren, finished another Holy Lent. Much has been acquired by those who spent it as they ought, but likewise, it’s no…
January 19, 2021 By Fr. John A. Peck We were recently asked the following question: “Why is it so wrong to say that the Spirit also proceeds from the Son, if He indeed is co-eternal with the Father? Understanding the complexity of this issu…
November 23, 2020 By Fr. John A. Peck Matthew says that when Herod realized the magi were not going to return, he ordered the slaughter of all male children two years old and under in Bethlehem and the neighboring towns (Matt. 2:16-18). Alt…
May 2, 2020 By Fr. John A. Peck “Where can I go from Thy Spirit, and where can I escape from Thy presence? If I go up into heaven, Thou art there; if I go down into hades, Thou art present there. If I take up my wings toward the dawn, and m…
August 17, 2017 By Fr. John A. Peck by Cyril of Jerusalem THE TWENTIETH EXPLANATION WHICH THE HOLY PATRIARCH, APA CYRIL, ARCHBISHOP OF JERUSALEM, COMPOSED ON THE LIFE OF THE HOLY THEOTOKOS MARY. AND HE DECLARED ALSO THAT HER PARENTS WERE A