I believed, so I spake: The Educated Monk, Part II
Conclusion of Metropolitan Anthony's classic treatise on the permissibility of monastic pastorship outside the monastery, in English for the first time.
The Educated Monk
Metropolitan Antony (Khrapovitsky) tackles the challenge of the monastic calling within a worldly setting, such as within an educational institution.
Fasting: Surveying the Scriptures
However, it is absolutely necessary that he who keeps outward fasts also fasts spiritually, that is, he who fasts and prays outwardly must at the same time avoid all sin and unrighteousness and be charitable and diligent in every good work.
On the Acquisition of Wisdom
Closing Remarks at the 70th Commencementof Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminaryby Archimandrite Luke, Rector
Dear Graduates and Seminarians!
St James writes, If any of you lack wisdom let him ask of God.Jas 1:5
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All Our Life Unto Christ Our God: Archpriest Alvian And Helen Smirensky
Obituary of an Orthodox priest and his matushka, children of the Russian diaspora, who departed this life together, only hours apart on December 10, 2017.
The Metropolitan’s Travel Companion
by Metropolitan Vitaly (Ustinov)
Metropolitan Vitaly (1910-2006) was the fourth First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia. Throughout his tenure as Primate, Vl. Vitaly earned a reputation... Read More...
Priesthood and the Theological Life
Video of a Commencement Address delivered at Holy Trinity Seminary on the martyric calling of the priesthood and the Church's dogmatic consciousness
The Reader in the Orthodox Church
We offer here the work of a seminary graduate and ordained reader summarizing the historical basis and canonical responsibilities of the office of Reader. This article first appeared in Russian in Православный Путь for 2005 and was subsequently featured in Orthodox Life Vol. 62.1.
The Priesthood in Our Time
by V. Rev. Protopresbyter Valery Lukianov. An examination of the three-fold ministry of the priest as teacher, liturgical minister, and shepherd of souls.
The Fruits of Repentance: Guiding our Flock towards the Mind of Christ
by Priest David Starr. A guide for encouraging true metanoia that "bear[s] fruits worthy of repentance" (Mt:3:8), based on the path laid out in the Beatitudes.