Pastoral Ministry Archives • Orthodox Life

Holy Spirit Day at Holy Trinity Monastery

May 24, 2022 0

"Orthodoxy is truth, which is preserved and passed on to every generation, enriched along the way by the struggles of spiritual teachers, the Holy Fathers."

I believed, so I spake: The Educated Monk, Part II

Dcn. Michael Cook

Pastoral Ministry

May 7, 2020 0

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

Dcn. Michael Cook

Pastoral Ministry

March 9, 2020 0

Metropolitan Antony (Khrapovitsky) tackles the challenge of the monastic calling within a worldly setting, such as within an educational institution.

Fasting: Surveying the Scriptures

Dcn. Michael Cook

Spiritual Discipline

February 10, 2020 0

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

Fr Innocent Henderson

Pastoral Ministry

June 19, 2018 0

Closing Remarks at the 70th Commencementof Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary by Archimandrite Luke, Rector Dear Graduates and Seminarians! St James...

All Our Life Unto Christ Our God: Archpriest Alvian And Helen Smirensky

Deacon Peter Markevich

In Memoriam

December 22, 2017 0

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

Deacon Peter Markevich

Pastoral Ministry

September 14, 2017 0

by Metropolitan Vitaly (Ustinov) Metropolitan Vitaly (1910–2006) was the fourth First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia....

Holy Trinity Seminary student recieving bachelor of theology degree from his grace, Bishop Irenei, at the 2017 commencement ceremony.

Priesthood and the Theological Life

Deacon Peter Markevich

Pastoral Ministry

May 31, 2017 0

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

Fr Innocent Henderson

Pastoral Ministry

March 23, 2017 0

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

Fr Innocent Henderson

Pastoral Ministry

February 10, 2017 0

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

Fr Innocent Henderson

Pastoral Ministry

January 25, 2017 0

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.