Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary (Jordanville) Archives • Orthodox Life

Metropolitan Nicholas of Eastern America and New York

January 5, 2023 0

It is the fear of God — that is, sensing the Divine presence in our lives and walking reverently before God, fearing to grieve Him through sin — that leads to peace; for “the fear of the Lord”, as the Old Testament sage writes, “is glory and honor, happiness and the crown of joy."

A Note on Commemorations at the Divine Liturgy

Priest John Boddecker

Ecclesiology

June 14, 2022 0

Against commemoration of the heterodox at the Proskomedia, the preparatory rite for the Divine Liturgy.

Holy Spirit Day at Holy Trinity Monastery

Metropolitan Hilarion: ROCOR’s Mission and Calling Today

Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America & New York and Sergei Jakubov

In Memoriam

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."

Metropolitan Hilarion in his residence at the Synod of Bishops

Metropolitan Hilarion: Education and Formation

Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America & New York and Sergei Jakubov

Church History

May 19, 2022 1

Part 1 of an interview with His Eminence Hilarion, First Hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad, conducted in 2010.

Divinization as the Model of True Transhumanism

Jean-Claude Larchet

Theology

May 12, 2022 0

Video of a lecture on the flawed contemporary ideology of transhumanism, delivered at Holy Trinity Seminary on May 3rd, 2022 by noted patrologist and author Professor Jean-Claude Larchet

Banner with icon of the Synaxis of the Holy Forefathers

This man is a kinsman of ours

Priest John Boddecker

Sermons and Homilies

January 3, 2022 0

Homily on the Sunday Before the Nativity of Christ, delivered in the cathedral of Holy Trinity Monastery on Dec. 20, 2021/ Jan. 2, 2022

Better is One Day in Thy Courts Than Thousands Elsewhere

Priest John Boddecker

Sermons and Homilies

December 8, 2021 0

Sermon the Great Feast of the Entrance of the Theotokos in the Temple, delivered on Nov. 21/Dec. 4, 2021 by Priest John Boddecker.

Launch Out into the Deep

Hieromonk Theodore

Sermons and Homilies

November 16, 2021 0

An exhortation to follow the invitation of Christ to delve deeper into our salvific faith.

Bishop Luke Walks to Cathedral for Divine Liturgy, accompanied by Subdeacon Nicholas Williams

[Withdrawn] Thoughts Concerning COVID-19 Vaccines

Deacon Peter Markevich

Editorial

January 27, 2021 0

Regardless of the personal decision regarding the vaccine, all should seek the loving therapy and hope of our Holy Church.

Rejoice! Be Not Afraid.

Dcn. Michael Cook

Sermons and Homilies

August 21, 2020 0

"One of the cornerstone messages of the Gospel is the preaching of joy. Having met the myrrh-bearing women after the resurrection, the Lord says to them: Rejoice! And now, on the path toward His suffering on the Cross, He gives His disciples a foretaste of the future of the time of the resurrection."

Mark Driscoll preaching on the Ten Commandments at Mars Hill Church

The Deconstruction of the Church

Dcn. Michael Cook

Theology

May 14, 2020 0

The fifth installment of our series examing the Emerging Church movement in its own self-awareness and in the eyes of the Orthodox Church

Does the Church Need Doctrine?

Dcn. Michael Cook

Theology

February 3, 2020 0

A look at the Emergent Church Movement's attempts to de-emphasize doctrine and credal belief.

Massachussetts 54th Regiment, depicted in the 1989 film "Glory"

Simply a Matter of Honor

Deacon Peter Markevich

Sermons and Homilies

August 16, 2019 0

Fr. Alexander Webster illustrates St Paul's exhortation to "outdo one another in showing honor" with examples from the Gospel, film, and his own childhood.

Our Own Personal Cross

Deacon Peter Markevich

Editorial

October 12, 2018 0

Fr. Alexander Webster explains the role of the Cross in the life of every Christian and how we must "take up" our Cross to attain the heavenly kingdom.