Does the Church Need Doctrine?
A look at the Emergent Church Movement's attempts to de-emphasize doctrine and credal belief.
Simply a Matter of Honor
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
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.
Lilies, Birds, and Dads
Fr Alexander Webster, dean of Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary, reflects on our heavenly Father as the model for all earthly fathers.
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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A New Reformation?
The third installment in a continuing series examining the theological and historical substance of the Emergent Church Movement. Part 3 looks at the phenomenon as natural heir to the Reformation.
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.
Forged in Fire: An Appeal for Giving Tuesday
Latest Update on the
Holy Trinity Seminary Giving Tuesday Campaign:
Dear Friends of Holy Trinity Seminary,
The giving campaign continues!
On behalf of the administration, faculty, and students of Holy Trin... Read More...
The Divine Liturgy of Saint James: Questions & Answers
Recorded live at Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary. An expert in Orthodox Liturgy answers questions on an ancient Christian rite, the Liturgy of St James, the brother of the Lord.
Rejoice, O Life-Giving Cross!
"This notion of a feast of the cross may seem paradoxical to our mind: the cross in the ancient world was an instrument and symbol of inhumane torture and death ... Yet we, Christians, celebrate the Cross of the Lord in a festival and we praise it as the 'preserver of the whole universe … the glory of angels, and the wound of demons.'"
Five Streams of Self-Identity in the Emergent Church Movement
by Rassaphore Monk Angelos
This article constitutes the second installment in a series adapted from the author's undergraduate thesis, An Ancient Future Church?: An Orthodox Examination of the Post-modern Chri... Read More...
An Ancient Future Church?
This first installment of an ongoing series gives a broad overview of the Emergent Church Movement (ECM) and describes this loose coalition within a wider Protestant context.
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
Scientism and Mythologies of Progress
Dr Alex Pavuk summarizes the history of scientism as the new religion of modern society in this public lecture delivered at Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary
Misappropriating “Brother-Making”
In light of another recent attempt to read contemporary mores into ancient Byzantine rites, we offer to our readers this review of a study rooted in true scholarship -- Claudia Rapp's Brother-Making in Late Antiquity and Byzantium