clergy / laity rift

1 min read 2021-08-16 19:03:50

Isolated Priests and the Opportunities for the Burning Bush Brotherhood

The epistles from the Burning Bush Brotherhood were controversial. You can read them here and here. This is a link to the Brotherhood’s official

1 min read 2021-08-12 20:20:56

Saint Mark of Ephesus (c. 1392-1444) lived in times similar to ours. The Orthodox hierarchs were under pressure to modify their Orthodox beliefs at

1 min read 2021-08-06 20:19:39

It has been more than six weeks since Archbishop Elpidophoros’ controversial celebration of the Divine Liturgy at St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal

1 min read 2021-07-30 20:27:20

Fr. Demetrios has decades of experience as a priest. During his career, he has served under several bishops in more than one jurisdiction. He had

1 min read 2021-07-27 20:25:50

Below is a response from a Canadian Orthodox Christian to a recent encyclical from Archbishop Sotirios asserting that supporters of a single

1 min read 2021-07-23 11:00:59

The [Orthodox] Wittenberg Door A Sign of the Times? Occasionally, an event in life startles you out of your routine to such a degree, you think it

1 min read 2021-07-14 01:27:12

As if to add insult to injury, Abp. Elpidophoros returned on July 3 to St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church on Park Avenue. This is the same “St.

7 min read 2021-04-02 23:12:45

Churches are in trouble. A new Gallup poll estimates that only 47% of U.S. adults say they belong to a religious congregation. This is down from 70%

13 min read 2021-02-24 21:38:23

Bishop Benjamin of the OCA Diocese of the West recently sent a cautionary letter to his clergy. The bishop expressed his concerned that compliance

6 min read 2021-02-18 02:02:15

Over a decade ago, I had the misfortune to be on a parish council during a clerical scandal. The priest had been seeing a married mother in the

8 min read 2021-02-11 23:03:06

There is something we don’t do often enough, and that is put COVID-19 into generational perspective. We focus on arguments over statistics, masks

7 min read 2020-12-15 04:33:11

One of our Church friends recently posted a sad message for the holidays. Her son, barely in his 30’s and in good health, has refused to come to

7 min read 2020-12-08 23:27:25

By Nektarios Dapergolas, Doctor of History This article was forwarded us to by a contributor in Canada. It is very timely as discussions over the

3 min read 2020-12-05 01:23:31

Fr. Joseph Abud, Administrative Assistant to Bishop Anthony of the Antiochian Archdiocese, sent out a letter looking for ideas on how to address

6 min read 2020-10-23 23:10:13

For many Orthodox Christians, attending Divine Liturgy has been a difficult experience in the Age of Covid. Assuming you live in a place where