St. Vladimir’s Seminary Commencement Address Delivered May 19, 2018 By David Bradshaw Your Beatitude, Your Grace, Reverend Fathers, fellow scholars and students of Holy Orthodoxy, graduates, family and friends, It is a great pleasure to be with you on this happy occasion. Like many of you, I had heard of St. Vladimir’s through its publications and graduates … [Read more...] about Advice to Future Priests: Be Open to Questions
Practical Christian Life
The Spirituality of Everyday Life
Source: Bishop Alexander Mileant By Archbishop Sergius of Prague Archbishop Sergius (Korolev) of Prague (1881-1952) was born in Moscow, but spent the defining years of his life (1922-1946) in Prague where he unified the Russian émigré community and courageously served daily molebens throughout the German occupation. The central theme that runs throughout his pastoral … [Read more...] about The Spirituality of Everyday Life
Tending Time in Lent
By Nicole Roccas As I prepared for my first confession some years ago, I was given a rubric that I still follow. It asks me to reflect on how I've sinned against myself, others, and God. If nothing comes to mind, I'm directed to consider the ways I’ve fallen short of the ten commandments, the beatitudes, the virtues enumerated in the Prayer of St. Ephrem, etc. As … [Read more...] about Tending Time in Lent
The Cross as a Means of Sanctification and Transformation of the World
Fr. Dumitru Staniloae's many works include commentaries on the Church Father, a Romanian translation of the Philokalia, and his 1978 masterpiece The Orthodox Dogmatic Theology. Fr. Dumitru endured several years of imprisonment for his faith at the hands of Communists, after which he began to work for the Romanian Holy Synod and often traveled to international conferences to … [Read more...] about The Cross as a Means of Sanctification and Transformation of the World
Orthodox Spirituality 101: A Primer with Benchmarks
Lent is that time during the Christian Year when we can all, to some humble degree, emulate the life of monastics — attending numerous services during the week along with the usual Saturday Vespers and the Divine Liturgy on Sunday.not to mention keeping the Great Lenten Fast, all of this together with our Orthodox brothers and sisters. But it is also a time to get … [Read more...] about Orthodox Spirituality 101: A Primer with Benchmarks