I Am Third
“I Am Third” is a phrase that is posted in the office of our rector, Fr. Michael. It means that the Lord is first, others and second, and, well, I am third. It was...
Category: Formation
55 Maxims
by Fr. Thomas Hopko Be always with Christ. Pray as you can, not as you want. Have a keepable rule of prayer that you do by discipline. Say the Lord’s Prayer several times a...
Please, Father, ask Christ…
The Divine Liturgy sustains the world! And we are so unworthy of it! There are priests who live this awesome Mystery at every Divine Liturgy. A priest once told me something that a very...
Patriarch’s Priestly Vocation Born Under Communist Rule
From a recent interview by Zenit with Patriarch Sviatoslav: I grew up in a completely atheistic society where all forms of the transcendental were eliminated. We were taught that there is no God. The...
Christ’s priesthood has its source not in man, but in the divine person and ministry of the Son of God
“Christ’s priesthood has its source not in man, but in the divine person and ministry of the Son of God. The priest is called to be a light ray of eternity in the interim,...
