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2021

FINDING A BIBLE THAT REFLECTS THE ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN FAITH

THREE TROJAN HORSES: INSIDER ATTEMPTS TO DISORIENT THE ORTHODOX

THE WORST YEAR EVER - OR WAS IT?

WHO IS A MISSIONARY FOR CHRIST?

THE COMMANDMENTS OF THE CHURCH

AN INCIDENT FROM THE LIFE OF ST. AMBROSE OF OPTINA: What is impossible for man is possible for God

THERE IS NO ORTHODOX POPE

Loving Our Departed Ones - Not Just Missing Them

2020

FIFTY YEARS OF MISSION: WHERE IS THE GROWTH?

CLERGY ETIQUETTE: Addressing Clergy and Monastics in the Church

STATE OF THE PARISH: Rector's Report to the February 2020 AGM

WHY DO WE HAVE DIFFERENT BIBLES?

FROM NATIONAL NEWS: Trudeau government excludes churches from COVID-19 relief if they don't sign on to LGBT pledge

THE DEVIL HAS NO MORE FORMIDABLE WEAPON THAN DESPAIR

SPIRITUAL LESSONS FROM THE CORONAVIRUS

ALMOST HALF OF PRACTICING CHRISTIAN MILLENNIALS SAY EVANGELISM IS WRONG

MESSAGE OF THE HOLY SYNOD OF THE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH ON THE CORONAVIRUS

"WHEN IT'S SAFE" MEANS NEVER

ONE IN THREE PRACTICING CHRISTIANS STOPPED ATTENDING CHURCH DURING COVID-19

OUR MAIN REASON FOR FEELING ABANDONED BY GOD

FOR REFLECTION: THAT GOD IS OUR ONLY TRUE FRIEND (From the Prologue from Ochrid)

WHY DON'T MORE PEOPLE BECOME MONASTICS?

2019

A CANONICAL CRISIS IN THE ORTHODOX CHURCH PRIMACY, CONCILIARITY AND THE ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE

VOLUNTARY OBEDIENCE: OUR PATH TO HOLINESS

ARE YOU "CULTURALLY" ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN?

50 WAYS TO LEAVE YOUR FIRST LOVE

BRINGING IT HOME: SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT

EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF?

WHO'S MINDING THE KIDS?

WE HAVE TO KILL THREE SNAKES THAT ARE TRYING TO BITE US...

THE END OF COMFORTABLE CHRISTIANITY?

2018

CLERGY ETIQUETT

STATE OF THE PARISH REPORT

THE HALF-YEAR MARK: WHERE ARE WE NOW

COMMITTED CHRISTIANS ARE NOW A MINORITY, AND OUR KIDS NEED TO KNOW IT

CELL PHONE ETIQUETTE FOR CHRISTIAN LIVING

FAITH TESTED BY FIRE, AND PRAYER AS A NUCLEAR BOMB

WHY DO SOME PEOPLE LEAVE THE ORTHODOX CHURCH?

2017

WHEN WILL THE NEW ST. GEORGE CHURCH BE OPEN FOR SERVICES?

DOES YOUR ABSENCE MAKE YOUR HEART GROW FONDER?

SLIP SLIDING AWAY: THOUGHTS OF LEAVING THE ORTHODOX CHURCH

RECTOR'S STATE OF THE PARISH REPORT : 2017

HOW DOES THE LOSS OF FAITH OCCUR, AND HOW CAN IT BE PRESERVED OR RENEWED?

FAITH & FRIENDSHIP ON DISPLAY AT 2017 ARCHDIOCESAN ASSEMBLEY

HOW DO I PRAY? : MANY ANSWERS TO A COMMON QUESTION

SAINT HERMAN'S CROSS: A FLAG FOR OUR FIRST NORTH AMERICAN SAINT

WHO IS A MISSIONARY?

WHY IS THE CHURCH SO DARK?

2016

UPDATE ON COSTA RICA

RECTOR'S STATE OF THE PARISH REPORT

SHARP AND GRAVE REACTIONS FROM THE MONASTERIES OF MOUNT ATHOS TO UPCOMING PAN-ORTHODOX "COUNCIL"

A NEW YEAR... BUT WILL I BE ANY DIFFERENT?

WHAT DOES THE CROSS MEAN FOR US?

THE 2016 ORTHODOX SYNOD AT CRETE: THE COUNCIL THAT WASN'T

CHARITABLE WORKS vs. "SPARING A DOLLAR"

2015

WHY DOES OUR FAITH FAIL? THE ANSWER CAN BE FOUND IN MARRIAGES, BUSINESSES

COMMEMORATION LISTS: WHY AND HOW SHOULD I USE THEM?

STATE OF THE PARISH REPORT - PARISH MEETING 2015

SAINTS PETER & PAUL: EXAMPLES OF RECONCILIATION

UPDATE: ST GEORGE'S, BRANTFORD

ON INTERNET ABSTINENCE

THE ALASKAN ORTHODOX TEXTS PROJECT CELEBRATES ITS 10TH ANNIVERSARY

BACK TO SCHOOL?

2014

SETTING A GOOD BEGINNING

GIVING THANKS FOR TEN YEARS OF MISSION

HOW SHOULD I PRAY?

WHERE IS OUR FAITH IN EVERYDAY LIFE?

FAITH IN EVERYDAY LIFE: A PRACTICAL GUIDE

THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN'

DRAWING GOOD FROM THE BAD

WHAT MAKES A PRIEST REJOICE AT CONFESSION

BACK TO SCHOOL - BUT WHAT ABOUT SCHOOL FOR THE SOUL?

2013

FAITH & CULTURE - BOOK NOTES

WE'VE LOST SIGHT OF WHAT IS TRULY NEW

STATE OF THE PARISH REPORT

YOUR MONEY IS YOUR LIFE: WHY WE'RE MORE THAN SIMPLY 'SPIRITUAL'

FAITH & CULTURE - NOTES

ORTHODOX CHRISTIANITY AND THE MADNESS OF THE MODERN WORLD

HAMILTON PARISHES TEAM-UP FOR ANNUAL VCS TRADITION

DO YOU "SPEAK BIBLE"?

WE HAVE COMPLETE FREEDOM - AND THAT'S THE CHALLENGE

2012

ORTHODOX ANECDOTES: St. John Maximovitch

ON PENANCES AND THEIR USE

CHURCH ETIQUETTE: PART 2

ASCETICISM IS ALIVE AND WELL IN THE WORLD

THE PURPOSE OF THE ORTHODOX PARISH

HOW WE OPENED THE RELICS OF SAINT JOHN MAXIMOVITCH

THE PURPOSE OF THE ORTHODOX PARISH: PART TWO

2011

THE DEFINITION OF A SAINT

CHRISTIANITY'S MISBEGOTTEN CHILD

SPIRITUAL COUNSELS OF THE BLESSED ELDER PAISIOS THE ATHONITE (+1994)

ON THE CONSCIENCE

I LOOK FOR THE RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD, AND THE LIFE OF THE AGE TO COME

HAS OUR PURSUIT OF THE "NORTH AMERICAN DREAM" BECOME A BALL AND CHAIN?

CHURCH ETIQUETTE: PART 1

2010

WHAT IS ORTHODOX?

FROM BLESSED ELDER PAISIOS THE ATHONITE (+1994)

INDIVIDUAL VS. COMMUNION

ON PALM SUNDAY

WORTHY OF PREPARATION

WHAT'S THE POINT?

A WORD FROM ST. ISAAC OF NINEVEH

OUR THOUGHTS DETERMINE OUR LIVES

ON FOOLISHNESS FOR CHRIST'S SAKE

SAINT JOHN MAXIMOVITCH

SPIRITUAL TEACHINGS OF ELDER THADDEUS OF SERBIA

REMEMBER THE CATACOMBS

ON CHURCH ATTENDANCE

2009

WHAT DO THE CONVERTS WANT?

ADJUSTING TO THE REAL "NORMAL"

WILL 2009 BE A NEW BEGINNING?

THE DEVIL'S "BEATITUDES"

CONVERT SYNDROME?

ELDER PAISIOS ON "THE LETTER OF THE LAW"

SAINT THEOPHAN ON SAVING YOUR SOUL

AN ALASKAN JUBILEE ON THE DAY OF PENTECOST

TO EVERYTHING THERE IS A SEASON

PATRIARCH KIRILL ATTACKS "LIBERAL PHILOSOPHY"

LIFE OUTSIDE THE DOORS

CHILDISH THINGS

2008

AFTER THE SHOPPING SPREE

SPIRITUAL WISDOM FROM ELDER PAISIOS

THE THREE DEGREES OF EATING

IF CHURCH WERE OUR JOB

THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF FATHER SERAPHIM SLOBODSKY

A LIVING CHURCH

GREAT LENT - OR NOT SO GREAT?

UNSEEN WARFARE - Chapter 31 (Excerpt)

THE DORMITION: AN ICON FOR THE SUMMERTIME

THE UNIVERSAL EXALTATION OF THE VENERABLE AND LIFE-GIVING CROSS (Sept. 14/27)

MISSION NOTES: SAINT NICHOLAS OF JAPAN

ON THE TIME AND PLACE FOR CONFESSION

2007

REDEEMING THE TIME AT WORK, SCHOOL & HOME

SURVIVING GREAT LENT - AND FLOURISHING

ALL IN GOD'S TIME

DILETTANTES OF ORTHODOXY

THEOSIS* - DEIFICATION AS THE PURPOSE OF MAN'S LIFE

AFTER THE FAST

CELL PHONES vs. PRAYER ROPES

OUR CANADIAN SUMMERS

2006

TIPS ON TITHING

ORTHODOX LIFE: ON TAKING HOLY COMMUNION

WHY DID THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY NOT BECOME FR. ROMAN?

ST. MARK OF EPHESUS: A TRUE ECUMENIST

THE NATIVITY ICON

ORTHODOX LIFE: HOLY WATER

THIS WAS FROM ME

SECULARISM AND THE CHURCH

CATECHIZING TERESA

"NO THANKS, DOC"

SIGN OF CROSS, PRAY KILL MICROBES:

ON BEING SAVED

ORTHODOX CROSSES:

CATECHIZING TERESA: Part 2

GET OUT THE MILLSTONES:

LOOKING INWARD, LOOKING OUTWARD

THE WAY OF THE ASCETICS

ORTHODOX LIFE: Internet Addiction

SPIRITUAL WISDOM FROM THE CHURCH FATHER

THE DORMITION OF THE MOTHER OF GOD

THE FEAST OF THE HOLY APOSTLES PETER & PAUL

MY WAY: THE PERILS OF CANADIAN-STYLE RELIGIOSITY

ORTHODOX LIFE: Finding an Orthodox Spouse

THE CHURCH OF THE LIFE-GIVING TRINITY CONSECRATED IN PYONGYANG, NORTH KOREA

OUR ABSURD SEARCH

THE ICON CORNER: A HOW-TO GUIDE

A COMMITMENT FOR THE CHURCH NEW YEAR

"YOU" WHO? PRESERVING TRADITIONAL LANGUAGE IN CHURCH SERVICES

AN ORTHODOX POPE SPEAKS ON OUR SPIRITUAL GIFTS

AND THEY'LL KNOW WE ARE CHRISTIANS BY OUR LOVE

WANT TO BE ANGELIC? HERE'S HOW...

2005

EVOLUTION: A CRITICAL QUESTION FOR ORTHODOX CHRISTIANS TODAY

USE OF THE JESUS PRAYER FOR THOSE ABSENT FROM VIGILS

FOR CONSIDERATION

ICON OF FIRST CANADIAN SAINT FINDS HOME IN HAMILTON

ARIZONA MONASTERY PILGRIMAGE STORY

EXCERPT FROM UNSEEN WARFARE

NEVER ANSWER SPAM?

WHAT CANADIAN ORTHODOX MUST DO TO KEEP THE KIDS ORTHODOX

FOR CONSIDERATION

FROM UNSEEN WARFARE

ON THE MAKING OF SAINTS

ON DIALOGUE: SHARING LOVE IN TRUTH

FROM THE DISCOURSES OF SAINT DOROTHEOS OF GAZA

FROM UNSEEN WARFARE BY SAINT THEOPHAN THE RECLUSE: AIDS TO SUCCESS IN GAINING THE HABIT OF PRAYER

THE BLESSING OF VEHICLES: SANCTIFYING OUR SECOND HOME FOR SAFETY, SALVATION

FROM THE DESERT FATHERS

ORTHODOX LIFE: WHY BLESS FRUIT AT TRANSFIGURATION?

VIRTUAL ORTHODOXY: LIVING A MYTH

FROM UNSEEN WARFARE by ST THEOPHAN THE RECLUSE: ON THE USE OF THE SENSES

THE HAGARENES IN LONDON

ORTHODOX LIFE: DRESS & POSTURE IN CHURCH

HALLOWEEN: ORTHODOXY AND SECULAR CULTURE

A PASTORAL WORD ON HALLOWEEN

THE HOLY CROSS

THE CURE OF THE SOUL

ORTHODOX CHURCH SEEKS VIRTUAL SAINT REPORT FROM BBC

TOWARDS A FRUITFUL SPIRITUAL LIFE:

2004

SUMMER READING

ORTHODOX LIFE

THE DA VINCI CODE

JESUS CHRIST IN ANCIENT ORTHODOXY

PILGRIMAGE, THE MOTHER OF GOD, AND ORTHODOXY

FROM ST GREGORY PALAMAS

ON THE SILENT AND INVISIBLE WARFARE

TRADITION AND THE SPIRIT OF THE TIMES

PREPARING FOR HOLY COMMUNION

THE COLOUR(S) OF VESTMENTS

FOR CONSIDERATION

FROM THE GERONTIKON

SAINT GREGORY PALAMAS: THE NARROW PATH

"Ours must be an orthodoxy of the heart, not just the mind."

-St.Tikhon of Zadonsk