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Fossil or Leaven: The Church We Hand Down

There was once a renowned bakery which produced the best bread in the land. The bakers said it was because they used a special strain of yeast. One day, a group of marauders came and ransacked the bakery, forcing the bakers into hiding.

The Extra/Ordinary Hospitality of St. Herman House

The Church is a hospital, according to St. John Chrysostom, and according to St. Ignatius its sacraments are medicine. It is often repeated that Christ is the Great Physician, and that the spiritual life of the Church heals the sickness of the passion-ridden soul.

That the World May Believe

While we confess in the Creed that the Orthodox Church is one, where must an observer look to see our theological, mystical, or true oneness? We have hidden it from ourselves and the world by our behavior. Because of our pervasive fear, self-interest, and insularity, the visible unity of the Church exists only as a broken promise.

China’s Peaceful Warrior

by Matthew Franklin Cooper China is now portrayed in much of the news media as the world’s fastest-growing Christian country, and an increasing amount of...

Death has Died, War is Over!

August 15 we celebrate the Dormition of the Theotokos, the falling asleep of Mary. August 15 is also the anniversary of the end of the...

Christmas is the Real Birthday of Each of Us

Children who are born on a day close to Christmas may fear or feel that their birthday celebration is lost in this day, but there is...

The Radical Hope of Christmas

Christians are the people of hope. This is especially the case during the season of advent and the following celebration of Christmas. Hope is a...

The Saint Who Refused to be Commander-in-Chief

Today is the feast day of St. Cybi the Tanned. He was born in 483 the son of Salomon, a warrior king in Wales. Cybi...

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Transfiguration

A light appeared from above and everything changed. In the sky there was a great cloud, and the light radiated forth brighter than the sun....

That the World May Believe: Why we should embrace the Holy and Great Council of Crete

Pieter Dykhorst

That the World May Believe: Why we should embrace the Holy and Great Council of Crete A personal reflection by Pieter Dykhorst “…that they may...

Jesus, Superheroes, and the Presidency

Recently I've been reading an alternate universe Avengers comic in which Captain America is elected president of the US. It's a very powerful fantasy that...

How many thousands of innocent men, women, and children have you killed today?

Pieter Dykhorst

July 20, 2016 The collective gasp at new British PM Theresa May articulating clearly her willingness to do the will of the people by murdering...

The Council After the Council

By now, everyone has left Crete. Everything has been wrapped up. My skin, for its part in this, is a shade darker and a shade...

War and Peace in Today’s Council

Today my response to "The Mission of the Orthodox Church in Today's World" was published on Public Orthodoxy, the blog of Fordham's Orthodox Christian Studies...

War and Peace in Today's Council

Today my response to "The Mission of the Orthodox Church in Today's World" was published on Public Orthodoxy, the blog of Fordham's Orthodox Christian Studies...

Facing the Church

This morning I stepped off my bus into Kolymbari right in front of the Avra Imperial Hotel. "Imperial" is an appropriate title. While it's not...

The Little Ones

This morning I awoke at the crack of dawn in order to make my way down to the daily liturgy at the Patriarchal and Stavropegial...

The Fishermen as Most Wise

This island smells like fish. The air, the towns, all is infused with centuries of fish catching, eating, and selling. It’s been difficult to find...

The Gospel in Crete

This morning, the hierarchs gathered here met in the Church of the Annunciation in Kissamos in order to celebrate the Divine Liturgy of All Souls...

Called to Unity

I've been on a journey for several days now, which has brought me to where I am now, sitting in the Orthodox Academy of Crete,...

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