I got back from Nikozi and immediately curled up in bed, at around seven, and spent all the night feverish, trying to drink enough to re-hydrate, but not too much. I got back up some twenty hours later, and still stayed in bed, dreaming of warm sunlight. Since then I’ve pretty much been sitting by [...]

Since I’ve been having a bit of a hard time getting up and praying or going to church, I thought it might be worth taking another look at the prayers that I’ve been in large part neglecting, or not paying very close attention to. Prayers like this: Where shall I begin to lament the deeds [...]

Blessed Lent! I’m in the semesterial doldrums, with a case of Spring Angsting (which does sometimes result in an impression of fever) and wondering “what shall I do next year?” Not my favorite time of the year. NOTE: The following is my private opinion; it would have probably been more profitable to talk about “keeping [...]

that last post was a case of “failure to connect the dots.” You know how I said this is the second week of the Triodion? You know how I said that this sunday is Judgement Sunday? Do you know what the reading for Judgement Sunday is? It’s Matthew 25:31-46: The Lord said, “When the Son [...]

Among the things thoughtless young people are prone to say to teachers is: “we did this last year!” As in: “Write an essay about the importance of George Washington for President’s Day” “But we did that last year!” Depending upon the ingenuity of the teacher and the extent to which he considers this to be [...]

Open to me the doors of repentance, O Life-giver, for my spirit rises early to pray towards Thy holy Temple, bearing the temple of my body all defiled; but in Thy compassion, purify me by the loving-kindness of Thy mercy. Lead me on the paths of salvation, O Mother of God, for I have profaned [...]

The proclamation from the Synodikon for Orthodoxy Sunday: As the prophets beheld, as the apostles have taught us, as the church has received, as the teachers have dogmatized, as the universe has agreed, as grace has illumined, as truth has revealed, as falshood has been dispelled, as wisdom has presented, as Christ has triumphed; this [...]

Today is Last Judgment Sunday in the Orthodox Church, where we read and chant on the account of the last judgment found in Matthew 25: When the Son of man comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He shall sit on the throne of His glory. And all nations shall [...]