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Powerless
It is good for us to be reminded of how powerless we are to stop time and everything that God sends along with it. What are we truly in...
Father Photios
Oct 122 min read


Help Me, O God!
This is from the Prologue of Ochrid, for the 13th of August on the celebration of the memory of our holy father Tikhon of Zadonsk. The...
Father Photios
Sep 192 min read
Lord, Have Mercy!
This is an email I sent to the parishioners here in Portland, regarding current events. Brothers and Sisters, Christ is in our midst!...
Father Photios
Sep 152 min read


St. Platon
Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Early in December, we commemorate the righteous martyr St. Plato. What follows is a brief account of his...
Father Photios
Aug 153 min read
The Other-Worldliness of Orthodoxy
It is often said of Holy Orthodoxy that it is “other-worldly.” This is true, and it is its strength; but the full significance of this...
Father Photios
Jul 142 min read


Returning to Our First Love: On St. Cyprian, Lukewarmness, and the Path of Thanksgiving
For this year’s Parish Feast, I have the blessing of giving a short talk on St. Cyprian of Carthage and one of the major controversies...
Father Photios
Jul 104 min read


Beloved, Faithful Trust
The following is from "The Sunflower; Conforming the WIll of Man to the Will of God" by St. John Maximovitch of Tobolsk "In the Old...
Father Photios
Jun 162 min read


No Answer...?
The initial quote is from: https://athonitetestimony.com/why-dont-we-receive-help/ Sometimes it happens that even after deep, insistent...
Father Photios
May 193 min read
Christ in Our Hearts
The following is the homily from the Prologue of Ochrid for yesterday, Sunday the 21st of April, according to the Church Calendar. The...
Father Photios
May 52 min read
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