November - December 2013

More Than We Could Ask or Imagine: An Update On Our Tenth Anniversary as a Parish

September - October 2013

We Have Complete Freedom - And That's The Challenge
Do You "Speak Bible"? The Most Commonly Misread Words in the Scriptures

July - August 2013

Your Money is Your Life: Why We're More Than Simply 'Spiritual'
Hamilton Parishes Team-Up for Annual VCS Tradition

May - June 2013

Orthodox Christianity and the Madness of the Modern World
• Faith & Culture Notes: Book Reviews & Online Resources

March - April 2013

State of the Parish Report

January - February 2013

We've Lost Sight of What is Truly New
• Faith & Culture - Book Notes

November - December 2012

From Our Rector: On Marking Ten Years of Mission

September - October 2012

• The Purpose of the Orthodox Parish: Part Two
• Asceticism is Alive and Well in the World - by Matushka Constantina

July - August 2012

• The Purpose of the Orthodox Parish - by Protopresbyter Michael Pomazansky

May - June 2012

• On Penances and Their Use

March - April 2012

• How We Opened the Relics of Saint John Maximovitch - by Archpriest Peter Perekrestov

January - February 2012

• Church Etiquette - Part 2
• Orthodox Anecdotes: St. John Maximovitch

November - December 2011

Virtue: A Great Gift
• Church Etiquette - Part 1

September - October 2011

On the Conscience
• Spiritual Counsels of the Blessed Elder Paisios the Athonite (+1994)

July - August 2011

• Has Our Pursuit of the "North American Dream" Become a Ball and Chain?

May - June 2011

• I Look for the Resurrection of the Dead, and the Life of the Age to Come - by Saint John Maximovitch

March - April 2011

• Christianity's Misbegotten Child

January - February 2011

• The Definition of A Saint

November - December 2010

Finding the Perfect Gift
• Saint John Maximovitch on the Little Things in Life


September - October 2010

Our Thoughts Determine Our Lives
• On Church Attendance
• Spiritual Teachings of Elder Thaddeus of Serbia


July - August 2010

• On Foolishness For Christ's Sake

May - June 2010

Remember the Catacombs
• A Word from St. Isaac of Nineveh

March - April 2010

What's the Point?
• On Palm Sunday

January - February 2010

Worthy of Preparation
• Individual vs. Communion
• From Blessed Elder Paisios the Athonite (+1994)
• What is Orthodox?

November - December 2009

Keep Christ in Christmas ... by removing gifts?


September - October 2009

Childish Things
• Patriarch Kirill attacks "Liberal Philosophy"


July - August 2009

To Everything There is a Season
• Saint Theophan On Saving Your Soul


May - June 2009

An Alaskan Jubilee on the Day of Pentecost
Life Outside the Doors
• Elder Paisios on "The Letter of the Law"


March - April 2009

Adjusting to the Real "Normal"
• Convert Syndrome?
• The Devil's "Beatitudes"


January - February 2009

Will 2009 Be A New Beginning?
• What Do The Converts Want?

November - December 2008

Where Did Everybody Go?
• Mission Notes: Saint Nicholas of Japan


September - October 2008

On the Time and Place for Confession
• The Universal Exaltation of the Venerable and Life-Giving Cross


July - August 2008

The Dormition: An Icon for the Summertime
• Unseen Warfare - Chapter 31 (Excerpt)


May - June 2008

Great Lent - Or Not So Great?
• The Last Will And Testament of Father Seraphim Slobodsky
A Living Church


March - April 2008

If Church Were Our Job
• The Three Degrees of Eating, by St. Nicodemos of the Holy Mountain


January - February 2008

After the Shopping Spree
• Spiritual Wisdom from Elder Paisios

November - December 2007

Saturday Night Fever?


September - October 2007

Our Canadian Summers


July - August 2007

All in God's Time
• Dilettantes of Orthodoxy


May - June 2007

After the Fast
Cell Phones vs. Prayer Ropes
• Theosis - Deification as the Purpose of Man's Life


March - April 2007

Surviving Great Lent - And Flourishing


January - February 2007

Redeeming the Time at Work, School & Home

November - December 2006

And Now for Something Long Overdue ...
Want to be Angelic? Here's How ...
And They'll Know We Are Christians By Our Love
• An Orthodox Pope Speaks on Spiritual Gifts
The Icon Corner: How-To Guide


September - October 2006

A Commitment for the Church New Year
"You" Who? Preserving Traditional Language in Church Services
• Our Absurd Search: From Counsels for Life by Father Epiphanios Theodoropolous
Orthodox Life: Finding an Orthodox Spouse
• The Church of the Life-Giving Trinity Consecrated in Pyongyang, North Korea


July - August 2006

My Way: The Perils of Canadian-style Religiosity
• The Feast of the Holy Apostles Peter & Paul (celebrated June 29/July 12)
• The Dormition of the Mother of God (celebrated August 15/28)
• Spiritual Wisdom from the Church Fathers
Orthodox Life: Internet Addiction
• On Obedience: (Way of the Ascetics)


May - June 2006

Looking Inward, Looking Outward
Get Out the Millstones: How stubborn attempts to "protect" Orthodoxy are losing young souls
Catechizing Teresa: Part 2
• Orthodox Crosses: Symbolism Confessing Christ Crucified for Us
• Sign of Cross, prayer kill microbes: Blessing changes properties of water
• On Being "Saved" - Fr. John Romanides


March - April 2006

"No Thanks, Doc": Rejecting Spiritual Medicine
Catechizing Teresa: Would we catechize Benedict XVI, Thérèse of Lisieux, John Paul II, or Mother Teresa if they wished to become Orthodox?
• Secularism and the Church: by Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos
• This Was From Me: by St. Seraphim of Viritsa
Orthodox Life: Holy Water


January - February 2006

The Nativity Icon
• St. Mark of Ephesus: A True Ecumenist
• Why did the Archbishop of Canterbury not become Fr Roman?
Tips on Tithing
Orthodox Life: On Taking Holy Communion

November - December 2005

St. Nicholas & the Shopping Mall: A Study in Incompatibility
• Towards a Fruitful Spiritual Life: by Metropolitan Gregory of Novgorod
• The Cure of the Soul from St. Gregory Palamas as an Hagiorite: by Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos
• Orthodox Church Seeks Virtual Saint


September - October 2005

• A Pastoral Word on Halloween: by Bishop [now Archbishop] Kyrill
• Halloween: Orthodoxy and Secular Culture: by Fr. John Moses
• The Holy Cross: Icon of the Fullness of Our Salvation
Orthodox Life: Dress & Posture in Church
Clergy Etiquette
• The Hagarenes In London
• From Unseen Warfare By Saint Theophan The Recluse: On The Use Of The Senses


July - August 2005

Virtual Orthodoxy: Living A Myth
Orthodox Life: Why Bless Fruit At Transfiguration?
• From The Desert Fathers
• The Blessing Of Vehicles: Sanctifying Our Second Home For Safety, Salvation
• From Unseen Warfare By Saint Theophan The Recluse: Aids To Success In Gaining The Habit Of Prayer
• From The Discourses Of Saint Dorotheos Of Gaza


May - June 2005

On Dialogue: Sharing Love in Truth
On the Making of Saints: Stained Glass or Icons of Christ?
• From Unseen Warfare by St Theophan the Recluse: On preparation for battle with the enemies in the hour of death, and the four temptations


March - April 2005

• On the Transfer of Love from Self to Christ (Way of the Ascetics)
What Canadian Orthodox Must Do to Keep the Kids Orthodox
Never Answer Spam?
• Excerpt from Unseen Warfare by St Theophan the Recluse
Arizona Monastery Pilgrimage Story
Icon of First Canadian Saint Finds Home in Hamilton


January - February 2005

• On Eradicating the Desire for Enjoyment (Way of the Ascetics)
• Use of the Jesus Prayer For Those Absent From Vigils
Evolution: A Critical Question For Orthodox Christians Today

November - December 2004

• On the Denial of Self and the Cleansing of the Heart (Way of the Ascetics)
• From the Gerontikon
• From Saint Gregory Palamas: The Narrow Path


September - October 2004

• On the Silent and Invisible Warfare (Way of the Ascetics)
Preparing for Holy Communion
• The Colour(s) of Vestments
Tradition and the Spirit of the Times
• From Saint Gregory Palamas


July - August 2004

• On the Silent and Invisible Warfare (Way of the Ascetics)
Pilgrimage, The Mother of God, and Orthodoxy


May - June 2004

• On the Silent and Invisible Warfare (Way of the Ascetics)
• Jesus Christ in Ancient Orthodoxy (Blessed Father Seraphim Rose)
The DaVinci Code: A Book To Try Men's Souls (a review by John Loukidelis)
• Orthodox Life: The Meaning of Icons
• Summer Reading: Selected works on the Christian Fathers and Orthodox Christianity