Entries from October 2008

October 20, 2008

A Spiritual Springtime for American Orthodoxy: Reflections on the last 40 Years

– Protopresbyter Thomas Hopko
Orthodox Monastery of the Transfiguration
Ellwood City, Pennsylvania
September 27, 2008
Membership in the Orthodox churches in North America in the past forty years has radically decreased. There are probably about half as many people in the churches today as there were four decades ago.   It also seems that most adults who attend services [...]

October 13, 2008

“And then what?” A reflection on the proposed resolution to reduce the central Church assessment to $50.00

– Archpriest Andrew Jarmus, OCA Director of Ministries and Communications
One of the hot topics of discussion in the OCA as we approach our 15th All-American Council is the proposed resolution submitted by the Diocese of Western Pennsylvania that would “fix the fair share amount of each of the participating dioceses at an amount not to [...]