Monthly Archives: November 2008
12 November
Trauma rarely brings forth the renewal of an institution’s vocation. Rather, it often hardens the executives and leadership into a stance characterized by formalism and fear. Not surprising. Institutional leadership is responsible for insuring that all those who work within … Continue reading
St. Tikhon of Moscow’s Recommendations for Church Reform
Submitted to the Holy Synod of the Church of Russia in 1905, in Preparation for the Great Council of Moscow Eventually held in 1917-1918 English translation from the Russian by Alex Maximov, with editing by Dr. David C. Ford … Continue reading
St. Tikhon of Moscow’s Last Sermon
During His Years of Ministry as the Archbishop of the American Missionary Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church (1898 to 1907) Given on the Sunday of Orthodoxy (the First Sunday of Great Lent) in 1907 English translation from the Russian by Alex … Continue reading
Two considerations
We are in a grave but modest moment in the life of our treasured church. Grave but modest and this is driven home to me as I remember. In 1999 I visited Nike (Nicea). It was the past coming to … Continue reading
