Entries from December 2008

December 16, 2008

Christ is in our midst!

IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND OF THE SON AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. AMEN
CHRIST IS IN OUR MIDST!
I still cannot say for sure why I believed that it was so important for me to attend the 15th All American Council just completed in Pittsburgh. I knew our Church was in trouble and that [...]

December 16, 2008

It Wasn’t Supposed to Happen this Way!

Subdeacon Simeon (Terry) C. Peet, Lay Delegate

The delegates of the 15th All-American Council began arriving on Sunday in preparation for the beginning of the council the next afternoon. Most of us arrived with hope tinged with various levels of apprehension. The Church was in a mess after three years of scandal that was pried loose [...]

December 16, 2008

A Reflection on the election of the Metropolitan

By: Cristina Perdomo
Source: yya.oca.org
Althought I personally did not attend the AAC, from the reports I’ve heard, I think everything that happened this week has been very inspiring and moving of the Orthodox Church in America.
As a student at a secular college, surrounded by a secular world, the election of Bishop JONAH to Metropolitan and everything [...]