February 11th, 2024 Stuff from the Priest: To Judge or not to Judge. Click here for the Article. If you have a question you would like to ask, e-mail frjohnwhiteford@gmail.com The Word of the Week: Evlogitaria. Saints of the Day for Sunday and the coming week, and other edifying reading: https://www.saintjonah.org/bltn/pent36.pdf Propers for the Sunday […]

February 4th, 2024 Stuff from the Priest: Moldova Pilgrimage, Part 5. Click here for the Article. If you have a question you would like to ask, e-mail frjohnwhiteford@gmail.com The Word of the Week: Doxasticon. Saints of the Day for Sunday and the coming week, and other edifying reading: https://www.saintjonah.org/bltn/pent35.pdf Propers for the Sunday Liturgy (Sunday, January 28th): https://www.saintjonah.org/lit/lit_nmmruss_t2.htm You […]

January 28th, 2024 Stump the Priest: Question: “What are we to make of passages of Scripture in the Old Testament in which God commanded the Israelites to slaughter entire cities or tribes, including the women and children? How do we square such a vengeful God with the merciful God we find in the New Testament?” Click here […]

January 21st, 2024 Stump the Priest: Question 1: “Should a house be blessed every year?” Question 2: “What should a family do to prepare for a house blessing and what should they expect?” Click here for the Answer. If you have a question you would like to ask, e-mail frjohnwhiteford@gmail.com The Word of the Week: Aposticha. Saints of the […]

January 14th, 2024 Stump the Priest: Question: “Is tithing a New Testament practice and a teaching in our Holy Tradition?” Click here for the Answer. If you have a question you would like to ask, e-mail frjohnwhiteford@gmail.com The Word of the Week: Katavasia. Saints of the Day for Sunday and the coming week, and other edifying reading: https://www.saintjonah.org/bltn/pent32.pdf Propers […]

January 7th, 2024 Stump the Priest: Question: “I have heard it argued that the phrase in the Liturgy “A mercy of peace, a sacrifice of praise” is both nonsensical and a corruption of an earlier text. Is this correct, and if not, what does the phrase mean?” Click here for the Answer. If you have a question […]

December 31st, 2023 Stuff from the Priest: The Inerrancy of Scripture. Click here for the Article. If you have a question you would like to ask, e-mail frjohnwhiteford@gmail.com The Word of the Week: Ode Saints of the Day for Sunday and the coming week, and other edifying reading: https://www.saintjonah.org/bltn/pent30.pdf Propers for the Sunday Liturgy (Sunday, December 31st): https://www.saintjonah.org/lit/lit_wkbfnat_december18.htm Propers […]

December 24th, 2023 Stuff from the Priest: Did St. Mark “Blunder”? Click here for the Article. If you have a question you would like to ask, e-mail frjohnwhiteford@gmail.com The Word of the Week: Sticheron Saints of the Day for Sunday and the coming week, and other edifying reading: https://www.saintjonah.org/bltn/pent29.pdf Propers for the Sunday Liturgy (Sunday, December 24th): https://www.saintjonah.org/lit/lit_hffathers_pent29.htm You […]

December 17th, 2023 Stump the Priest: Question: “How does doctrinal authority work in Orthodoxy? In a simplified form, how do I know what Orthodox believe? Less simply, what are the common sources for Orthodox when seeking to believe what the Church teaches? And how is it possible to know that certain teachings are definitely the Orthodox […]

December 10th, 2023 Stump the Priest: Question: “How are the 12 days of the Nativity Feast numbered? Does it start on the Feast itself or the next day? Is the last day of the feast the 12th Day” Click here for the Answer. If you have a question you would like to ask, e-mail frjohnwhiteford@gmail.com The Word of […]