March 15th, 2020    Stump the Priest: “We Orthodox Christians Commune with the same spoon. What about the transmission of germs and diseases? I think germs were discovered in the 17th century. Before that, illnesses were attributed to demons.” Click here for the Answer. If you have a question you would like to ask, e-mail frjohnwhiteford@gmail.com Saints of […]

March 8th, 2020 Stuff from the Priest: Suggested Lenten Reading Click here for the Article. If you have a question you would like to ask, e-mail frjohnwhiteford@gmail.com Saints of the Day for Sunday and the coming week, and other edifying reading: https://www.saintjonah.org/bltn/lent1.pdf Requires Adobe Acrobat reader (which is free to download): http://get.adobe.com/reader/ Propers for the Sunday Liturgy: https://www.saintjonah.org/lit/lit_lent1_forerunner.htm […]

March 1st, 2020 Stuff from the Priest: Observing the First Week of Lent in Our Times. Click here for the Article. If you have a question you would like to ask, e-mail frjohnwhiteford@gmail.com Saints of the Day for Sunday and the coming week, and other edifying reading: https://www.saintjonah.org/bltn/triod4.pdf Requires Adobe Acrobat reader (which is free to download): http://get.adobe.com/reader/ […]

February 16th, 2020 Stump the Priest: Question: “Does a fast begin and end at the time of Vespers, or at midnight?” Click here for the Answer. If you have a question you would like to ask, e-mail frjohnwhiteford@gmail.com Saints of the Day for Sunday and the coming week, and other edifying reading: https://www.saintjonah.org/bltn/triod2.pdf Requires Adobe Acrobat reader (which […]

February 9th, 2020    Stuff from the Priest: Sermons on Psalm 118[119] Click here for the Article. If you have a question you would like to ask, e-mail frjohnwhiteford@gmail.com Saints of the Day for Sunday and the coming week, and other edifying reading: https://www.saintjonah.org/bltn/triod1.pdf Requires Adobe Acrobat reader (which is free to download): http://get.adobe.com/reader/ Propers for the Sunday […]

February 2nd, 2020 Stump the Priest: Question: “The text of the King James Version for 2 Thessalonians 1:9 is: “Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power.” The Revised Standard Version, on the other hand, reads: “They shall suffer the punishment of eternal destruction […]

January 26th, 2020    Stuff from the Priest: “Review: Two Contemporary Translations of the Septuagint” Click here for the Article. If you have a question you would like to ask, e-mail frjohnwhiteford@gmail.com Saints of the Day for Sunday and the coming week, and other edifying reading: https://www.saintjonah.org/bltn/pent32.pdf Requires Adobe Acrobat reader (which is free to download): http://get.adobe.com/reader/ Propers […]