February 9th, 2025 Stump the Priest: Question: “How do we know whether or not something is dogma if it was not specifically affirmed by an Ecumenical council?” Click here for the Answer. If you have a question you would like to ask, e-mail frjohnwhiteford@gmail.com The Orthodox Term of the Week: Gospel Book. Saints of the Day for Sunday and […]

February 2nd, 2025 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 Orthodox Term of the Week: Apostolos. Saints of the Day for Sunday and the coming week, and other edifying reading: https://www.saintjonah.org/bltn/pent32.pdf Propers for the Sunday Liturgy (Sunday, February 2nd): https://www.saintjonah.org/lit/lit_january20_t7.htm […]

January 26th, 2025 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 Orthodox Term of the Week: Tabernacle. Saints of […]

January 19th, 2025 Stuff from the Priest: “St. John of Shanghai, the Moscow Patriarchate, and Other Local Orthodox Churches.” Click here for the Article. If you have a question you would like to ask, e-mail frjohnwhiteford@gmail.com The Orthodox Term of the Week: Aspergillum. Saints of the Day for Sunday and the coming week, and other edifying reading: https://www.saintjonah.org/bltn/pent30.pdf Propers […]

January 12th, 2025 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 Orthodox Term of the Week: Epitrachelion. Saints of the Day for Sunday and the coming week, and […]

January 5th, 2025 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 29th, 2024 Stuff from the Priest: “None Among the Believing.” Click here for the Answer. Русский перевод. If you have a question you would like to ask, e-mail frjohnwhiteford@gmail.com The Orthodox Term of the Week: Idiomelon. Saints of the Day for Sunday and the coming week, and other edifying reading: https://www.saintjonah.org/bltn/pent27.pdf Propers for the Sunday Liturgy (Sunday, December 29th): […]

December 22nd, 2024 Stump the Priest: Question: “Why do we pray for the dead on the 3rd, 9th, and 40th day of a person’s repose, and what is the basis for the practice?” Click here for the Answer. If you have a question you would like to ask, e-mail frjohnwhiteford@gmail.com The Orthodox Term of the Week: Palitza / Epigonation. […]

December 15th, 2024 Stuff from the Priest: “The Prayer Rule of St. Pachomius” Click here for the Article. If you have a question you would like to ask, e-mail frjohnwhiteford@gmail.com The Orthodox Term of the Week: Cassock. Saints of the Day for Sunday and the coming week, and other edifying reading: https://www.saintjonah.org/bltn/pent25.pdf Propers for the […]

December 8th, 2024 Stump the Priest: Question: “I am not opposed to triune immersion, but I do want to question the idea that triune immersion is the ONLY way. Why isn’t there a single mention of triune immersion in the New Testament? Other than the Didache, I see no explicit support for triune immersion from the […]