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 […]

December 3rd, 2023 Stump the Priest: Question: “Now that the Christmas season has begun — in our secular society called the “holiday season” — there are parties held at workplaces. But we are fasting, and the celebration of the Lord’s Nativity does not comes until December 25/January 7. How would you counsel Orthodox Christians on this […]

November 26th, 2023 Stuff from the Priest: “The Handmaiden of God, Anastasia Titov.” 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/pent25.pdf Propers for the Sunday Liturgy (Sunday, November 26th): https://www.saintjonah.org/lit/lit_november13_sun.htm You can find propers […]

November 19th, 2023 Stump the Priest: “Some have argued that the verses in Proverbs regarding corporal punishment are referring to the punishment of adults and not to children. Can you clarify?” 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, […]