August 30th, 2026 Stuff from the Priest: “The Continuing Validity of the Moral Law of the Old Testament.” 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: Synaxarion. Saints of the Day for Sunday and the coming week, and other edifying reading: https://saintjonah.org/bltn/pent13.pdf Propers for […]

August 23rd, 2026 Stuff from the Priest: “Is the Septuagint the Authoritative Version of the Old Testament for the Orthodox Church?” 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: Paraklesis. Saints of the Day for Sunday and the coming week, and other edifying reading: […]

August 16th, 2026 Stuff from the Priest: “Is Orthodoxy Too Foreign?” 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: Dormition Fast. Saints of the Day for Sunday and the coming week, and other edifying reading: https://saintjonah.org/bltn/pent11.pdf Propers for the Sunday Liturgy (Sunday, August 16th): […]

August 9th, 2026 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 […]

August 2nd, 2026 Stuff from the Priest: “Becoming a Catechumen” 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: Exclamation. Saints of the Day for Sunday and the coming week, and other edifying reading: https://saintjonah.org/bltn/pent9.pdf Propers for the Sunday Liturgy (Sunday, August 2nd): https://www.saintjonah.org/lit/lit_july20_sun_t8.htm […]

July 26th, 2026 Stump the Priest: “Why did God create the Tree of Knowledge?” 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: Litany. Saints of the Day for Sunday and the coming week, and other edifying reading: https://saintjonah.org/bltn/pent8.pdf Propers for […]

July 19th, 2026 Stuff from the Priest: “‘Worship’ as a False Friend” 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: Automelon. Saints of the Day for Sunday and the coming week, and other edifying reading: https://saintjonah.org/bltn/pent7.pdf Propers for the Sunday […]

July 12th, 2026 Stuff from the Priest: “‘Worship’ as a False Friend” 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: Igumen. Saints of the Day for Sunday and the coming week, and other edifying reading: https://saintjonah.org/bltn/pent6.pdf Propers for the Sunday Liturgy (Sunday, July 12th): […]

July 5th, 2026 Stump the Priest: Question: “Is it necessary for an Orthodox Christian to always wear a Cross?” 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: Abbot. Saints of the Day for Sunday and the coming week, and other edifying reading: https://saintjonah.org/bltn/pent5.pdf Propers […]