August 16th, 2020 Stump the Priest: “Why does our parish not do all of the anaphora prayers out loud?” 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/pent10.pdf Requires Adobe Acrobat reader (which is free to […]

August 9th, 2020 Stuff from the Priest: Christians and Entertainment 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/pent9.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_july27.htm […]

August 2nd, 2020 Stuff from the Priest: Beginning to Read and Understand the Bible, Part 3: In Context 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/pent8.pdf Requires Adobe Acrobat reader (which is free to […]

July 26th, 2020 Stuff from the Priest: Beginning to Read and Understand the Bible, Part 2: Staying on Track 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/pent7.pdf Requires Adobe Acrobat reader (which is free […]

July 19th, 2020 Stuff from the Priest: Beginning to Read and Understand the Bible: First Steps 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/pent6.pdf Requires Adobe Acrobat reader (which is free to download): http://get.adobe.com/reader/ […]

July 12th, 2020 Stump the Priest: Question: “Since the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (ROCOR), and the Moscow Patriarchate (MP) have reconciled, why is it that we still have three jurisdictions of Russian origin in the US. We still have ROCOR, we have parishes that are still part of the MP, and we have the […]

July 5th, 2020    Stump the Priest: Question: “How can someone best assimilate into the ‘culture’ of Orthodoxy even picking up other national customs without losing their own nationality (being of the USA for example)? How do we find that middle balance of taking the good and leaving the bad from our own culture?” Click here for the […]

June 28th, 2020 Stump the Priest: Question: “Can a laymen give a blessing?” 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/pent3.pdf Requires Adobe Acrobat reader (which is free to download): http://get.adobe.com/reader/ Propers for the […]

June 21st, 2020    Stuff from the Priest: Review: The Soul’s Longing: An Orthodox Christian Perspective on Biblical Interpretation 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/pent2.pdf Requires Adobe Acrobat reader (which is free […]

June 14th, 2020    Stuff from the Priest: Review: A Children’s Catechism 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/pent1.pdf Requires Adobe Acrobat reader (which is free to download): http://get.adobe.com/reader/ Propers for the Sunday […]