As most of you are probably aware, the governor issued an executive order which shut down many businesses, and imposed a 10 person or less limit on social gatherings through April 3rd. This order, he later clarified, does not apply to Churches. That being the case, we will continue to have our services as we have scheduled them. […]

March 22nd, 2020 Stuff from the Priest: “Doing Typika at Home.” 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/lent3.pdf Requires Adobe Acrobat reader (which is free to download): http://get.adobe.com/reader/ Propers for the Sunday Liturgy: […]

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 […]