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 […]

December 1st, 2024 Stump the Priest: Question: “What is the soul?” 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: Synaxarion. Saints of the Day for Sunday and the coming week, and other edifying reading: https://www.saintjonah.org/bltn/pent23.pdf Propers for the Sunday Liturgy (Sunday, December 1st): https://www.saintjonah.org/lit/lit_november18_t6.htm […]

November 24th, 2024 Stuff from the Priest: “Computer Based Bible Study… for Free” 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: Chrism. Saints of the Day for Sunday and the coming week, and other edifying reading: https://www.saintjonah.org/bltn/pent22.pdf Propers for the Sunday Liturgy (Sunday, November […]

November 17th, 2024 Stump the Priest: Question “I have a recent convert friend who is worried about the validity of his chrismation after the priest left the Church. What should we say to people who received sacraments from priests who either apostatize later or turn out to be grossly immoral, and so now doubt the validity […]