Essays

by Fr. Lawrence Farley:

Akathist To Jesus

Akathist to the Daughter of Zion

A Brief List of Orthodox Books in English for Lay People

Giving the Eunuchs a Hand: a translation note and thematic meditation

The Inspiration of Scripture and the Orthodox Church

Liturgical Traditions: Questions Asked by Catechumens about Orthodox Worship

Living Liturgy: The Liturgical Method of the Fathers

Reading over the Shoulders of the Fathers: A Call for an Orthodox Approach to Scripture

Sealed with the Kiss

Women in the Church

by Fr. Justin Hewlett:
The Formation of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada - The history of Orthodox Christianity in Canada is a muddled one, and often quite tragic—as the phenomenon of Orthodox churches on the Canadian prairies staring mutely across the road at one another so eloquently attests. This essay that I wrote for a Church history course at St. Vladimir's Seminary was an attempt to sort out one piece of that muddled history: How did the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada come into being and come to be out of communion with the rest of the Orthodox world for so long?