Orthodox Heritage

• January 2017: "On the New Year," by St. Theophan the Recluse, his 1864 New Year homily; translation by Nun Cornelia (Rees).

• February 2017: "The Way and the Truth of Christ & the “Council” of Crete," an interview with Protopresbyter Peter Heers, from the Journal of the Holy Monastery of Samtavro, Mtskheta, Georgia. This interview was conducted in August of 2016 and published in the August-September edition of the Monastery’s Journal. Fr. Peter Heers is the Rector of the Parish of the Prophet Elias, Petrokerasa, Greece, Diocese of Ierissou and Agion Oros (Orthodox Church of Greece).

• March 2017: "The Holy and Great Fast, The Great Fast’s Historical Development." Source: “The Lenten Triodion,” St. Tikhon’s Seminary Press (2001), pp. 28-34.

• April 2017: "Longing for Paradise." Source: “The Veil,” a publication by the Protection of the Holy Virgin Orthodox Monastery, Lake George, CO, vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 16-18.

• May 2017: "Great Friday, the Gospel on God among the Criminals," by St. Nikolai Velimirovic, from “HOMILIES: A Commentary on the Gospel Readings for Great Feasts and Sundays throughout the Year,” vol. one, Great Feasts, Lent, Eastertide and Pentecost (1996), pp. 195-198.

• June 2017: "On Carnal Warfare." Source: “Counsels from the Holy Mountain, Selected from the Letters and Homilies of Elder Ephraim,” St. Anthony’s Greek Orthodox Monastery (1999), pp. 165-169.

• July 2017: "On God-Created Inequality," a homily on the Gospel on the Talents by St. Nikolai Velimirovic, bishop of Ochrid, from “Homilies, vol. Two: Sundays after Pentecost,” Lazarica Press, Birmingham (1998).

• August 2017: "On the Holy Mother of God, " by Elder Sophrony, from “Saint Silouan the Athonite,” St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press, Crestwood, NY (1999), pp. 390-393.

• September 2017: "Paradisal Union and Post-Fall Marriage;" source: “Marriage and Virginity according to St. John Chrysostom,” by Archpriest Josiah B. Trenham, St. Herman Alaska Brotherhood (2013), pp. 99-112

• October 2017: "On Gratitude towards Our Lord and Creator," a homily on the Gospel on the Healing of the Ten Lepers by St. Nikolai Velimirovic, bishop of Ochrid, from “Homilies, vol. Two: Sundays after Pentecost,” Lazarica Press, Birmingham (1998), pp. 299-306.

• November 2017: "Are Sins Committed after Baptism Forgiven?," by St. John Damascene, from “The Precious Pearl: The Lives of Saints Barlaam and Ioasaph,” Institute for Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies, Belmont, MA (1997), pp. 137-143.

• December 2017: "The Gospel on the Firstborn," by St. Nikolai Velimirovic, from “Homilies, vol. I,” Lazarica Press, Birmingham (1996), pp. 13-23.