Fr. John Whiteford

It has become trendy for even many conservatives to argue that the government should either get out of the "marriage business" e...

A sermon on how the Prophet Daniel ( 1:1-21 ) and the Three Youths learned to tame lions, and walk around in fiery furnaces by standing f...

St. Jonah Orthodox Church Fr. Luke Murianka. Click here to listen to his First lecture . Click here to listen to the Second...

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I posted an article on English Translations of the Bible some time back, but the HTML formatting of it was messed up. I had been using W...

Someone suggested I write about why I became Orthodox in 750 words or less. Well, this is just about 18,000 words over that limit: A P...

Teaching theology by making fun of stupidity... Watch till the end.

I was raised in the Nazarene Church , and so when I felt a "call" to the ministry, I went to study theology at the nearest Na...

For those who are unable to go to the Summer Liturgical School in Jordanville, the Tone Tutor is an excellent set of CDs that will teach...

What follows is a Google translation that I have cleaned up as best as I could, but there may be some minor errors. Fr. Michael van Opst...

Many are arguing that Wayne LaPierre argued that violent movies and violent video games share some of the blame for the recent school sho...

For those who may not have a good library of Biblical Reference texts, there is actually quite a bit of useful resources that are availa...

The Torah Scroll The Fathers say that the two tables of the the Law of Moses were divided according to the two great commandments: 1) T...

This is a sermon reflecting on the shootings in Aurora, Colorado, but the comments are applicable to the shootings of today as well: ...

A homily on Matthew 6:33, on the subject of putting God first in your life: Click here to listen. Delivered on 7/3/2011.

The Table of the Showbread A sermon on the Showbread of the Old Testament, and the connection between that bread and the services of Pr...

A homily on Proverbs 5, which is the wisdom of a father to his Son on the need for sexual purity: Click here to listen

A sermon reflecting on the legacy we leave when we die, given on 8/5/2012, and reflecting on the repose of my mother . Click here to l...

The Wedding at Cana St. Nikolai Velimirovic has uncovered the Gospel of the Virgin Mary. Listen for details by clicking here .