The following was adapted by a Facebook post by Fr. Nicholas Denysenko, PhD, a priest of the Orthodox Church in America and Emil and Elfriede Jochum University Professor and Chair at Valparaiso University . He was raised in a Ukrainian Orthodox family in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, and this short essay has been republished with his permission. No, this is not simply a reaction to the killing of Renee Good in Minneapolis yesterday. People die from acts of violence every da

The following is a homily delivered by Fr. Justin Rose, the pastor of St. George Melkite Greek-Catholic Church in Birmingham, Alabama. The parish is marking its 100th anniversary this year. He delivered this homily on the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost on the Gregorian Calendar, which coincided with the first official celebration of Juneteenth as a national holiday in the United States. The Gospel was from Matthew 8:5-13, about the faith of a centurion, whose love of Christ he

In this interview originally published by Radio Vatican , Bishop Bohdan Dziurakh, the secretary of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Synod of Bishops, shares his thoughts on the new encyclical from the Pope of Rome, Francis’, titled “ Fratelli Tutti .” The interview was conducted by Svitlana Dukhovych and was translated with her permission for the St. Mary of Egypt Social Justice Fellowship. Bishop Bohdan Dziurakh, secretary of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Synod, meets with Pope F

One’s sexual orientation does not depend on their Church. Nobody knows which orientation a child will take on at the time they are baptized.