Archpriest Geoffrey Korz

Archpriest Geoffrey Korz is a parish priest in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

The Drama Of My Life: Blogs, Cell Phones, and the End of Privacy

The Drama Of My Life: Blogs, Cell Phones, and the End of Privacy

15 April 2011

Archpriest Geoffrey Korz

For Orthodox Christians, the benefits of telephone-based technologies - especially the Internet which grew out of them - are numerous. Yet for those who come from the neptic tradition of the Church ...

What’s in a Name? Personal Christian Names

11 June 2010

Archpriest Geoffrey Korz

This contemporary reality should be an encouragement to Orthodox Christians on two levels. Firstly, while most Canadians are choosing Christian names for their children, many have no idea about the ...

Prayer Life: Bringing Life to Deadness in Prayer

18 April 2010

Archpriest Geoffrey Korz

It is not a rare thing for zealous Christians to experience what the Church father call "dryness" in prayer. A daily rule of prayer requires effort and will, and these can be weakened by ...

Faith of Our Fathers: My Grandad was no Environmentalist

04 December 2009

Archpriest Geoffrey Korz

Today as we read about Orthodox faithful and hierarchs trying to share the environmental "side" of Orthodox Christianity, I am often reminded of my grandfather. Although he was not an ...

Finding an Orthodox Spouse

Finding an Orthodox Spouse

28 October 2009

Archpriest Geoffrey Korz

As Orthodox people, we should be at least as serious as the servant in the parable when it comes to the critical question of selecting a spouse. The Orthodox faith presents us with two alternative ...

More Than Words: On the Language of Heaven

02 August 2009

Archpriest Geoffrey Korz

Years ago, an aging priest from overseas was explaining that only three languages were suitable for Church services: Greek, Latin and Hebrew/Aramaic, since they were the languages written on the sign ...

Courting Disaster

20 July 2009

Archpriest Geoffrey Korz

Orthodox youth display largely the same sexual activity, pregnancy, and abortion rates as other North American youth. So-called "Orthodox" countries such as Greece and Russia have the ...

On Priestly Formation:Small is Beautiful

15 May 2009

Archpriest Geoffrey Korz

The seeds planted through an Orthodox seminary must be the seeds which will blossom into the fruit of holiness. Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos speaks to this when he reminds us that the goal of ...

Warming the Heart: The Orthodox Spirit in Everyday Life

08 March 2009

Archpriest Geoffrey Korz

For our generation today, we are faced with an opportunity to rediscover what still lies buried in the living memory of Orthodox domestic tradition - a tradition we must either rediscover, or lose ...

If Church Were Our Job

01 March 2009

Archpriest Geoffrey Korz

As we begin Great Lent, it is helpful to call to mind the story of the man who objected to his priest that the lives of the saints - all-night vigils, perpetual fasting, and sleeping for only a few ...

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