Priest Richard Rene

Fr. Richard Rene is a priest in the Orthodox Church of America, a professional writer and has published a number of poetry, short stories and novels. He also has a podcast on Ancient Faith Radio (http://www.ancientfaith.com/podcasts/mysterion) and posts regular sermons and reflections on his blog Mysterion (http://www.thewordfrommysterion.com/).

The Challenges of Closed Communion

The Challenges of Closed Communion

21 July 2011

Priest Richard Rene

As an Orthodox priest, I cannot tell you how many times I have had to face someone, whether within my parish or a visitor from outside of it, and tell them that for one reason or another, they will ...

The Ministry of Suffering

The Ministry of Suffering

09 July 2011

Priest Richard Rene

For those of us who are generally physically healthy, it is easy to assume that the real spiritual life consists of such activities as prayer, preaching, reading the Bible, going to Church. Real ...

Freedom from Religion

Freedom from Religion

06 May 2011

Priest Richard Rene

Secularism says that the place of religion is Sunday or other designated holy days. Religion agrees that certain sacred times, places, rituals and words are appropriate to converse with the divine ...

Annunciation and the Call to Life-in-Death

Annunciation and the Call to Life-in-Death

06 April 2011

Priest Richard Rene

The Annunciation, linked with the Cross, is a flat out rejection of this Darwinian way of thinking. When I affirm that my life is a series of deaths to self, I choose something other than “survival ...

The Journey Home

The Journey Home

07 March 2011

Priest Richard Rene

Although Orthodox Christians follow slightly different traditions around Great Lent, the basic meaning of these forty days is the same for us. To put it simply, Lent is a journey back to our ...

The Right To Be Right

15 October 2010

Priest Richard Rene

It’s rarely the important things that divide us. In a free society, our relationships with others usually rest on a common vision and common beliefs. God, the universe and everything—these are not ...

What is Worship?

08 October 2010

Priest Richard Rene

Too frequently, people visiting Saint Aidan’s have said to me, “We all worship the same God, but it’s so nice to see other styles of worship…” Frankly, this is a cop out. Confronted by differences in ...

Encounter in the Wilderness

23 September 2010

Priest Richard Rene

Have you ever felt as if you have lost something on which you most depend? Perhaps your health or your physical abilities have been compromised. Perhaps you have lost a job or financial security ...

Happy New Year!

13 September 2010

Priest Richard Rene

Like the beginning of the school year, September marks the beginning of the ecclesiastical (Church) new year. Unlike the secular world, the Church has always followed the pattern of agrarian life, ...

The Faithful Ones

24 August 2010

Priest Richard Rene

Recently, it was my great joy to attend a kind of celebration so rare in our time that it deserves an entire article devoted to it : the 50th anniversary of the loving marriage between two faithful ...

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