Bikerscum - Patrick St. Jean

I got down to Holy Archangels Monastery later on in the morning on Thursday, got settled in, and found Fr. Michael, who put me to work disassembling some scaffolding on the side of one of the buildings.  After that we worked on installing some electrical… more »

I was fortunate to be able to be at St. Seraphim Cathedral for the consecration of Bishop Jonah, our newest bishop. It was a very interesting ceremony, the first consecration of a bishop I've seen, and it was really nice to see the cathedral packed with… more »

After work today I headed out to the Cathedral of the Most Holy Theotokos for vespers and to pray at St. John's tomb. I'd forgotten that they're on the old calendar and so it turns out that I was there for the Procession of the Cross. It was really int… more »

We got up early and got Reese out to his t-ball practice. This is his second year of it and the improvement is amazing. It's still loosely organized chaos, but not nearly as crazy as last year's practices were. He's getting the fundamentals down well.… more »

Christ Is Risen! I just got back in from the Paschal Liturgy at St. Maximus's. I got up to the church a little early to spend some time at the tomb reading the Acts of the Apostles before the Paschal services started. We celebrated the resurrection… more »

I got a chance to go over to the Holy Virgin Cathedral for vespers this evening. It was a beautiful service, which I could follow along with but not understand since it was in Russian and I, sadly, do not speak it. During the service I was able to ta… more »

Fr. Justin came over tonight to bless the house. A house blessing is an annual event for Orthodox Christians that serves to rededicate the home to God's protection and drive away all evil influences from the home and everyone who lives in it. It's no… more »

I had a little time to walk around Helsinki and do some sightseeing today. My first stop was L. C. Engel's Cathedral, then on to Uspenski Cathedral. The cathedral was beautiful and they even had an icon and relic of St. Seraphim of Sarov that, accordin… more »

Work took me to Salo today and afterwards I got a chance to drive over to the Holy Cross Tsasouna, a small Orthodox chapel built in the Eastern-Carelian architectural style. It was consecrated in 1990. There are pictures over in the gallery. more »

I got a little time before sunset to visit St. Alexander Church in Turku. It's right off the market square, and I've walked past it a dozen times, never realizing that it was an Orthodox church. The architecture is radically different than the typical… more »