Dear Fr. Michael [Azkoul], Christ is in our midst! Thank you for your letter and its attempt to bring peace in the midst of the “debate” over the toll-houses, the “sleep” of the soul, and so forth. I very much appreciate your concern and kind words. I must say that for my part, although I … Read more

Dear Fr. Neketas, CHRIST IS RISEN! We haven’t received any answer as yet to my letter to you of last October, but we have received several new issues of the Tlingit Herald, still published and distributed by you, and the insulting, arrogant series of attacks on what we have been defending as the Orthodox teaching … Read more

The Orthodox Word Saint Herman of Alaska Brotherhood Platina, California 96076 U.SA. Dear Maria [Kraft], CHRIST IS RISEN! May the blessing of the Lord be with you! We have received your letter, and Gleb has received one also, informing us of your wish that Gleb leave us immediately. Already several weeks before this, two representatives … Read more

Dear John [Hudanish], May the blessing of the Lord be with you! I have received your letter with its news and its various accusations against Father Herman and myself. It is rather an insulting letter —something I don’t think you understand; you probably think you were just being “honest,” without seeing that an Orthodox Christian … Read more

Dear Father Ambrose, Christ is in our midst! Father Herman has asked me to answer your inquiry about Fr. John Lewis. We have known him by correspondence for a number of years, and I know several people in the parishes where he served before becoming a monk (including my godfather, who was his chief help … Read more

Dear Andrew [Bond], May the blessing of the Lord be with you! We were glad to hear from you, and we welcome your new publication News (or is it Orthodox News? It could be an important and encouraging publication, which is much needed in our days of gloom and negative thinking. Something better than the … Read more

Dear Father Roman, Christ is in our midst! Thank you for the letter and the Xeroxes about the “Grabbe affair.” About Fr. Panteleimon: whatever has happened between us is not due to the recent letters that have been exchanged between us; there is something much deeper involved, and the recent letters are only a small … Read more

Dear Father Neketas, Christ is in our midst! We have recently received vol. 6, nos. 8 and 9, 1979, of the Tlinget Herald. According to the return address on the envelope and the heading on the title page, this publication was mailed and published by you. You yourself in the past have indicated that Fr. … Read more

Dear Father Hilarion, Christ is in our midst! I had planned to write you after our Pilgrimage about your spiritual son, John Van Deerlin, and here almost two months have slipped by. Laziness and distractions! Anyway, he arrived safely before the first day of the Pilgrimage and stayed for several days of courses. He started … Read more

Dear Father Mamas, May the blessing of the Lord be with you! Thank you for your letter. I wondered when I sent my little note: maybe this will just evoke another “open letter” such as your monastery is famous for? But I thought: No, it is so obviously a purely personal note that an “official … Read more