Author: Hieromonk Herman (Majkrzak)

Fr. Herman is a member of the Brotherhood of St. Tikhon's Monastery, South Canaan, Pennsylvania, and a liturgical editor for St. Tikhon's Monastery Press. Fr. Herman also lectures in Spirituality and Liturgics at St. Tikhon’s Seminary and taught liturgical music at St. Vladimir’s Seminary in New York for several years. His 12-part video series that introduces the Typikon to chanters, choir directors, and readers can be found here.

The Church and Homosexuality: A Meditation

· Hieromonk Herman (Majkrzak)
I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us. —Romans 8:18 And Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, “You lack one thing; go, sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.” At that saying…

Recovering a Full Theological Vision of the Ascension

· Hieromonk Herman (Majkrzak)
And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me. —John 12:32 Ascension Day is possibly the most forgotten of the great feasts of the Lord. Why? In part because, unlike all the other feasts of the same rank, it can never fall on a Saturday or Sunday. Forty days after Pascha is always a Thursday,…