His Grace, Bishop John Abdalah, Bishop of the the Diocese of Worcester and New England for the Antiochian Archdiocese will offered the webinar, which is entitled, "Where Do We Find Energy for All the Demands?" Widowed several years ago, Bishop John served as a parish priest in the Pittsburgh area for many years. After you [...]
The Center for Family Care of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese will be hosting another webinar exclusively for clergy couples on Wednesday, January 27 at 1:00 pm EST. His Grace, Bishop John Abdalah, Bishop of the the Diocese of Worcester and New England for the Antiochian Archdiocese will offer the webinar, which is entitled, "Where Do We Find Energy for All the Demands?" Widowed several years ago, Bishop John served as a parish priest in the Pittsburgh area for many years.
We may not think much of our personality traits and how they impact our lives, particularly as priests and presvyteres. However, there is one personality trait that influences our lives perhaps more than any other, and that is where we fall on the introvert/extrovert spectrum. For the first 25 years of my life as a [...]
Fr. Vasileios Thermos is a priest in the Church of Greece and a practicing psychiatrist specializing in childhood and adolescent psychiatry. He has been a Visiting Scholar at many academic institutions around the world. Fr. Vasileios has conducted research on clergy health and burnout and is frequently sought as a speaker in continuing education and [...]
November 4th at 1 PM EST - Fr. Vasileios Thermos is a priest in the Church of Greece and a practicing psychiatrist specializing in childhood and adolescent psychiatry. He has been a Visiting Scholar at many academic institutions around the world. Fr. Vasileios has conducted research on clergy health and burnout and is frequently sought [...]
Fr. Vasileios is the author of several books and articles. Of particular interest to the clergy couple in the U.S., is his article, “Between Heaven and Earth: Pastoral Reflections on the Pschodynamics of the Clergy Family,” a paper he presented at the National Clergy Retreat in 2006.
This article, entitled, "The Priest's Wife" was written by Father Stephen Freeman, who serves as the Rector of St. Anne Orthodox Church in Oak Ridge, TN. It is a historical and personal reflection on the role of the wife of a priest, written to honor the newly departed Matushka Sissy Yerger. http://blogs.ancientfaith.com/glory2godforallthings/2015/10/08/the-priests-wife/
This webinar features Rev. Dn. Stephen Muse, PHD, LMFT, CCMHC, BCETS. Dn. Stephen directs a week-long “Clergy-in-Kairos” wellness program for clergy and clergy couples at the Pastoral Institute in Columbus, Georgia and is author of When Hearts Become Flame and Being Bread, published by St. Tikhon’s Monastery Press. In this webinar, Deacon Stephen addresses the [...]
Fr. John wakes up early on Friday morning to the sounds of his three children moving about the house, asking for breakfast, crying over a missing pair of socks, and the youngest, wanting to climb into bed with him for her typical early morning snuggle. Fr. John notices several things this morning.
Michelle Aulthouse, "Clergy Families: The Helpless Forgottens' Cry for Help Answered Through Reality Therapy." This study offers a selective literature review of more recent studies on members of the clergy family and recommendations for a therapeutic model to be used with clergy families. Together with the recent results of the Priest/Presvytera study by the Danielsen [...]
