About the Program 

In November 2010, with the blessing of His Eminence, Metropolitan Hilarion, the diocesan Pastoral Reources was launched. A proposal was sent to the Fund for Assistance to ROCOR to sponsor the PRP in 2012, which would otherwise be unable to be funded by the parishes. The project will include seminars for clergy, which will be recorded and published on the diocesan website. The Fund for Assistance approved a grant to sponsor the diocesan program in the amount of $44,000, to cover the expenses incurred by the seminars and purchasing video equipment. Thanks to the financial aid from the FFA, the PRP is funded for 2012 and will not be an additional financial burden for the parishes. Read the proposal to the Fund for Assistance here.

Metropolitan Hilarion gave his blessing for the creation of an administrative committee for the PRP, under the chairmanship of Bishop George. The members of the committee are: Archpriest Serge Lukianov, Archpriest John Moses, Archpriest Steven Ritter, Archpriest Mark Mancuso, Deacon George Temidis, Reader Peter Lukianov, and Matushka Anne Mancuso. The first lecture is available to our readers below.

A Lecture on Orthodox Psychotherapy
Archimandrite Meletios (Webber)

On Wednesday, December 7, at the Eastern American Diocesan Winter Pastoral Conference in Miami, FL, Archimandrite Meletios (Webber; rector of St. John of Shanghai Monastery in Manton, CA) delivered a lecture on the topic of psychotherapy and the importance of implementing Orthodox disciplines in the process of drug addiction recovery.