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.
