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Finding Therapeutic Support – Greek Orthodox Archdiocese – …

WEBA Program of the Archdiocese Benefits Committee – 866-641-0791. Aetna Resources for Living offers confidential services 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The website offer many services and resources. The Archdiocese Benefits Committee (ABC) wants to provide a full-service benefit that you and your family can easily access whenever you need it.

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Clergy-in-Kairos Program for Priests and Clergy Couples

WEBStill Waters in the midst of ministry’s raging currents… The Pastoral Institute’s Clergy-in-Kairos program has been an oasis of refreshment and spiritual renewal for clergy for over two decades. We offer a personalized week-long mini sabbatical of therapy, spiritual direction, vocational assessment. therapeutic massage and education in stress and …

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Greek Orthodox Archdiocese – Clergy Couple Care

WEBWelcome to the Clergy Couple Care Website! The purpose of this website is to provided priests, presvyteres, and clergy couples resources for navigating the many challenges they face in regard to personal self-care, marriage and family life. Thus, you will find resources specifically for the priest.

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“Marriage and Asceticism,” by Fr. John Behr – Greek Orthodox

WEBIn this article on marriage, Fr. John Behr describes the historical shift in marriage from the pre-modern to the modern era and then explores the ascetical dimension of marriage beginning with the Old Testament, then on to the New Testament, and select writings of fathers of the Church, particularly St. Ireneaus, and St.

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Clergy Couple Health and Wellness: Covid and Beyond

WEBBy Pres. Kerry Pappas Introduction In his keynote address to the priests at the national clergy retreat in 2007, Fr. Vasileios Thermos said: “The clergy couple is the touch-stone of the quality of our pastoral ministry.” Furthermore, “We minister to the Lord and His people through health and integrity; practically, this means that we are first human beings,

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Practicing Humility in Marriage – Greek Orthodox Archdiocese – …

WEBHumility is a virtue that all Christians are called to live and practice; it is a hallmark of authentic Christian life. We find many references to humility in the Scriptures, the fathers and contemporary elders. 1 Peter 5:5 : Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for “God opposes the proud but gives grace

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About – Greek Orthodox Archdiocese – Clergy Couple Care

WEBMission To minister to the ongoing needs of seminarian couples as they prepare to enter into a life of ministry in the Church and to clergy couples as they navigate the challenges of parish life, particularly as these challenges impact the clergy couple and family. The Need for this Ministry With the increasing number

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Christian Ministry Burnout: Prevention, Signs, Statistics and Recovery

WEBThe author of this article writes of the signs and symptoms as well as the various types of ministry burnout. He gives suggestions for prevention and recovery tips that are based on responses of pastors who have gone through these conditions.

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Books – Greek Orthodox Archdiocese – Clergy Couple Care

WEBBurton, Jean and Christopher (2009). Public People, Private Lives: Tackling Stress in Clergy Families. London: Continuum. This book is the culmination of a study of Anglican clergy couples in the United Kingdom. As the title suggests, the authors present the results of a study that explored the unique stressors present in the lives of clergy families as …

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Contact – Greek Orthodox Archdiocese – Clergy Couple Care

WEBPresvytera Kerry Pappas, MA, LMFT Coordinator for Seminarian and Clergy Couple Care Pres. Kerry with her husband Fr. Harry Pappas. Email: kpappas at goarch.org Phone: (914) 874-6146 Department of Marriage and Family Phone: 646-519-6695 Email: familycare at goarch.org All contact is kept in the strictest of confidentiality.

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Clergy / Clergy Wife Peer Learning Groups (CPLG)

WEBThe CPLG program brings together small groups of priests, usually on a quarterly basis, with trained clergy as facilitators. The focus of these groups is as follows: To strengthen and sustain excellent pastoral leaders. To promote peer learning to sustain pastors in every season of ministry. To provide clergy with a sacred space for mutual care

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The Most Vulnerable Woman in Your Church

WEBThough this article is not written from an Orthodox perspective and some of the language is more amenable to those in a Protestant tradition, some of the points will resonate with any pastor's wife, while others may resonate with some and not with others. Please feel free to post any comments you may have. This

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Article: What I Can and Can’t Discuss at Home – Greek Orthodox

WEBThis article, "What I Can and Can't Discuss at Home," by Michael E. Phillips, addresses some of the matters clergy couples can consider in the ongoing challenge of what the husband and wife share with one another, particularly what the husband shares with the wife about the parish. The article is written from a Protestant

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“Bonhoeffer Convinced Me to Abandon My Dream” – Greek …

WEBIn Proverbs we read (and often quote), “Where there is no vision, the people perish.”. In this article, “Bonhoeffer Convinced Me to Abandon My Dream,” the author, Chase Replogle, complements the teaching of Scripture as he reflects on his personal struggle with vision in parish life, and concludes, “The pastor’s first call is not to

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Articles – Greek Orthodox Archdiocese – Clergy Couple Care

WEBAlfeyev, Bishop Hilarion, "Orthodox Marriage & Its Misunderstanding." Archimandrite Aimilianos of Simonopetra (1971), “Marriage: The Great Sacrament," a sermon delivered in the Church of St. Nicholas, Trikala, Greece. In this sermon, Elder Aimilianos considers “some of the conditions necessary for a happy, truly Christian marriage,” beginning with

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Twelve Reasons Pastors’ Wives are Lonely – Greek Orthodox …

WEBThis article is written by Thom Ranier, a Southern Baptist minister, who has surveyed pastors' wives over the years and has concluded that loneliness afflicts many pastors' wives and for various reasons. Some of the points in this article will resonate with many presvyteres. It may be helpful for both husband and wife to read

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Health-Joy-Progress

WEBHealth-Joy-Progress: Reflections on the Priest and the Presvytera “Between Heaven and Earth: Pastoral Reflections on the Pschodynamics of the Clergy Family,” a paper he presented at the National Clergy Retreat

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The Clergy Financial Initiative – Greek Orthodox Archdiocese – …

WEBA Lilly Endowment grant of $1,000,000 was approved and is being implemented through the Center for Family Care to promote financial literacy for our clergy. This grant is part of the Lilly Endowment National Initiative to Address Economic Challenges Facing Pastoral Leaders. The primary goal of the long-term program is to enhance the effectiveness of

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Memory Eternal – Presvytera Margaret Orfanakos

WEBPresvytera Margaret was known and dear to many presvyteres as a mentor and friend. Her funeral was beautifully fitting for who she was, first and foremost, a devout Orthodox Christian woman who served Christ's Vineyard faithfully beside her husband for many years. She left an indelible mark on the life of the Church through her

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Archived Webinar: Marriage and Ministry During the Pandemic, …

WEBThe exposure to traumatic stress, both in one’s own life and in the lives of others, is an inescapable part of living in these unique and turbulent times. This webinar will examine the impact of traumatic stress on marriage and ministry in the lives of clergy families, providing education and strategies for surviving and thriving

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