Spirituality

By Fr. Glenn Jones:

Well, we are closing in on the Christian Holy Week, beginning this year on April 2^nd with Passion (or “Palm”) Sunday, and to end that week in remembrance and celebration of the most pivotal events of the Christian year—the passion, death and then resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth two-ish millennia ago.

Remembrance of those events cannot but elicit memories of our losses of loved ones often suddenly and without notice. Whether by accident, crime or by a mechanical failure within the body by embolism or aneurism or some undiagnosed malady, few sorrows strike us so deeply. Even Read More

Clergy from left, Deacon Cynthia Biddlecomb, retired; Pastor Nicolé Ferry, Assistant Rector Lynn Finnegan and Pastor Deb Church. Courtesy photo

By The Rev. Nicolé Raddu Ferry
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Los Alamos

And all shall be well.

Those of you reading this article have learned that we are in the midst of something. Yup we moved our clocks ahead one hour. Anyone still tired? Families of school children are thinking “will we make it to Spring Break?” The calendar says that Spring has arrived and yet although we are ready to not wear our coats and hats the little snow squalls we have experienced Read More

Inside Trailer Chapel. Courtesy/Father Theophan

By Father Theophan
Saint Job of Pochaiv Orthodox Church
Los Alamos

As we pass the middle point of the Great Fast, Lent in western parlance, the question often arises from friends not often seen, “So what are you giving up for Lent?” It’s met with a myriad of answers: red meat, chocolate, sweets, movies, etc.

Orthodox Christians don’t ask. Firstly, because fasting is a personal matter, one that should not be judged by another, and secondly, the rules for the Great Fast are ubiquitous in the eastern faith.

Simply, we’re instructed to become vegan, Read More

Hand-made matzah, eaten during the Passover seder and throughout the week of the holiday. Courtesy/Rabbi Shlachter

By RABBI JACK SHLACHTER
Los Alamos Jewish Center

The eight-day holiday of Passover is the most widely celebrated holiday on the Jewish calendar.  

This year, Passover begins Wednesday evening, April 5. Passover commemorates the release of the Jewish people from slavery thousands of years ago, though the historical accuracy of the Exodus is questionable. Nevertheless, Passover constitutes an annual opportunity for Jews to journey out of their inner mitzraim (narrowness) Read More