Holy Transfiguration Orthodox Church

Orthodox Christianity in Columbus, GA

Various Talks and Addresses

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GROWING MARRIED IN THE FACE OF ADVERSITY – Keynote Address https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUZu9MoHU1E   ANCIENT FAITH RADIO  - OCAMPR Psychological Plenary  2023 https://www.ancientfaith.com/podcasts/ocampr/psychological_plenary_fr_stephen_muse/   TRAUMA & TRANSFIGURATION Re-membering ourselves in … [Read more...]

How do we know God exists?

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Join us at 6:00PM December 19th in the Fellowship Hall for a  pot-luck supper and an interactive engagement with Fr. Panayiotis Papageorgiou, Ph.D. in search of proof of God’s presence in our lives from an Orthodox perspective. Fr. Panayiotis was born on the island of Cyprus. He holds a Bachelor's Degree in Chemical Engineering from City College, … [Read more...]

The Most Important Question

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In the graceful encounter of theology and psychology, Fr. Stephen Muse guides us, weaving through his personal narrative, an opus of Orthodox tradition. His testimony witnesses of Christ’s glory, attests to the luminous lives of the saints, echoed through the centuries. His faith resonates with the profound proclamation—Christ’s journey through … [Read more...]

Lessons I Learned Living with Elder Ephraim

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  Papa Ephraim of Alaska On December 19th following Divine Liturgy, we will host Papa Ephraim, the spiritual father of St Nilus Skete, in Kodiak, Alaska. Papa Ephraim is a graduate of MIT and lived for three years on Mount Athos, in the Monastery of Philotheou under the guidance of Elder Ephraim, one of St. Joseph the Hesychast’s five … [Read more...]

Joyful Abandon

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The Apostle John relates [Jn 19:30] that on the Cross, Jesus bowed his head and said it is finished.” St John Chrysostom points out that there is a small easily overlooked detail of great significance here. Jesus bows his head before he dies. Normally, one dies first and then the head bows without volition.  St John notes that Jesus offers his life … [Read more...]

God’s Doorknocker

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A whisper was heard in heaven, “We need a doorknocker!” What could this mean? It was a mystery hidden from all eternity, unknown even to the Angels, but Isaiah, the youngest of all the Seraphim, began to wonder… The Gospel and Divine Liturgy are presented faithfully in a fresh and imaginative way through the eyes of an angel and the love of a … [Read more...]

What Must I Do to Feel Alive?

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In the search to feel alive and at peace with life and one another, contemporary post-modern digital culture has given rise to some strange contradictions. People are lonelier while having more and more digital “friends” on Facebook. At odds with and dissociated from our physical bodies, there is an increasing preoccupation with constructing a … [Read more...]

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