Holy Transfiguration Orthodox Church

Orthodox Christianity in Columbus, GA

  • Home
  • About Us
    • Clergy
    • Ministries
  • About Orthodoxy
    • Orthodox Prayers
  • Schedule
  • Directions
  • Fr. Stephen’s Muse
  • Donate Now
  • Contact Us
  • Watch Live Stream

Suffering Hell for the Sake of Heaven

March 16, 2023 By Fr. Stephen Muse

  Exploring the paradoxes of suffering and salvation in Orthodox Christian spiritual life.  +++   Suffering Hell for the Sake of Heaven Part 1 Suffering Hell for the Sake of Heaven Part 2 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Adam & Eve, cross, inner fragmentation, involuntary suffering, Jacob & Esau, love, repentance, Trauma, watchfulness

The Most Important Question

May 16, 2020 By Fr. Stephen Muse

What is the most important question of human existence?  If we have not yet discovered this, then we can be assured that we are not very far along toward answering the question. My six-year-old grandson Collin suffers from severe asthma. When he heard that asthma was a condition that made people more vulnerable to the COVID virus he was worried. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: dialogical reciprocity, Emmaus, Eucharist, Garden of Gethsemane arrest, love, Mary Magdalene, personal encounter, resurrection

Isha’s Voice is in English!

April 13, 2019 By Fr. Stephen Muse

Isha heard melodies everywhere she went and loved to sing. Her daddy loved to listen. What happens when Isha loses her voice? How will her father be able to bring singing and joy back into their lives? What path will the journey take? Isha's Voice is a story about loss and reunion between a father and daughter and most importantly, how our … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: anxiety, Isha's Voice; joy, love

Treasure in Earthen Vessels: Prayer and the Embodied Life

October 2, 2017 By Fr. Stephen Muse

 Treasure in Earthen Vessels “In the following pages, Fr. Stephen Muse provides us, not with a manual of prayer, but with an opening into the life of prayer by unveiling for us “the mystery of embodied life and the uncreated divine life.” He provides an entryway for us, as human beings with all our brokenness, weakness and fear, to dialogue … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: dia-Logos prayer, embodied life, humility, love, noetic prayer, Philokalia, prayer, prayer of the heart, repentance

Tithe to Holy Transfiguration


Most Recent Updates and Additions

  • Various Talks and Addresses
  • How do we know God exists?
  • Women’s Spiritual Retreat
  • The Most Important Question
  • Ascetic Practices and the Mind in Eastern Christianity – March 1-2, 2024

Click to Find our Facebook Page!



Ancient Faith Radio


Copyright © 2025 Holy Transfiguration Orthodox Church
4612 Gilbert Avenue, Columbus, GA 31904 · Phone: 706.660.1777

Website Designed by Fr. John A. Peck · Log in