Father Dimitri Cozby was a prolific writer and a respected Orthodox thinker within the Church. Please enjoy Father’s unique wisdom, humor, and insight in the following essays archived below.
The Prodigal Son
I was ordained to the holy priesthood on the Sunday of the Prodigal Son (Luke 15: 11 – 32). This fact elicited a few jokes from friends about being ordained on my “name day.” In a sense, the prodigal son
The Lesson of St. Anthony
Orthodox Christians revere Saint Anthony as the “first of monks” and the founder of monasticism. True, others before him had adopted the life of total commitment to prayer and self-discipline (asceticism) which characterize the monastic way, but St. Anthony’s example
The Nativity According to the Flesh of our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ .
The Nativity According to the Flesh of our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ . The Adoration of the Magi: Melchior, Caspar, and Balthasar. Commemoration of the Shepherds in Bethlehem who were watching their flocks, and went to see the
The Paradox of Christmas
THE PARADOX OF CHRISTMAS – reflections by the Very Rev Fr Dimitri Cozby PhD, pastor of All Saints Orthodox Church, Victoria, Texas Christmas, the feast of our Lord’s Nativity, is a joyful celebration. The images we commonly associate with the
Honoring Gods Work
In the Orthodox Church we place great emphasis on the veneration of the Theotokos and other holy men and women. We also reverence icons of our Lord and of the saints. About twelve centuries ago a group called the “Iconoclasts”
A Balanced Spiritual Diet
In health classes at school we learned the essentials of nutrition, embodied in the concept of four basic food groups. We were told that a balanced diet was necessary to health and that to ensure a balanced diet we must