Fr. Antony Becomes a Star!!

This past summer I was featured in a documentary 'Strength Through Unity', which, documented the life of Metropolitan Philip. Here is just a small clip of what turned out to be a fantastic little film.
If you with to obtain a copy or have more information behind the making of this film, you could either contact St.George Montreal at 514.276.8534 or e-mail Jason at jasonbolanis@gmail.com

On Laughter

Tonight I visited a fellow sufferer...is there such a word...? One who has cancer..it was a lousy night, but I made the visit and when I walked into the house all was dark and sad. My funny machine went into full gear and I said to myself...no way! And funny stories and dreams came falling out of my lips and the house roared with laughter.........Besides prayer, nothing is so healing as
laughter ...it is a balm for the soul.....especially when it comes from down deep...and the story is true! To laugh at oneself and pass this on to others is a binding power...it connects soul to soul.....

Father's Morning Routine

Visiting the elderly....

Over the holidays, one of my greatest joys is visiting the shut-ins, elderly and the infirm.......I never hesitate to think of my parents and grandparents.....This generation of people who toiled to give us a better life....I look at those wrinkled hands that labored, those beautiful hearts that have enveloped us in so much love and milky eyes that bespeak of gratitude for the "presence" and I well up inside. They love to tell their stories and I love to listen, they enrich my life and take me on journeys that are so wondrous....In fact I receive more from my visit to the "sittos and jiddos" than I give...even when tired by trudging through the snow...to make the visit. Tomorrow I will see a young doctor with MS and a woman close to 100...still making kibbee......contrasts that shake us up.....BUT, it is gratifying to go beyond oneself........

A cross to bear...

I see people suffering every day from many and various afflictions...It seems to me each one of us has an opportunity to touch another person with the grace of our presence by acts of kindness...It is not a matter of words but of a loving presence.... to be a wounded healer. Each of us has a "cross" to bear, but it can be lighter when we offer ourselves for others...Peace.

The loss of a great man.

We have lost a great spiritual leader in the falling asleep in the Lord, ALEXSY, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia.

He brought the Church out of the dark ages of tragic oppressive communism into the light of freedom in the new Russia...reopening and dedicating new churches everywhere so the faithful could breath the fresh air of the fragrance of Orthodoxy......

Also our dear friend Bishop Niphon lost a father and a champion....the great significance of his death, essentially during his tenure in office was the resurgence of Orthodoxy which is the largest community of believers in the world. He helped to overcome seventy years when the church was suppressed but Christianity was essentially in their souls and was underground...but look what happened, Christianity rebounded when a great leader took the helm and led them to green pastures......SEE what One Person can do......he is an example of heroic efforts....

Being a Cancer Patient...

Economos Antony tells one of his many hospital stories from being a cancer patient. Check it out below:

The Man Behind the Collar...