Doubts: Confession of a Priest
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| Rating | : | 4.59 (955 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0692837248 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 172 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-07-14 |
| Language | : | English |
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He was ordained in Cleveland on June 29, 1969.After serving the parish of Saint Spyridon in Monessen, Pennsylvania, Stathakios was reassigned to the parish of Saints Constantine and Helen in Detroit, Michigan, where he served for thirty-three years. He retired from the church in 2007.Stathakios is the author of the inspirational book The Gift of the Present. They have two sons, Tom and James, and six grandchildren.. Born in Samos, Greece, Reverend Fathe
A provocative and refreshingly candid window inside the mind of A provocative and refreshingly candid window inside the mind of a man struggling to reconcile his decades-long devotion to God with his creeping doubts about the existence of a higher power.. "Five Stars" according to Sami Asmar. Interesting Man, I spoke to him personally. I already read his other books.
He married his wife, Stella, in 1964. He retired from the church in 2007.Stathakios is the author of the inspirational book The Gift of the Present. They have two sons, Tom and James, and six grandchildren.. During that time, he was given the ecclesiastical titles of pnevmatikos, economos, and protopresbyter. He was ordained in Cleveland on June 29, 1969.After serving the parish of Saint Spyridon in Monessen, Pennsylvania, Stathakios was reassigned to the parish of Saints Constantine and Helen in Detroit, Michigan, where he served for thirty-three years. About the AuthorBorn in Samos, Greece, Reverend Father James Stathakios came to the United States on a scholarship from the Greek Orthodox archdiocese to study at Holy Cross Theological School in Brookline, Massachusetts.Stathakios served on the faculty of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, from 1963 to 1969, studying medical sociology and biochemistry
Stathakios’s thoughts are also a challenge to Christians everywhere to examine their faith, their church, and their God.When you face doubt, you can choose to deny it, accept it, or struggle with it to find a deeper meaning. He questioned why the Holy Bible should be given precedence over the world’s many other holy scriptures and why different sects of Christianity seemed bound by conflict instead of love.All this Father Stathakios struggled with in secret, fulfilling his role as priest while quietly wondering if what he had believed for most of his life was true