Orthodox Women in Healing Ministries
Retreats, Lectures and Speakers
Orthodox Women in the Healing Ministries was founded in 1992 with the mission of providing support to Orthodox Christian women who work in the medical and healing professions. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, social workers and counselors.
In addition, from the inception of OWHM the founders defined all women as persons who "minister to others," including priest's wives, teachers, students, mothers and the like, and believe they would benefit from our retreat.
Our primary means of providing support to those who minister to others, is by sponsoring an annual three day retreat, which includes time for prayer, rest and reflection, opportunities for networking, and lectures given by outstanding speakers. We are grateful to have Mother Gabriella, Abbess of Holy Dormition Monastery as our spiritual director.
Some of our past speakers have included Archimadrite Roman Braga, Drs. Dan & Jane Hinshaw, Fr. Dusan Koprivica, Archbishop Lazar Puhalo, Corinna Delkeskamp-Hayes, Fr. Thomas Hopko, Fr. Hans Jacobse, Maria Molett, M.A., and Dr. Albert Rossi, Frederica Mathews-Green, Dr. Timothy Patitsis, Fr. Silviu Bunta, PhD., Fr. Stephen Muse, Ph.D., LMFT, LPC, Rev John Konkle, M.Div., Ph.D. and V. Rev. Dimitrie Vincent, M.Div, Dr Jeannie Constantinou and others.
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Thursday, May 14, 2026
54 mins
My Grace Is Sufficient for You, My Strength Is Made Perfect in Weakness, Part 1
In this first part of a three-part lecture, Fr. Dimitrie Vincent shares the spiritual fruits he received from a devastating sports injury and the recovery process.
Thursday, April 23, 2026
58 mins
Toward a Spirituality of Care, Part 2: Audience Q&A
Following his talk, Fr. Silviu responds to audience questions, sparking a rich conversation that examines the Orthodox view of suffering in dialogue with the Evangelical emphasis on penal substitutionary atonement.
Thursday, April 9, 2026
56 mins
Toward a Spirituality of Care: Against the Reification, Pragmatization, and Depersonalization of Sin
In this second lecture, Fr. Silviu Bunta examines the nature of sin and how Orthodox saints, liturgy, and prayer reveal our deep interconnectedness—and our shared responsibility for the brokenness of the world.
Thursday, March 19, 2026
83 mins
Tending on God: A Spiritual Perspective on Healing
From the 2015 retreat. Fr. Silviu Bunta discusses the theology of pain, it's role in our salvation, and its relationship to prayer. He also discusses the difference between western philosophical constructs of compassion and healing versus pain as the connection between God, ourselves, and one another.
Thursday, February 12, 2026
62 mins
Touch and the Healing of the World, Exploration through Iconography
From the 2016 retreat. In the final lecture in this series, Dr. Daniel Hinshaw talks about the Incarnation and the significance of our physical bodies, with a focus on our sense of touch, being at the core of our experience of God and our salvation.
Orthodox Women in Healing Ministries