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Finding an Orthodox Spouse

28 October 2009

As Orthodox people, we should be at least as serious as the servant in the parable when it comes to the critical question of selecting a spouse. The Orthodox faith presents us with two alternative ...

The Seven-Day Commemoration In The Orthodox Church “The Week: A Seven Day Holiday”

27 October 2009

Metropolitan Irenaius of Kisamou and Selinou, Crete

The two words betrayer and betrayal are resentful and abominable in any language. If on this day we find time to think of our Lord's betrayal, we ourselves could avoid our daily betrayals. We ...

On Tomatoes and the Spiritual Life

26 October 2009

Archpriest Michael C. Kabel

One of the biggest mistakes that people make when they examine the Parable of the Soils is to think that their lives resemble just one of the various soil conditions that Jesus describes. But the ...

The Loneliness of Modern Man

25 October 2009

The internet has probably made us more connected, in a virtual sense, than we have been in a generation. But, of course, their is an extreme level of volunteerism in this virtual community. If I ...

Pre-marital Sexual Relations

23 October 2009

Archpriest Joseph F Purpura

One of our goals ought to be to develop within the hearts and minds of teens that virginity is something very good, something to strive for until marriage, and something not to be embarrassed about ...

So Your Child Wants to Become a Monactic

22 October 2009

You may feel threatened. You spend your whole life nurturing the well-being of your children: you feed them and worry over them; you help them to discover their abilities and you encourage them to ...

Whose Life Is It Anyway?:Why We Pray The Way We Pray

21 October 2009

Now, imagine my even greater shock when I opened an Orthodox prayer-book for the first time. Again, I was confronted by the harshest self-criticism that I had ever seen. Men like St. Ephraim, who ...

God Awareness

20 October 2009

Archpriest Vladimir Berzonsky

"My lover is knocking!" Think of the words of Lord Jesus: "I stand at the door and knock." The Lord is outside the door of our heart waiting to be invited in. Our God is so ...

Unequally Yoked

19 October 2009

Priest Chris Metropulos

We live in an age where “don’t I have a right to be happy” seems to be at the forefront of most everyone’s mind. Marriage is seen as a way of personal fulfillment and happiness. Relationships are ...

When Our Young Adult Chidren Marry Non-Christians: Parents’ Perspective

18 October 2009

Priest Charles Joanides

If you are a parent whose son or daughter is seriously dating or engaged to a non-Christian, some of the following suggestions and observations might prove helpful to you. They come from my work ...

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