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Liturgical Traditions: Questions Asked by Catechumens about Orthodox Worship (Part II)

29 September 2008

One should make an examination of conscience every day, before going to bed, confessing one’s sins to God and receiving His forgiveness. This is our normal daily practice. But as well, if the ...

On prayer and emotion

27 September 2008

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When reading prayers, we should try to feel the words of prayer as if they were our own. This way we assimilate the prayerful spirit of the prayer's authors. We can then keep those positive ...

Sunday before the Exaltation of the Cross

26 September 2008

Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh

Indeed, for us, the story of the Crucifixion is a story which we have heard so often — most of us since our childhood, or at least when we were young. There was a moment when, with a child's ...

The Universal Exaltation of the Precious and Life-Giving Cross

26 September 2008

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In order to discern on which of the three crosses the Savior was crucified, Patriarch Macarius alternately touched the crosses to a corpse. When the Cross of the Lord touched the dead one, he came to ...

Perfectionism – the religion of XXI century?

26 September 2008

Hieromonk Spiridon (Balandin)

I think that nowadays perfectionism is nothing but oppression, a religion of XXI century, a cult of contemporary mankind that consolidated communities of those who are striving for “perfection”

Liturgical Traditions: Questions Asked by Catechumens about Orthodox Worship (Part I)

24 September 2008

Fr. Lawrence R. Farley

What is the proper way to use church rules and liturgical traditions? First of all, by recognizing that the Christian Faith is not a religion of rules and regulations and that rules can never give ...

The Saturday All-Night Vigil: An Appreciation

24 September 2008

Fr George Johnson

Our Saturday evening vigil service anticipates Sunday, defining the liturgical day just as a day is defined in the creation account in the book of Genesis, wherein God’s major creative acts are set ...

On Personal Prayer

22 September 2008

Archpriest Paul Yerger

The purpose of prayer is not to ask favors of God but to unite our lives with Him. For this purpose prayer with the Church and private prayer are both important. Some people imagine that because they ...

PLEASURE AND PAIN

22 September 2008

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A glance at TV, magazines, newspapers and the deluge of junk mail that we receive everyday, tells us that we live in a pleasure-seeking society. Our everyday recipe for life in the fast lane of this ...

Nativity of the Theotokos

21 September 2008

The woman who would be chosen to give birth to God Incarnate, to carry God within her womb, to nurse Him, to raise Him from a child, to teach Him and nurture Him, the woman who would be chosen for ...

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