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The Nativity of Our Most Holy Lady Theotokos

21 September 2008

The Most Holy Virgin Mary was born at a time when people had reached such a degree of moral decay that it seemed altogether impossible to restore them. People often said that God must come into the ...

What Is Love?

20 September 2008

Pamela Abraham

Love is a very complicated concept to many people. Does he really love me? Do I really love her? How do I know that I'm in love? Do I love my parents and do they love me? Do I love God?

“Blessed Are the Pure in Heart for They Shall See God”

18 September 2008

Parents are for the child the first door to the Kingdom of God. By the way the parents live a godly life, they provide the first example of God’s love and care. Saint Theophan the Recluse (The Path ...

Journey to the Promised Land

18 September 2008

I have tried to find some type of meaning in my life living in war and unemployed and living as a foreigner in a country that I never really wanted to come too and can list at least fifty reasons why ...

Death with Piety is Death with Dignity

17 September 2008

No one wants to suffer or watch his loved ones suffer a painful illness. But instead of looking at suffering at the end of life as useless and superfluous, Orthodox Christianity teaches that all ...

Back to School, Routine, and Cows

15 September 2008

Archpriest Thaddaeus Hardenbrook

Salvation, that over-familiar and often dry term, is actually the brilliant and thrilling goal of all human existence. It is not the default end to a boring, deprived, and unadventurous ‘Christian’ ...

Questions Answers

14 September 2008

Stanley S. Harakas

A "women's libber" on T. V. referred to a passage in the Bible and attributed to Paul that man was made in the image of God and that woman was made "in the image of man." Is ...

Finally Oriented

12 September 2008

Dan told me about a dream he had while he was a missionary in Canada. In the dream, he was walking inside this very old church building, with marble floors and high ceilings. Inside there were ...

An Excerpt From Part II of the Way of the Pilgrim

11 September 2008

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To put it shortly, if love for God is recognized by the keeping of His commandments ("If ye love Me, keep My commandments," says our Lord Jesus Christ), and I not only do not keep them, but ...

The Beheading of St. John the Baptist

10 September 2008

Saint John of Shanghai and San Francisco

The whole life of St. John the Forerunner, from its first days, was entirely dedicated to the One Who came after him. In the days of infant massacres in Bethlehem, he was also sought by Herod, and ...

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29 September

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28 September

Patriarch Kirill: The Church Prays for the Fraternal Strife to End as Soon as Possible

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27 September

The Synodal Residence in New York hosts the Council of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia

Voluntary Blood Donation Takes Place in Churches in Serbia

26 September

The work of the Church in society is quiet, but full of hope and love, says the Director of Lumina Publications

25 September

Epistle of the Council of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia

23 September

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