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Lazarus’ Saturday

26 March 2010

We ask for some-thing, expect this to be given to us as we wish, and than we may be offended when it won’t be fulfilled. Only later we realize that the Lord, because of His love and mercy to all ...

Ian and the Family of Believers

22 March 2010

“What do you mean, Ian goes to church?” other parents and teachers would ask me about my son, who has autism spectrum disorder. “How can he stay still for that long?” Ian would leap out of his chair ...

Why we should Let Kids be Kids! Delighting in the Gift of Childhood

09 March 2010

A few months ago, a parishioner told me about a neighbor who would no longer allow her daughter to play with hers because she discovered that they had been playing hospital. Since they weren’t really ...

Christmas Message of His Holiness Patriarch KIRILL of Moscow and All Russia

06 January 2010

To celebrate Christ’s Nativity is to bring us closer to the Saviour, to help us seen more clearly his countenance, to be immersed in his good news. The Lord is born ever anew mysteriously for us in ...

It Can Happen Here. It Did Happen Here.

13 December 2009

On August 29, 2009, a girl named Stephanie took her own life at the young age of 17. Stephanie was a typical teenager and a life-long member of the Greek Orthodox Church, where she was active at her ...

Some Thoughts On Fasting

26 November 2009

Sadly, before major celebrations we tend to spend inordinate amounts of time planning menus, testing new recipes, and the like, all with the hope that our celebration will be memorable, enjoyable, ...

Father Daniil Has Gone from us to God as a Confessor

21 November 2009

He had a special gift of love for God which gave him fearlessness. Neither external authority nor power, nor money or public opinion, could shake his determination to always assert God's truth, ...

Byzantine Music for an Orthodox America

18 November 2009

All these misunderstandings occur because we are very much European in our image of beauty. Beautiful in the Bible does not have any connection with the aesthetically beautiful. Instead of our sharp ...

Patriarch Pavle of Serbia Reposed in the Lord

15 November 2009

His Holiness, Patriarch Pavle, is a unique phenomenon for our times; therefore, of course, it would be pointless to make him the measure for other patriarchs, just as it would be, for example, to ...

UNPLEASANT DIAGNOSIS. The First Step to Sainthood.

10 November 2009

It never occurs to us that we might end up outside the Kingdom of Heaven. On the contrary, we think that we will definitely be there, at least somewhere in the 'corner' of heaven. I may not ...

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