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Metropolitan Kirill is elected to the Moscow Patriarchal Throne

29 January 2009

The Chairman of the Counting Committee, Metropolitan Isidor of Yekaterinodar and Kuban, announced that 702 delegates had voted by secret ballot. The number of ballot papers after voting was 700, ...

I Began to Beg Her not to Break Our Lives and Get an Abortion

I Began to Beg Her not to Break Our Lives and Get an Abortion

29 January 2009

It is very painful to overcome oneself. I turned away from God on that day. I regret it so much now and every day I beg Him to forgive me. If He decides to cast me into hell, my last wish will be to ...

The Life of St. Nina

26 January 2009

When the apostles had drawn lots to determine who was to preach where, the Theotokos had received the lot for Iberia, but she had been held back from going and was assured that someone would later ...

St. Basil the Great

13 January 2009

To the pen of St. Basil the Great belong commentaries on Sacred Scripture, a treatise on the Holy Spirit, epistles, sermons and rules for monastic life. He did much for the establishment of the order ...

Ten Steps To A Better Prayer Life

01 January 2009

Build On What You Already Have: If you already have a routine, build on it. If, for example, you pray before you go to sleep, it will be easier to read a chapter from the Bible before your bedtime ...

The True Orthodox Calendar

25 December 2008

Over the last few decades a minority of Orthodox (about 25% of the total) have moved on to the Roman Catholic ('new') calendar for the fixed feasts like Christmas. They have done this ...

Two Christmas Days

23 December 2008

Why are there two days for celebrating Christmas? Christmas is always celebrated on December 25! But which day is December 25? Some Orthodox celebrate Christmas on December 25 of the older calendar ...

The Rescue of a Wayward Daughter through the prayers of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker

19 December 2008

Then, one night, the mother fell to her knees and began to pray fervently to Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker, begging him to take the place of her daughter's father and to save her from an evil ...

St. Nicholas

19 December 2008

St. Nicholas followed the words of our Lord, Lay up treasure for yourself in Heaven, by saying his prayers every day, by fasting, and by performing many good deeds. God was so pleased that He worked ...

An Icon As an Image: Direct and Reverse Perspective

14 December 2008

As has already been mentioned, an icon is a window facing the holy, sacred world which opens to a person looking at the icon. Space in that world has properties different from those of the space on ...

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