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The Universal Exaltation of the Precious and Life-Giving Cross

26 September 2008

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 ...

PLEASURE AND PAIN

22 September 2008

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 ...

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 ...

An Excerpt From Part II of the Way of the Pilgrim

11 September 2008

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 TWELFTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

06 September 2008

Our Lord tells us how to live in today's Gospel. He says: Do your best, and He will look after everything else. If we do what is possible, God will do what is impossible. But if we do not first ...

Church Etiquette

05 September 2008

The traditional posture for prayer and worship in the Orthodox Church has been to stand. In the Orthodox "old countries" there usually are no pews in the churches. Chairs or benches on the ...

Faith That Takes A Stand

31 August 2008

Do we have this faith, the faith that takes a stand? When we enter into thick darkness, or have pressing trouble, are we at rest and secure in the Divine Hand that supports us without our feeling it? ...

A Conversation with Metropolitan Kallistos Ware on the Sacramental Life

29 August 2008

I long for the day when all Christians can receive Communion together. It causes me deep sorrow that I cannot offer the Holy Communion to non-Orthodox. At the same time I believe that the Orthodox ...

The Feast of the Dormition

27 August 2008

The feast of the Dormition is the last great feast in the Church calendar year. It is preceded by a two week fast. The glorious lot of the Ever Blessed Virgin in the role of God's salvation of ...

God didn’t create the hell for sinners, they did it themselves

05 August 2008

The Russian Orthodox Church’s representative to the European International Institutions Bishop Hilarion of Vienna and Austria, on Interfax-Religion’s request, commented on the recent suggestion of ...

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