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Holy Eucharist

19 October 2005

The central place among the Sacraments of the Orthodox Church is held by the Holy Eucharist - the precious Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ

Holy Chrismation

19 October 2005

The Sacrament of Chrismation awakens in the soul that inner, spiritual thirst which does not let one grow satisfied solely with the earthly and material, but always summons us to the Heavenly, to the ...

The Transfiguration of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ

17 August 2005

The Lord took His three closest disciples (Peter, James and John) with Him on the mountain, although God sometimes reveals Himself to sinners in quite unexpected ways, it is usually those who have ...

Holy Baptism

10 June 2005

First place among the Sacraments of the Orthodox Church is occupied by Holy Baptism, by which a man, who has come to believe in Christ, by being immersed three times in water in the Name of the Holy ...

Some Orthodox Prayers

19 May 2005

The following are some good basic "training prayers" for children, but can't replace a good Orthodox prayer book. And remember, that the Troparia and Kontakia for the feasts (usually ...

The Ancient Fathers of the Desert: (Section 1)

15 May 2005

Abba Antonios said: “The time is coming when people will be seized by manias and will behave like madmen. And if they see anyone acting reasonably, they will rise up against him saying: ‘You are ...

Sts. Cyril and Methodius

09 May 2005

In the middle of the 9th Century, Patriarch Photius initiated large scale missionary labors in these regions by sending out the two brothers Constantine (in monasticism Cyril - 869) and Methodius ...

The Church Building and its Servers

09 May 2005

Orthodox churches generally take one of several shapes that have a particular mystical significance. The most common shape is an oblong or rectangular shape, imitating the form of a ship. As a ship, ...

A Siberian Grandmother on Confession

04 April 2005

My childhood was spent in the Urals, in present-day Ekaterinburg. Like most children during the war years I was in kindergarten much of the time1 and went to school with a muddled heart and a ...

Saint Herman of Alaska

07 March 2005

Saint Herman of Alaska, the first "American" saint, was the first to bring Orthodoxy to this continent. He came to America as a young monk in 1794 as part of the original Russian Orthodox ...

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