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Images of Orthodox East Africa

10 May 2010

We finally arrived in the small town of Kayanga located in the district of Karagwe in the northwestern tip of Tanzania, which was to be our temporary home. Karagwe is near the scenic southwestern ...

May They Be Remembered, Good Lord, Forever

07 May 2010

Thousands of haggard, dirty, hungry and sick soldiers stood and listened to the service, tears running down the faces of many of them. They repeated the words of prayer voiced by Father Kirill, ...

We Must Live Each Day as Though It Were a Time of Great Need

25 April 2010

9/11, Hurricane Katrina: these events will be etched forever in our minds. It was a time when individuals reached out with Christian love to heal the nation. During those days, we forgot our careers, ...

Becoming Orthodox

22 April 2010

While most Copts rejected the council of Chalcedon's definition and established their own patriarchate with the excommunicated patriarch Dioscorus, I could not. I started reading the orthodox ...

Plastic Fuzzy

21 April 2010

I am convinced that it is because our love is not genuine the church does not grow. Without genuine love, there is no real community. We are called to feed each other, and to build each other up, but ...

The Lord is my Shepherd

19 April 2010

Psalm 23 (Psalm 22 in the Septuagint) is particularly dear to my heart, as it is sure to be to millions of people of faith. This psalm has a very human character and it applies to our own existential ...

Trials of Dating in College

16 April 2010

In the first couple weeks of school, I met a guy that I really enjoyed spending time with. Almost every night we hung out, did something around campus, or just sat and talked. From my perspective, I ...

Monasticism: The Angelic Evangelic Life

12 April 2010

Almighty God has gifted Orthodox Christianity with monasticism. It is the “alternative lifestyle” of Orthodoxy to which some, but not all, are called. Many sources state that the monastic life is the ...

The Light of Christ Enlightens All!

11 March 2010

One of the most significant liturgical actions of the Great Fast takes place when, between the Old Testament readings, the Royal Doors are suddenly opened, the serving clergyman appears with a candle ...

What is Primary to Orthodox Spirituality?

11 March 2010

Have we begun to know our hearts? Have we started working on our hearts to make them God-like? Are our hearts Orthodox? Or, are we more interested in knowing others hearts, or your own? Do we spend ...

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