Feasts

On the Sunday of the Samaritan Woman

01 May 2010

Archpriest Antony Hughes

This is what the sacrament of Confession is all about; not just the listing of sins, but the uprooting of the causes of sin. As we progress in the spiritual life what we confess becomes more and more ...

Pride and Prejudice

01 May 2010

When each and every one of us are born, whether black, white, Greek, Turk- whoever, we are born with the image of God in all of us as it states in the Old Testament book of Genesis. This ‘seed’ that ...

The Name-Day of All Paralytics

The Name-Day of All Paralytics

24 April 2010

Bishop Tikhon (Shevkunov)

Our life, yes, is transient and withering, like the grass under the hot summer sun. But the soul – a unique human personality created by God – its story in time and eternity is altogether different ...

Do You Want to be Made Well?

Do You Want to be Made Well?

24 April 2010

Priest Sergei Sveshnikov

Just like the paralytic, all of humanity lay in paralysis, having been struck by the illness of the original sin. For long millennia, we tried to find a cure, but could not reach God on our own, nor ...

The Myrrhbearing Women and the Christian Women of Today

18 April 2010

Elder Sofian (Boaghiu)

The younger girls and daughters can bring mirth to our Lord Jesus Christ their clean life, their virginity, prayer and obedience to thier parents. All (college) students and young women, who come to ...

Christ’s Limitless Love

13 April 2010

Priest Tom Tsagalakis

No doubt, in today’s society we are exposed to many messages about the meaning of love. Countless song titles speak on the subject - “What’s love got to do with it?” “Will you still love me ...

Doubting Thomas

Doubting Thomas

10 April 2010

Protopresbyter Alexander Schmemann

We live in a world of great oversimplification and therefore spiritual poverty. “Scientific” or “Unscientific.” People use words like these all the time as if they were self-evident and ...

Abiding in the Light of Pascha

09 April 2010

Priest Christopher Foley

Pascha should be a beginning rather than an end. We are so accustomed in our culture to spend all of our energy on our preparation for an event and then when the event occurs, we relax and "take ...

Sharing the Good News of the Resurrection of Christ

08 April 2010

(Reidman) Schema-Archimandrite Avraam

Do we feel the fear or guilt that might result by speaking openly of our faith (or lack of faith) that may come across on the one hand as spiritually inadequate or, on the other, with a ...

Prayer: After Pascha

07 April 2010

Very Rev. Michael Shanbour

We can all easily "break the fast" in a worldly way. It's easy enough to give in to every whim and passion....and all too easy to lose any sense of moderation and discipline that we ...

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