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Canonization in Munich: Saint Alexander Schmorell

Canonization in Munich: Saint Alexander Schmorell

16 February 2012

Saints come in many sizes and varieties, ranging from kings to beggars, surgeons to street sweepers, scholars to the illiterate, the extraordinary to the unnoticed. Some never marry, some are the ...

We Do Not Hasten to Meet God

We Do Not Hasten to Meet God

15 February 2012

Archpriest Valery Zakharov

We often say that there is no deed greater than death for Christ. This is true, and it is no accident that the Church glorifies the holy martyrs. But when one looks at the image of St. Symeon, one ...

St. Valentine’s Day: Legend and Reality

St. Valentine’s Day: Legend and Reality

14 February 2012

Tatiana Fedorova

It therefore turns out that we owe the emergence of the image of St. Valentine as the patron saint of lovers, as well as the numerous legends associated with him, to the Middle Ages and its romantic ...

Letter to a New Convert

Letter to a New Convert

13 February 2012

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk: “In Order to Face the Challenges of Modernity We Must be Highly Educated”

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk: “In Order to Face the Challenges of Modernity We Must be Highly Educated”

12 February 2012

Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev)

Our time, dear brothers and sisters, is not less challenging for the Church than the time of the fourth century, and the mission which is set before us is in no way less important than one carried ...

Sermon on the Sunday of the Prodigal Son

Sermon on the Sunday of the Prodigal Son

11 February 2012

Archpriest Vitaly Yakumchuk

Lost and Found

Lost and Found

11 February 2012

Archpriest George Morelli

There is a story told about another "prodigal" who left his home and led a dissolute life, which was a disgrace to his parents. He too decided to go home, but he was uncertain what the ...

Living with the Same Old

Living with the Same Old

10 February 2012

Priest Richard Rene

We need to stop denying that life is vastly ordinary and mostly pretty dull. Let’s get that through our heads by spending a little less time listening to the voices and watching the images that try ...

Icons of Mt. Sinai

Icons of Mt. Sinai

09 February 2012

There is at least one icon from Mt. Sinai that even people far from the Church know: the famous Christ Pantocrator, one of the most ancient iconographic depictions of Christ, painted in ...

Translating Ancient Traditions Into Modern Language

Translating Ancient Traditions Into Modern Language

08 February 2012

Priest Barnabas Powell

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