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The Crown of Glory

The Crown of Glory

17 January 2012

Archpriest Vladimir Berzonsky

I’m ever intrigued by the impressions that our sacred services have upon visitors who attend Orthodox worship for the first time. The most evident feature of our weddings is the use of imperial ...

Coptic Icons

Coptic Icons

16 January 2012

The characteristic features of Coptic icon painting can already be seen in the fourth century: the large eyes and ears on a small head, the confident lines, the naive and childlike depictions. The ...

Sermon on the Sunday Gospel Reading

Sermon on the Sunday Gospel Reading

15 January 2012

Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev)

The “work of an evangelist” is the work of spreading the good news. Each of us must be a preacher, carrying Christ’s Gospel into the world – not only in words, but above all by our whole way of life ...

The Doctor’s Dream: Patriarch Tikhon and St. Basil the Great

The Doctor’s Dream: Patriarch Tikhon and St. Basil the Great

13 January 2012

Metropolitan Benjamin (Fedchenkov)

I awoke in fear, with a clear memory of the extraordinary vision. In the morning I went to Metropolitan Evlogy and told him everything. During which, I asked him: ‘Why Basil the Great?’ The ...

A Different Take on Ideas of Sin and Repentance

A Different Take on Ideas of Sin and Repentance

12 January 2012

Priest Barnabas Powell

The concept of sin carries much baggage in modern thought. Many associate it with guilt, with beating oneself up over things in the past, with the misguided control mechanisms of medieval ...

Conquering Time: an Orthodox Cultural Response to the World

Conquering Time: an Orthodox Cultural Response to the World

11 January 2012

Unfortunately, a good Orthodox cultural response to these pervasive cultural trends just doesn’t exist. The Protestants have given us C.S. Lewis and the Catholics produced J.R.R. Tolkien, but the ...

Time

Time

09 January 2012

Recently I was late getting a manuscript to an editor. My excuse? By far the most popular one in America: I had "no time." Let's examine that excuse. Why do we all seem to have no time ...

The Gifts of the Nativity

The Gifts of the Nativity

09 January 2012

Protodeacon Andrei Kuraev

The first gift given to Christian people was the right of direct appeal to God, the right to address God with the familiar “Thou.” Today it seems natural to us that the religious person would pray to ...

The Lord Has Brought Us a Wealth of Love

The Lord Has Brought Us a Wealth of Love

07 January 2012

Archpriest Alexei Uminsky

But here is something interesting: given this amazing wealth, given this extraordinary power, we always ask something silly of God, we seek small things from God, which in fact adds up to seeking ...

Christmas Message of His Holiness Patriarch KIRILL of Moscow and All Russia

Christmas Message of His Holiness Patriarch KIRILL of Moscow and All Russia

05 January 2012

Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia

With those who hope for the consolation of Christ we are to share warmly the joy of today’s feast. Each of us can bring the light of the star of Bethlehem to those close to us and far from us – to ...

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