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In Anticipation of the Nativity of Christ

In Anticipation of the Nativity of Christ

05 January 2012

Metropolitan Benjamin (Fedchenkov)

This morning I came and read Midnight Office. Suddenly I had the thought: now I am praying. My God! How beautiful and important this is – for I am speaking “into the ear” of the Lord – His, truly ...

The Silence of Christmas

The Silence of Christmas

04 January 2012

The thing I personally appreciate about these invitations to peaceful silence and their contrast with my own basic lack of silence and peace is that it forces me to look inside, face up to my inner ...

The Incarnation and Humility

The Incarnation and Humility

03 January 2012

Hieromartyr Hilarion (Troitsky)

Are there many who could now say together with St. Basil the Great, “I cannot worship creatures, because I myself have the commandment to become a god!” Denial of the incarnation, denial of the Lord ...

“Jesus and the Geese at Christmas”

“Jesus and the Geese at Christmas”

02 January 2012

Archpriest John S. Bakas

Unfortunately it is not only Moslems and Jews that have difficulty understanding the concept of the Incarnation and the birth of the Son of God, but many of our own fellow Christians struggle with ...

The New Year: The Mystery of Time

The New Year: The Mystery of Time

01 January 2012

Protopresbyter Alexander Schmemann

Now the clock strikes twelve on New Year’s. And as long as it strikes life for twelve short seconds stops and pauses, and everything as it were focuses on what is now to begin, posing and responding ...

Sermon of His Holiness, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, On the New Year

Sermon of His Holiness, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, On the New Year

31 December 2011

Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia

It is customary, in congratulating people on the New Year, to wish them new happiness. In this simple human wish is an expression of hope that the coming year will certainly be better than the last, ...

Four Women on the Threshold of the Gospel

Four Women on the Threshold of the Gospel

30 December 2011

Dr. Andrei Desnitsky

It was a must in ancient Israel, as in other nationalities, to keep genealogical records by the male line. The women, strictly speaking, didn’t need to be recorded at all. But in our case, among the ...

Found in Translation

Found in Translation

29 December 2011

Priest Richard Rene

Whether in the realm of the national, the personal or the spiritual, the problem is the same: translation. People use words and as long as these words appear to mean the same things, they assume that ...

Christmas: More than an iPad

Christmas: More than an iPad

28 December 2011

The absence of Jesus in his own birth celebration is coined in the new expression of Xmas in which the name “Christ” was substituted by the depersonalizing symbol of any unknown “x.”

Does One Need to Be Tolerant on Christmas?

Does One Need to Be Tolerant on Christmas?

27 December 2011

Dr. Andrei Desnitsky

Even if one thinks in terms of profit, in the final analysis tourists value not only French cheese, German beer, and London fog, but also the unique atmosphere of European comfort, history, and ...

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