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St. Sergius of Radonezh or How to Obtain the Divine Likeness in Our Contemporary World

St. Sergius of Radonezh or How to Obtain the Divine Likeness in Our Contemporary World

08 October 2011

Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia

Every faithful person, from time to time, encounters this thought: Is it at all possible to obtain this divine likeness in our contemporary world? A reading of the life of St. Sergius convinces ...

Yes We are Persecuted

Yes We are Persecuted

07 October 2011

I strongly believe that Christians today should show their solidarity with Copts in Egypt on many levels as long as Christians in Egypt are under a double impact of social and political ...

Bringing Life to Deadness in Prayer

Bringing Life to Deadness in Prayer

06 October 2011

Archpriest Geoffrey Korz

It is not a rare thing for zealous Christians to experience what the Church father call “dryness” in prayer. A daily rule of prayer requires effort and will, and these can be weakened by tiredness, ...

Merely Moral? Or Truly Beautiful?

05 October 2011

M Jannakos Archpriest Paul

n the Orthodox East, to reiterate, morality was therefore never seen simply as a “code of behavior” that designated one as being either “righteous” or “unrighteous,” but as a rudimentary guide (i.e., ...

Fr. George Hackney’s Journey: “My sole wish is to continue to be an orthodox Christian”

Fr. George Hackney’s Journey: “My sole wish is to continue to be an orthodox Christian”

04 October 2011

Fr. George Hackney

It has not been an easy decision to leave the Church of England because I have served as a priest for the past 32 years, it has been the whole of my life and I knew that if I entered the Orthodox ...

The Asceticism of the Open Door

The Asceticism of the Open Door

03 October 2011

St. Maria (Skobtsova)

The rule of not doing to others what you do not want done to yourself is hardly applicable in asceticism. Asceticism goes much further and sets much stricter demands on oneself than on one’s ...

The Sunday after the Holy Cross

The Sunday after the Holy Cross

01 October 2011

Hieroschemamonk Ambrose (formerly Fr. Alexey) Young

To take up one’s cross means to accept and bear unmurmuringly everything unpleasant, painful, sad, difficult and oppressive that may happen to us in our life

Do you speak Christian?

Do you speak Christian?

30 September 2011

Smoking or Non-Smoking

Smoking or Non-Smoking

28 September 2011

Archpriest John Moses

Yet, even with this wonderful experience of Gods help and protection, many of us come out of the furnace reeking of smoke. In other words, we come out of trials and tribulations with the stink of ...

The Upbringing of Children According to the Holy Fathers

The Upbringing of Children According to the Holy Fathers

27 September 2011

Fr. Hector Firoglanis

In order to make our job as parents a little easier, we can begin by repenting, orienting our lives towards Christ, and making ourselves a little more Christ–like. As a contemporary elder of the ...

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