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You Are Not a TV Show

You Are Not a TV Show

19 July 2011

Archpriest Stephen Freeman

Perhaps the most fundamental exercise of the Christian life is found within St. Paul’s simple admonition. It is a directive that points us towards authenticity. The self which St. Paul describes is ...

The Hidden Agenda of the Rights Approach

The Hidden Agenda of the Rights Approach

18 July 2011

Marguerite A. Peeters

“The hidden agenda of the rights approach” is the title of my presentation. To understand this somewhat enigmatic title, let us go back in history, to 1989, when the end of Marxism-Leninism was ...

By Her Prayers…

By Her Prayers…

18 July 2011

Elisabeth Hawkins

After my surgery, Fr. Theophylact came and anointed me with oil from Saint Nectarlos. He left and suddenly, inexplicably, I was overcome by a profound feeling of repentance. I wept and wept. Then I ...

Saints, Myths and Mineshafts

Saints, Myths and Mineshafts

15 July 2011

Andrei Zolotov Jr.

The ancient Christian tradition of long processions has been revived in Russia in recent years, and the night-long marches from Yekaterinburg to Ganina Yama and from Alapayevsk to the scene of ...

The Sin of Self-Esteem

The Sin of Self-Esteem

15 July 2011

Thomas S. Buchanan

The word Cassian uses for self-esteem (kenodoxia in Greek) is rendered as vainglory in the King James translation of the Scriptures. Whereas the word orthodoxy can mean “right glory,” a literal ...

Where Did Our Time Go? Typewriters and the Disappearance of Time

Where Did Our Time Go? Typewriters and the Disappearance of Time

14 July 2011

Archpriest Geoffrey Korz

Today we must ask, as Christians who claim to hold to the ancient practices of the Church, how many of us rise (or more likely, simply stay awake) for the sake of prayer at night? One of the most ...

Eschatological Nostalgia

Eschatological Nostalgia

13 July 2011

Archim. Grigorios D. Papathomas

As we can see, the patristic nostalgia is not similar or different, but it is in the opposite direction, because it is eschatological... By the way, eschatological nostalgia acquires a special ...

Living as Apostles

Living as Apostles

12 July 2011

Priest John McCuen

We may never preach a sermon to 3,000 people. We may never make journeys as missionaries to foreign lands, putting our lives at risk for the sake of bringing light to those in darkness. But we can ...

Orthodox Liturgical Attendance in the Upper Midwest

Orthodox Liturgical Attendance in the Upper Midwest

11 July 2011

Fr. Oliver Herbel

I have been asked to write an essay reflecting on whether liturgical attendance is increasing or decreasing in the West. Frankly, I think this is something that will vary from location to location ...

The Ministry of Suffering

The Ministry of Suffering

09 July 2011

Priest Richard Rene

For those of us who are generally physically healthy, it is easy to assume that the real spiritual life consists of such activities as prayer, preaching, reading the Bible, going to Church. Real ...

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