Orthodoxy around the World

The Orthodox Saints of France

The Orthodox Saints of France

22 January 2012

Archbishop Seraphim (Dulgov)

You may ask: how can we determine who is an Orthodox saint and who is not? I implore you never to think of 1054 as some milestone, that one day prior to 1054 it was exactly one way, and the day after ...

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 ...

Listening to the People

Listening to the People

21 December 2011

Andrei Zolotov Jr.

We are witnessing a situation, when the Moscow Patriarchate, long accused of being in cahoots with the Kremlin, is making careful moves to distance itself from the most odious positions in regard to ...

Icons for the Blind

Icons for the Blind

13 December 2011

One of my acquaintances, an iconographer, was bothered when she heard about icons for the blind: “How can you touch a holy face! Isn’t this blasphemous?”

Pharisaical Elections

Pharisaical Elections

08 December 2011

Priest Theodore Liudogovsky

The elections were held under extremely strong pressure from the administration and there appears to have been massive fraud (“carousel” voting [bussing people from one polling booth to another to ...

Fr. Daniel Sysoev: “To Make the Whole World Love Christ”

Fr. Daniel Sysoev: “To Make the Whole World Love Christ”

21 November 2011

Seraphim Maamdi

He very much loved to preach about Christ; and I can say for myself that the greatest commandment that I received from my preceptor is this: "The purpose of a missionary is to make the whole ...

Patron Saint Slavas: Confusing the Serbs?

Patron Saint Slavas: Confusing the Serbs?

16 November 2011

Archpriest Geoffrey Korz

For those who come to the Orthodox Faith as adults, often amid families who are outside the Church or even hostile to it, the idea of a special family feast day marking the date of entry into the ...

Svyatynya

Svyatynya

14 November 2011

Andrei Zolotov Jr.

There was a group of American Protestant pilgrims, wearing identical t-shirts and badges with some Christian slogan on it. They spoke loudly, laughed, took pictures and one merry couple even sat on ...

A Future for British Orthodoxy

A Future for British Orthodoxy

26 October 2011

Archpriest Gregory Hallam

Orthodox Christianity from which we might and should expect much has not yet woken up to the parlous spiritual state of this nation. However, there are hopeful signs that some Orthodox with a ...

If You Want to Find out if Someone Loves Christ, Find out if He Loves Monasticism

If You Want to Find out if Someone Loves Christ, Find out if He Loves Monasticism

25 October 2011

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30 September

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4th Plenary Session between ROC and Coptic Church Held

29 September

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Patriarch Kirill: The Church Prays for the Fraternal Strife to End as Soon as Possible

Besides intellectual instruction, young people also need prayer, Patriarch Daniel says as new academic year begins

27 September

The Synodal Residence in New York hosts the Council of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia

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26 September

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25 September

Epistle of the Council of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia

23 September

“The models par excellence are the great hesychast saints,” says Romanian Orthodox Bishop of Oradea

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