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Information about God

Information about God

13 August 2014

Christos Yannaras

And so even theology has become a knowledge about something. We are filled with information about God. But what defines theology in the Church is concrete knowledge of God himself, the experience of ...

Who’s afraid of the big, bad wolf?

Who’s afraid of the big, bad wolf?

12 August 2014

Archpriest John Moses

We often believe that we have done well in our spiritual life. God allows for us to be tested, and so we discover the reality of our situation

Children in the Church

Children in the Church

11 August 2014

Priest Richard Rene

As a pastor, it is my experience that church is the one place where adults can truly become children in the scriptural sense. In the relative safety of a church community, people often let their ...

On Prayer XXXII: Life is Impossible Without Prayer

On Prayer XXXII: Life is Impossible Without Prayer

09 August 2014

Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev)

In prayer one needs to be absolutely honest. Here there can’t be anything ambiguous or artificial. We need to stand before God as we are and say to Him what needs to be said, what we are thinking and ...

XXXI: Prayer to the Saints

XXXI: Prayer to the Saints

07 August 2014

Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev)

The saints are above all our heavenly friends, who can help us progress on the path to salvation, on the path to God. And only secondarily are saints those that can help us in specific everyday ...

The Restorative Power of Vacations

The Restorative Power of Vacations

04 August 2014

Priest Peter Preble

Sometimes we do not have time to take time away, even if it is just a weekend, to reset all of those thoughts and give our minds, and our bodies, a chance to heal and to get some balance back in our ...

On Prayer XXX: Prayer to the Mother of God

On Prayer XXX: Prayer to the Mother of God

02 August 2014

Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev)

When I was studying in England, my professor – an elderly Orthodox bishop – often invited me for studies in his home. I would go to his house, and his elderly mother would open the door for me ...

Mother and Child: The Image of Full Humanity

Mother and Child: The Image of Full Humanity

01 August 2014

Archimandrite Vassilios Papavassiliou

Orthodox Christians do not, or should not, just casually accept the idea of God having a mother. Rather, it should stir in us wonder and humility. But we are so accustomed to hearing of the Birth of ...

On Contemporary Monasticism: Interview with Archbishop Mark (Arndt)

On Contemporary Monasticism: Interview with Archbishop Mark (Arndt)

31 July 2014

Kristina Polyakova

One of the main problems faced by Christians and especially monastics today is that people are not used to restraining themselves, to enduring, or forcing themselves to do anything, to assume ...

On Prayer XXIX: “And Lead Us Not Into Temptation, But Deliver Us From the Evil One”

On Prayer XXIX: “And Lead Us Not Into Temptation, But Deliver Us From the Evil One”

29 July 2014

Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev)

We should remember that evil, of course, has power and can have a negative, even devastating impact on our lives, but only when we ourselves allow it access to us. The devil is powerless where he ...

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