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Visit to Serbian Monastery Debunks Familiar Stereotype

23 June 2010

When you visit a nation that has been bombed and dismantled by your own country, you don't expect to be greeted with flowers. I feared that at least one Serb might deliberately do something to ...

Teaching Icon Painting to Prisoners

22 June 2010

To an outsider, it would have been a very surprising sight — someone with a history of violence very carefully painting the face of Christ, or a man who had committed serious crimes standing ...

Silence of the minds

18 June 2010

Fr. Vasile Tudora

The problem of inner thoughts is a very important one because the thoughts are the root of all we do. No sin is done without passing through the mind that gives the command. Stop the command and you ...

The Second Theological Convention in the Patriarchate of Alexandria

10 June 2010

Minas Monir

Together with Archimandrite Elias Habib, the pastor of Archangels Church, I established the idea of convening a periodic theological conference. We felt that there is an urgent need for a public and ...

How to live the Spiritual Life (Part II)

09 June 2010

Archpriest Paul Jannakos

Having stated that one cannot grow in the Christian faith without knowing that the locus of eternal life is the human heart, and that the commandments are necessary in order to cleanse the senses so ...

Where Do I Begin?

05 June 2010

Entering into the Faith, we are enchanted with and passionate about Holy Orthodoxy. It’s a true spiritual (romantic) bubble and it’s a wonderful place to be. Then, inevitably the bubble pops and the ...

How to live the Spiritual Life (Part I)

03 June 2010

Archpriest Paul Jannakos

As a priest, I take these words to heart, knowing that, to a great extent, I am the one responsible to God for whether such growth occurs or not. For those ordained to the priesthood, this is a ...

Remember to Take Your Prayers Along on Vacation

31 May 2010

Priest Barnabas Powell

We all need breaks. Even God rested after completing his creation - not because he was tired, but to show us the importance of taking time to rest and admire his work. And because he recognized our ...

Murders and Assaults on Priests in Russia in 1990-2010: A Reference

27 May 2010

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Archpriest Alexander Men was murdered on the morning on September 9, 1990, on the path to the Semkhoz railway station. An unidentified person struck him on the head with a heavy object (probably an ...

The Earthquake in Chile: ”Everyone Around Seemed to be Orthodox.” A letter from Father Alexey Aedo

26 May 2010

Fr. Alexey Aedo

On the early morning of Saturday, February 27, the city was still asleep, not paying any attention to the music heard from far away – a celebration of the passing summer before the lessons at school ...

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