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I Didn’t Even Need a Passport!

28 April 2010

I said, "You mean there are Eastern Orthodox Christians in Alaska?" And he said "Yeah, remember ... Alaska was part of the Russian Empire until 1867." Well, I kind of vaguely ...

The Diaconate in the Orthodox Church

27 April 2010

Archdeacon Photios Touloumes

Today, in many Orthodox lands the diaconate has been decimated by the atheist governments which enslaved those lands while elsewhere most deacons are quickly ordained to the priesthood because of the ...

We Must Live Each Day as Though It Were a Time of Great Need

25 April 2010

9/11, Hurricane Katrina: these events will be etched forever in our minds. It was a time when individuals reached out with Christian love to heal the nation. During those days, we forgot our careers, ...

Plastic Fuzzy

21 April 2010

I am convinced that it is because our love is not genuine the church does not grow. Without genuine love, there is no real community. We are called to feed each other, and to build each other up, but ...

Who are you?

20 April 2010

Fr. Bohdan Hladio

My problem is that if you consciously chose not to have anything to do with the Church during your lifetime then burying you from the Church makes you into a hypocrite, which I don’t want to do. If I ...

The Lord is my Shepherd

19 April 2010

Psalm 23 (Psalm 22 in the Septuagint) is particularly dear to my heart, as it is sure to be to millions of people of faith. This psalm has a very human character and it applies to our own existential ...

Prayer Life: Bringing Life to Deadness in Prayer

18 April 2010

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 ...

Monasticism: The Angelic Evangelic Life

12 April 2010

Almighty God has gifted Orthodox Christianity with monasticism. It is the “alternative lifestyle” of Orthodoxy to which some, but not all, are called. Many sources state that the monastic life is the ...

Patriarch Kiril’s visit to the Patriarchate Of Alexandria: Joy and Aspirations

11 April 2010

Minas Monir

With joy, the Orthodox faithful in Egypt received the news of Patriarch Kirill's visit to the ancient patriarchate of Alexandria. The primate of the world's largest and most influential ...

A Psycho-Spiritual Eulogy for Suicide: Dimly Glimpsing the Incomprehensible

24 March 2010

Fr. George Morelli

The greatest tribute we can make to our lost loved one is to have a change of our own minds and hearts and actions. We cannot bring back our lost loved one into this life. However, we can honor our ...

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