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“Lord, Teach Us to Pray!”

08 February 2010

The truth is that while it would seem that prayer should be the most natural of things, it is often the most difficult - even for the Disciples of Christ! Talking with God sometimes seems like ...

Prayer and the Departed Saints

06 February 2010

What happens when a believer dies? Does his or her spirit go immediately to heaven? Are the souls of the dead conscious? Are they actively involved in what is going on around them, or do they remain ...

A Pilgrimage to Orthodox Georgia

28 January 2010

Georgia is a country that is often overlooked or only very briefly dealt with in English-language publications about Orthodoxy, but it is a country that can teach us a great deal about our Faith. It ...

Theosis: Partaking of the Divine Nature

27 January 2010

Mark Shuttleworth

What on earth does it mean—“you are gods”? Doesn’t our faith teach that there is only one God, in three Persons? How can human beings be gods? In the Orthodox Church, this concept is neither new nor ...

The Hymnographic Contribution of the Antiochian Orthodox Church to the Byzantine Liturgical System During the Sixth and Seventh Centuries

26 January 2010

During the Sixth and Seventh centuries, which combined are considered the second stage of the foundation of Church hymnography, there arose from within the Antiochian Patriarchate many famous ...

Canadian Describes Experience as Missionary in Zimbabwe

25 January 2010

Amanda Eve Wigglesworth

When we were preparing to go, we didn’t know much about this southern African country. We only had a few weeks’ notice and no time to research. The news we heard from others painted a bleak picture ...

Manifesto in a Grocery Line

21 January 2010

Fr. David Thatcher

A lot of life happens in the grocery checkout lane. Sometimes when I am waiting to make my purchase, clerical garb and all, people quite naturally engage me in conversation. Recently, however, I ...

Ministry of the Laity

18 January 2010

Fr N. Afanassieff

Life in the Church, to which every Christian is called, is a permanent ministry, in which the Christian serves God through the Church, and serves the Church itself. "For the Son of man came not ...

Church Reading: A Vital Ministry

15 January 2010

Dn. Sergius Halvorsen

Sometimes people say, "I am just a reader," as though this were a petty or insignificant ministry. However, when the reader (whether tonsured or not) begins chanting the selection from the ...

Recovering Authentic Spirituality

14 January 2010

We've all been told time and again how the average Christian has become no different than the non-believer. We churn out the same profanities, show similar favoritism, watch the identical junk ...

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News

30 September

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill Contracted the Coronavirus

4th Plenary Session between ROC and Coptic Church Held

29 September

His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon Calls for Prayer for Those Facing Hurricanes Ian and Fiona

28 September

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

Voluntary Blood Donation Takes Place in Churches in Serbia

26 September

The work of the Church in society is quiet, but full of hope and love, says the Director of Lumina Publications

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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