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An Orthodox Christian’s Struggle

14 October 2009

As someone who has attractions to members of the same sex, and as a baptized and professing Orthodox, I have found myself in a spiritual "tug-of-war." The wisdom of the world seducively ...

Bruce Almighty: the Problem of Individualism, and the Call to Communion

12 October 2009

Paraskevè (Eve) Tibbs

In this present “Age of Self” our language is filled with phrases that glorify personal choice above all other values: “self-determination,” “self-knowledge,” “self-esteem,” “self-help,” even ...

Is Orthodoxy too “Spiritual” or too “Materialistic”?

06 October 2009

Outsiders becoming aware of Orthodoxy--visiting a service, reading certain books of a "mystical" slant--decide that our religion is very "spiritual"--possibly too spiritual for ...

Let Us Lift Up Our Hearts

28 September 2009

Priest Chris Metropulos

The fact is we were created to be worshipers. Fr. Alexander Schmemann once wrote that we humans are homo adoramus – the worshipping man. It is in worship that we are most like who we really are. In a ...

On Self-Justification

27 September 2009

A person pursues justification partly for himself; i.e., to deceive his own conscience. One also strives to justify himself so as not to sully his prestige in the eyes of the others. (This is silly, ...

A TYPOLOGY OF CONVERTS: Beware of Those Running Away

24 September 2009

My approach to this has been to tell any potential convert to take some time, to hang around the church for a year or so, seeing what it is like to be Orthodox, and finally to make sure it is ...

Ten Ways to Participate in Worship, Pay Attention, be Still and Pray

23 September 2009

These repeated litanies do not contribute to the length of the service, which most Orthodox consider to be a problem But if you begin to participate in the Divine Liturgy and do the things the ...

The Experience of a Young Choir Conductor

22 September 2009

Genevieve Holland

At every service, the smallest choir is augmented by the angelic choir. Saints and angels surround us, joining their voices to ours in a common goal - the worship of God. With these as companions and ...

An Aid to Prayer Some Thoughts on the Use of a Prayer Book

21 September 2009

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Many Protestants would argue that using a prayer book results in formal, ritualistic prayer and stifles a truly personal relationship with God. By contrast, some Orthodox are of the opinion that it ...

“Prayer: the test, the source, the driving force… of all things”

18 September 2009

Archpriest Andrew Jarmus

Written prayers can be a font of wisdom and comfort. There are those, however, that do not feel that written prayers completely fit their personal "voice". For these people, spontaneous ...

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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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