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Contemporary Orthodoxy is the Field of Grace’s Action

04 February 2009

It has been stated some decades ago that the ecclesiology would be in the focus of the theological thought for many years ahead. This prediction appears to be true. The issues discussed below are ...

Cynicism and the Goodness of God

02 February 2009

Like so many other aspects of our spiritual life, emptiness cannot replace fullness. To trust in God and to rejoice in His goodness is an act of fullness, an act that fills the heart with good ...

Metropolitan Kirill is elected to the Moscow Patriarchal Throne

29 January 2009

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The Chairman of the Counting Committee, Metropolitan Isidor of Yekaterinodar and Kuban, announced that 702 delegates had voted by secret ballot. The number of ballot papers after voting was 700, ...

What’s in the Stars? A Close Look at Astrology

29 January 2009

Archbishop Dmitri of Dallas and the South

Millions of people apparently not only consult their horoscope daily, but base their day's activities on what the stars supposedly tell them to do. They eagerly test all the events of a day and ...

On Consumerism in Church

26 January 2009

Priest Sergei Sveshnikov

In this age of individualized consumerism, we often treat our Church as a spiritual “supermarket.” We properly recognize that the Church offers us treasures, but instead of communing we consume. If ...

Buddhism and Eastern Asceticism Compared to Orthodox Christian Asceticism

23 January 2009

Archimandrite Zacharias

The fundamental difference between Christianity and other beliefs and practices lies in the fact that the Jesus Prayer is based on the revelation of the One true living and personal God as Holy ...

Love Never Fails

19 January 2009

Maria Gorodova

I have lost my nineteen year old son Petia, a student of the Moscow Aviation Institute. He was my eldest son and bore a remarkable resemblance to his father who deceased seven years earlier. Of all ...

In the Temple of Broken Hearts

16 January 2009

We have no power to change another person, and we should not waste our time analysing why he behaves this way or that. Let him follow his own path. We should accept people as they are, otherwise our ...

On Minor Sins

14 January 2009

Archimandrite Cyprian (Kern)

There is no doubt that one of the most common and ‘slight’ sins is censuring one’s neighbor. Many might even fail to realize that this quite common and seemingly insignificant sin is actually the ...

There is no other way to come to the faith but to come to the church

11 January 2009

Orthodoxy and the World

Bishop Hilarion (Alfeyev) of Vienna and Austria: ‘In the Orthodox Church everything is very well arranged for the spiritual nourishment of its own flock, but there are very few bridges between the ...

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