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On prayer and emotion

27 September 2008

When reading prayers, we should try to feel the words of prayer as if they were our own. This way we assimilate the prayerful spirit of the prayer's authors. We can then keep those positive ...

Perfectionism – the religion of XXI century?

26 September 2008

Hieromonk Spiridon (Balandin)

I think that nowadays perfectionism is nothing but oppression, a religion of XXI century, a cult of contemporary mankind that consolidated communities of those who are striving for “perfection”

The Saturday All-Night Vigil: An Appreciation

24 September 2008

Fr George Johnson

Our Saturday evening vigil service anticipates Sunday, defining the liturgical day just as a day is defined in the creation account in the book of Genesis, wherein God’s major creative acts are set ...

Liturgical Traditions: Questions Asked by Catechumens about Orthodox Worship (Part I)

24 September 2008

Fr. Lawrence R. Farley

What is the proper way to use church rules and liturgical traditions? First of all, by recognizing that the Christian Faith is not a religion of rules and regulations and that rules can never give ...

On Personal Prayer

22 September 2008

Archpriest Paul Yerger

The purpose of prayer is not to ask favors of God but to unite our lives with Him. For this purpose prayer with the Church and private prayer are both important. Some people imagine that because they ...

PLEASURE AND PAIN

22 September 2008

admin

A glance at TV, magazines, newspapers and the deluge of junk mail that we receive everyday, tells us that we live in a pleasure-seeking society. Our everyday recipe for life in the fast lane of this ...

Journey to the Promised Land

18 September 2008

I have tried to find some type of meaning in my life living in war and unemployed and living as a foreigner in a country that I never really wanted to come too and can list at least fifty reasons why ...

Death with Piety is Death with Dignity

17 September 2008

No one wants to suffer or watch his loved ones suffer a painful illness. But instead of looking at suffering at the end of life as useless and superfluous, Orthodox Christianity teaches that all ...

Back to School, Routine, and Cows

15 September 2008

Archpriest Thaddaeus Hardenbrook

Salvation, that over-familiar and often dry term, is actually the brilliant and thrilling goal of all human existence. It is not the default end to a boring, deprived, and unadventurous ‘Christian’ ...

Questions Answers

14 September 2008

Stanley S. Harakas

A "women's libber" on T. V. referred to a passage in the Bible and attributed to Paul that man was made in the image of God and that woman was made "in the image of man." Is ...

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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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