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Does it Make Any Difference What We Believe?

// Jun 17th, 2013
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit! Today, on this Sunday, the Holy Fathers have established the commemoration of the First Ecumenical Council. The Gospel we heard... 
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Family

Meeting Our Neighbors


// Jun 11th, 2013
Who is my neighbor? Often when we consider this question, we consider it from the point of view of the one who acts. The choice is mine. I determine whom I help. I choose to be neighborly to... 
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Library

The Heresy of Arius: A Homily on the Sunday of the Holy Fathers

The Orthodox Church today prayerfully commemorates the Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea, which once gathered in the city of Nicaea to investigate and condemn the heresy of Arius.... 
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Multimedia

Russian Orthodox Christians Celebrate Palm Sunday (photo report)

// Apr 29th, 2013
April 29, 2013 On April 28, Russian Orthodox Christians celebrate Palm Sunday. © RIA Novosti. Yevgeny Yepanchintsev Palm Sunday, when, according to the Gospels, Jesus Christ entered Jerusalem... 
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Our Faith

Does it Make Any Difference What We Believe?

// Jun 17th, 2013
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit! Today, on this Sunday, the Holy Fathers have established the commemoration of the First Ecumenical Council. The Gospel we heard... 
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Personal Experience

What Language is This?

// May 23rd, 2013
In this excerpt from his memoir, Unlearning God, R. Leo Olson describes his conversion to Orthodoxy from a Protestant fundamentalism as a process of healing from his “spiritual head injuries”... 
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New Russian Martyrs

The New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia: An Example of Great Faith and Love

// Feb 9th, 2013
Today the Holy Church celebrates the Synod of New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia, who suffered during the godless persecution of 20th century. On this day we should listen to their appeal,... 
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Orthodoxy around the World

The Patriarchal Visit to China: An Interview with Fr. Dionisy Pozdnyaev

// May 16th, 2013
His Holiness, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, conducted an official visit to China from May 10 to 15, 2013. On March 14, Pravmir spoke with Archpriest Dionisy Pozdnyaev, Rector of... 
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Photoalbum

Russian Orthodox Christians Celebrate Palm Sunday (photo report)

April 29, 2013 On April 28, Russian Orthodox Christians celebrate Palm Sunday. © RIA Novosti. Yevgeny Yepanchintsev Palm Sunday, when,...