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The Apostles Fast

The Apostles Fast

Questions and Answers on the Apostles’ Fast

The Apostles’ Fast and Theology

Strengthening Our Faith: on the Beginning of the Apostles’ Fast

How Should We Observe the Apostles’ Fast?

Prayer, Feasts, and Fasts

What is the Apostles Fast?

The Rhythm of the Church Calls Us to a More Human Way of Living: On the Apostles’ Fast

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Why do We Fast? by Fr. Paul Coats
The Fast: Ten Beneficial and Ten Harmful Things by Fr. Andrei Efanov
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Fasting for Non-Monastics by Fr. Sergei Sveshnikov

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28 June

All-night vigil at Sihla Monastery marking Saint Theodora’s 30th canonization anniversary

Metropolitan Tikhon Presides at 15th Annual Diaconal Liturgical Practicum

27 June

Bălți Diocese Opens Educational Center for Ukrainian Refugee Children

Patriarchal congratulation on the centenary of the Archdiocese of Western European Parishes of Russian Tradition

25 June

'The post-Roe generation': Pro-lifers set their eyes on heartbeat bills, chemical abortion bans

Supreme Court Overturns Roe v. Wade in Mississippi Abortion Ruling

24 June

Utah Church Prepares, Welcomes All for Consecration

23 June

His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos III and bishops of the Russian Church Abroad attend a concert marking the 150th anniversary of the birth of Sergei Rachmaninoff in Jerusalem

Hierarch of the Jerusalem Patriarchate Speaks in Support of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill

22 June

1600 Children Baptized in Tbilisi with the Blessing of Patriarch Ilia

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Bishops of the Russian Church Abroad are received by His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem and All Palestine

Metropolitan Joseph Concludes Visits in Boston with Elevation

In pictures: Sunday of Saint Gregory Palamas marked in Thessaloniki

Procession With Relics of St. Demetrios in Thessaloniki (VIDEO)

(VIDEO)Celebrating 5 years of Byzanfest International Orthodox Film Festival

“The New Testament” Video Resources Available from St. George, Charleston

Fire Broke Out in the Cathedral of the Annunciation of the Theotokos in Sydney

French Saxophonist Ordained a Priest for Orthodox Parish in Louveciennes

Romanians Offered Bulgarians a Second Vestment of St. Paraskeva and 30 Tons of Food

Patriarch Kirill Consecrates Restored St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Volgograd

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Family Life and Spiritual Warfare

Family Life and Spiritual Warfare

Archpriest Michael Gillis

Someone recently wrote me the following: Can you please give us a word regarding the topic of “how to overcome thoughts of pride…

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Starting Again At The Beginning

Starting Again At The Beginning

Fr. James Guirguis

Last week we celebrated the Sunday of All Saints and we rejoiced in the work of the Holy Spirit in the lives of…

On the Shoulders of Giants

On the Shoulders of Giants

Archpriest John Moses

Orthodoxy has no “cult of the saints.” We don’t “put them on a pedestal” and treat them like some kind of spiritual anomaly,…

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Our Faith

The Forgotten Virtue of Stability

The Forgotten Virtue of Stability

Hieromonk Gabriel

The Savior of the Hopeless, or Is It Possible to Be a Good Person and Not Be Saved?

The Savior of the Hopeless, or Is It Possible to Be a Good Person and Not Be Saved?

Alexander Tkachenko

What Is Rejected Becomes the Cornerstone

What Is Rejected Becomes the Cornerstone

Archpriest John Moses

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On the Shoulders of Giants

On the Shoulders of Giants

Archpriest John Moses

Orthodoxy has no “cult of the saints.” We don’t “put them on a pedestal” and treat them like some kind of spiritual anomaly,…

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We Value Life

Priest Luke A. Veronis

A Reflection on the Supreme Court Ruling Overturning Roe v Wade

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Kyrylo Myazha

Pilgrimage to Nine Cross by English Speaking Orthodox Community of Tbilisi

Kyrylo Myazha

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Metropolitan George (Khodr) of Mount Lebanon

Be Bearers of Light

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Archpriest Michael Gillis

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