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Acceptance into the Orthodox Church

10 September 2009

I have been asked: "How do we accept individuals into the Orthodox Faith?" Should we "rebaptize?" Must everyone be "chrismated?" Is it enough "only to hear their ...

There Is No Awe Without Penitence

08 September 2009

When a person starts going to church, they treat everything connected with church life with wonder, care, love and awe. Their prayer goes from the inside, from their innermost feelings. Awe. It ...

What do we mean by ‘True Christian’?

06 September 2009

When we consider the beliefs of the Protestants, they ALL fall short of the Orthodox faith; they are ALL deformations of the faith and therefore spiritually dangerous. But this says nothing at all ...

On Standing in Church

04 September 2009

Did you know that all Orthodox Christians, east and west, always stood until the 16th century Protestant Reformation? Protestantism replaced the altar as the focus of sacramental life, with the ...

The Mother of God of the Sign

01 September 2009

This image reminds me of the comment often made in pro-life circles that "If wombs had windows, there would be no more abortion." The Mother of God of the Sign is an ancient representation ...

Tender Love and the Dormition

26 August 2009

I was thinking about this because of the feast of the Dormition, thinking about Mary as an elderly woman, and what the end of her life was like. She must have been quite old by then. We never picture ...

Children with Special Needs and the Orthodox Christian Family

24 August 2009

The initial response of parents and the broader community to a child with birth defects is guilt and embarrassment. Unthinkingly, we ask the question which the disciples asked of Jesus: who sinned ...

You Get What You Need

11 August 2009

I am beginning to learn that no one person can be everything that I need in my life, and that some of the things that I need have to come from within me or from the support of other people ...

The Ascetic Podvig of Living in the World

09 August 2009

The situation of an Orthodox person, an Orthodox Christian who lives in the contemporary world, may be described, without any exaggeration, as extremely difficult. The whole of present-day life, in ...

You are what you eat

06 August 2009

The interrelationship between the Christian community and the Christian is a reality that is often overlooked or downplayed. When this happens we grow accustomed to thinking that "my" ...

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