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Notes of a Pilgrim on the Glorification of St. John of Shanghai and San Francisco, 1994

03 July 2009

After the singing of the psalms, the Cathedral was absolutely silent. Everyone's attention was focused on the sarcophagus. First His Eminence Metropolitan Vitaly removed the cloth from the icon ...

Personal Reminiscences of Father Seraphim Rose

26 June 2009

Once, when we were walking somewhere on the monastery grounds, I asked him, "Fr. Seraphim, what's your favorite icon of the Mother of God?" (That's the kind of question converts ...

Prayer: The Test of Everything

21 June 2009

In the Orthodox Church we are taught that the life of faith is dependent upon progress in prayer. Those who grow in the grace of God thus do so because their prayer is genuine, while those who “lose ...

The Feast of All Saints of Russia

20 June 2009

Sanctity in the holy Church of Christ did not end in some long-ago century, but has always persevered, and is set as a standard for our own lives here and now. Sanctity did not stop with the ...

Sunday of All Saints

13 June 2009

The key, as we Orthodox have always known, is that faith is found not in our words, but in our actions. We live our confession of Christ, we do not simply speak it. A saint is someone who lives ...

The Spiritual Guide in Orthodox Christianity (Part I)

10 June 2009

More important than all possible books if we are climbing a mountain for the first time, we need to follow a known route; and we also need to have with us, as companion and guide, someone who has ...

What To Do About A Bad Priest

07 June 2009

We had a good priest; but he was transferred to another parish. In his place came another, who is a grief to the soul. In his serving the services, he is careless and hurried; when conversations ...

Literature, Culture and the Western Soul

03 June 2009

Instead of running away from our culture, or trying to deny its power in us, we must face it squarely and understand its essence and origin. This is the first step in forming an Orthodox world view, ...

Encounter

02 June 2009

So often, missions believe that they have to have some grand plan to bring in the people. There is a need for programs, lecture series a whole host of activities. Yet the actual reality is that the ...

Liturgy and Space

31 May 2009

When one enters a great church, one’s experience of the space is inevitably a transcendent one, humbling even the faithless people. One stands in awe of God’s glory ever-present among men, and ...

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