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An Orthodox Christian in the NFL

10 January 2009

First of all, I’m a Christian so my prayer life really comes first. Second of all, I’m a husband so my wife comes before anything else. If I have time to do anything else after that, I do it, but I ...

His Holiness Patriarch Pavel – ON PRAYER

09 January 2009

There is nothing more precious in man’s life than prayer. It makes the impossible, possible; it makes the difficult, easy; the uncomfortable, it makes comfortable. Prayer is as important to man’s ...

Meditations on the Nativity of Christ

05 January 2009

Our faith is not ‘neat’. It does not accommodate itself to human categories of thought. It cannot be explained or contained by philosophical arguments. But neither can love. Love cannot be explained ...

Nativity

05 January 2009

Since He is always present, always near at hand, to come to Him means to direct our hearts and minds to Him, to attend to Him, to pay attention to Him. We don’t have to make a long journey as the ...

Me, You and the Other Guy

04 January 2009

America has the strange phenomenon of increased Church attendance usually accompanying times of prosperity. Many other nations, particularly several I can think of in Europe (modern Ireland stands ...

The Great Idea of God

01 January 2009

Now in this extraordinary discussion over twenty-five centuries there are four main questions that have been raised and debated. The first is, does God exist? The second is, what is God's ...

How We Worship: the Struggle of the American Experience

31 December 2008

We live in the United States of America at the beginning of the 21st century. We are a product of a modern secularized society that prides itself on individual rights. There are many wonderful things ...

Freedom of Thought in the Orthodox Church

22 December 2008

I do not wish to consider the actual question of my own particular case. I will only try to explain to you the general principles of freedom in the Orthodox Church. Can freedom of thought exist in a ...

“Prayer without Ceasing” is necessary for all Christians

19 December 2008

At first it may appear very difficult to you, but be assured, as it were from Almighty God, that this very name of our Lord Jesus Christ, constantly invoked by you, will help you to overcome all ...

Communion Hospitality

18 December 2008

Permission to receive the sacraments in the Orthodox Church has nothing to do with hospitality, although some may see it that way. The root of the question centers on the importance of doctrine. The ...

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