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Historical and Liturgical Aspects of the Sacraments of Baptism and Chrismation in the Byzantine Tradition

08 November 2008

This paper has as its aim, the tracing of the historical development of the principal elements of the liturgical order of the sacraments of Baptism and Chrismation

Don’t Sweat the Temporal Stuff

07 November 2008

At the orphanage in Shanghai one day, a nun of St. John Maximovitch’s came to her wits’ end. A woman of great faith and trust under normal circumstances, she just couldn’t take it any more. She was ...

ETERNAL QUESTIONS: ON HEAVEN AND HELL

29 October 2008

A simple judgment, an angry thought or unclean movement of the heart, an empty word, is war against the Holy Spirit. It is an insult to heavenly grace, and if the sin remains unrepeated, God will ...

CONVERSION

28 October 2008

In real conversion, a person is turned around and left permanently facing God. For such a person the presence of the risen Christ is the very essence of life. He is as much "in Christ" as ...

Orthodoxy and its Future

24 October 2008

Most Orthodox, converts included, tend to think of the Faith as something very eastern, very Russian or perhaps Greek, or Byzantine. Actually, this is correct only as far as it goes. But if asked, ...

What Was Christ Writing on the Ground?

21 October 2008

Then the legislator of morality and human conduct stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not (John 8:6). What did the Lord write in the dust? The Evangelist ...

The gift of Orthodoxy

17 October 2008

We stood there for over three hours and finally about 4 am, left and made our way back to our hotel. The service was not finished but we just felt unable to keep standing anymore. Bright Monday, the ...

Junk food for the soul

16 October 2008

Television is an almost precise spiritual equivalent of junk food. The entire content of its programming is unedifying, un-nourishing, opposed to sound mental and emotional health, and filled with ...

Homily for the feast of the Protection of the Holy Mother of God

13 October 2008

The feast of the Protection of the Mother of God shows us the union of these two worlds. Actually, most miraculous here is not the vision itself, of the Mother of God and all the saints praying for ...

Patriots, Politics the Passions

10 October 2008

Our political system has been reduced to the repetitious choosing of the lesser of evils: yes, I believe that is true and it needs to change. In addition, our society in many ways has basically ...

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