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The Beginning of the Ecclesiastical New Year

01 September 2008

The culture in which we live is obsessed with time. While we are offered “time-saving” devices and methods of every sort, we often find that our days are filled with rushing from one event and ...

Orthodox Controversies?

29 August 2008

The following fifteen years have been devastating to the peace of most American churches. People who have lived through these battles are battered and worn. And yet - unbelievably enough — Orthodoxy ...

Western Europeans in Search of Truth. The Nativity of the Mother of God Convent, Asten, the Netherlands

25 August 2008

The sunsets and sunrises in this rural, southern part of Holland emanate mystical shades of effervescent pink, a manifestation which has drawn many an artist to these lowlands. And if one were to ...

MELETI WITH YOUNG PEOPLE IN THESSALONIKI, GREECE

21 August 2008

In the beginning you like somebody very much and you have a strong sexual attraction to the person. People often think that this is love, but it is not. It is a natural physical attraction and when ...

Embracing Love

19 August 2008

The “More Spacious than the Heavens” icon is very prominent in an Orthodox church., perhaps because it expresses some of our Faith’s core beliefs, principally the willingness of our Mother, the ...

The Feast of Transfiguration of Our Lord

17 August 2008

Besides the fundamental meaning which the event of the Transfiguration has in the context of the life and mission of Christ, and in addition to the theme of the glory of God which is revealed in all ...

Living the Traditional Orthodox Life

14 August 2008

Traditional Orthodox life is also a life of suffering love, and this is most difficult for North Americans to accept. Even though we are familiar with suffering, we do all that we can to avoid it ...

The Fast of the Holy Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos

13 August 2008

During this time of the Holy Dormition Fast, we remember the repose of our Lord Jesus Christ’s mother, the ever-blessed Virgin Mary. Some may wonder why we would have this fasting period prior to ...

SUNDAY’S CHILD AND DEATH, Part 1

12 August 2008

Like Timmy's mother, many adults often find that explaining the death of a relative or friend to children is not an easy thing to do. It's difficult to know what to say and how to say it so ...

The Orthodox Christian Marriage

10 August 2008

Nowadays, of course, our society considers children more of a nuisance than a blessing, and many couples wait one, two, three, or even more years before they have a child. Indeed, some decide never ...

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