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Fathers

08 March 2010

The role of fathers in Orthodox women's lives is an integral one. We worship the Father, Son and Holy Spirit and we seek to be well pleasing to God. We know that God and His Holy Will for us is ...

On the Love of Enemies: the Teaching of St. Silouan

03 March 2010

Although it is natural and usual to love those who love us and to do good to those who do good to us (Mt 5:46-47; Lk 6:32-33), to love our enemies is distasteful to our nature. One can say that it ...

The Impatient Patient

25 February 2010

I’m growing to realize that I can’t have a good relationship with anyone else unless I also (first?) have a good relationship with God. So, how am I supposed to better develop my personal ...

A Lenten Look at Liturgical Music

22 February 2010

One's favorite liturgical music setting, in fact, can become nothing more than whatever reflects that person's tastes and how well the setting has been sung by the cantors or choir. And, ...

Patriarch Kirill blessed Russian Paralympians

19 February 2010

Patriarch Kirill blessed the Russian Paralympic team on the eve of their departure to Vancouver

When We are no Longer Ethnic

11 February 2010

What will happen to our churches when a majority of the membership does not have an ethnic lineage similar to the ethnic jurisdiction to which the church belongs? This phenomenon in the Orthodox ...

Prayer and the Departed Saints

06 February 2010

What happens when a believer dies? Does his or her spirit go immediately to heaven? Are the souls of the dead conscious? Are they actively involved in what is going on around them, or do they remain ...

To Convert or Not to Convert?

03 February 2010

No priestly act is of more far-reaching consequence than a conversion to Orthodoxy. It crucially determines for all time the convert's personal status, his marital rights and restrictions as ...

A Pilgrimage to Orthodox Georgia

28 January 2010

Georgia is a country that is often overlooked or only very briefly dealt with in English-language publications about Orthodoxy, but it is a country that can teach us a great deal about our Faith. It ...

The Hymnographic Contribution of the Antiochian Orthodox Church to the Byzantine Liturgical System During the Sixth and Seventh Centuries

26 January 2010

During the Sixth and Seventh centuries, which combined are considered the second stage of the foundation of Church hymnography, there arose from within the Antiochian Patriarchate many famous ...

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