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As I Find You, So Shall I Judge You

11 December 2009

If one believes the official reports, the murderer of Father Daniel called out, “Who here is Sysoyev?” In these words lies a challenge not only to Father Daniel, but also to everyone who has decided ...

Music in the Worship of the Church

07 December 2009

"Blessed is the Kingdom of the Father, Son, Holy Spirit ..." With these words we are invited to "come and see," to enter into and experience the foretaste of a heavenly reality, ...

Seeing Things As They Really Are

02 December 2009

So, the race is on. The decision is made. I will chase the Great American Dream for it is the only reasonable road to happiness. And if I can find some church that agrees with that, well maybe I ...

Reclaiming Christmas

27 November 2009

The day after Thanksgiving is often the busiest shopping day of the year. Stores push for record sales as more and more merchandise fills the shelves. You see, everyone is shopping for that ...

The murder of a priest in the Church is a challenge to God’s law

22 November 2009

We all must keep firmly in our mind that the way to serve Christ and His Church is always сonnected with the confession of faith and even martyrdom. The tragic death of Father Daniel should not place ...

Question on Problems Which New People Face (Part II)

17 November 2009

Things just take time. That’s perhaps something that people don’t always understand. It takes a long time even to begin to become Orthodox, especially if you’re coming from a spiritual and cultural ...

The Hidden Kingdom

12 November 2009

There is a part of us that yearns for a Kingdom, because it yearns for a King, for someone strong and personal who is in charge and cares about us. When we grew older perhaps we forgot about the ...

Shepherd of the Flock: not Butcher

09 November 2009

Frustration with our own failures in the spiritual life has led us to the delusion that if we look authentically Orthodox, that if we have the correct icons, singing, fasting and services, then ...

Church and Prison

08 November 2009

Unfortunately, from a certain point in time onwards, our society became imbued with an "imported" moralistic mentality; because of this, the broadly accepted view is that the "bad ...

Stolen Souls

06 November 2009

I remember as a kid often saying to my parents, "Hey! I didn’t choose to be here, you know." It was my cute teenage way of putting the blame for my questionable behavior on the ones who did ...

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