Sermons, Lectures

As God Wills

23 March 2010

When monastic life is flourishing, it is because the Church is healthy. Small and beleaguered monasteries; monastics struggling with the wrong things, are a sign that something is wrong with our ...

Mary of Egypt, Facebook, and Dreams

19 March 2010

Archpriest Thaddaeus Hardenbrook

The Light of Christ Enlightens All!

11 March 2010

One of the most significant liturgical actions of the Great Fast takes place when, between the Old Testament readings, the Royal Doors are suddenly opened, the serving clergyman appears with a candle ...

On the Sinners in the Gospels, and Other Sinners

09 March 2010

Archbishop John (Shahovskoy)

Who, these days, has the ability to whisper the Publican’s humble prayer? We all consider ourselves to be "successful" Publicans and view all our neighbors as Pharisees. We do not repent as ...

Narrow is the Way

01 March 2010

By Archpriest Konstantine Feodoroff

How often do we hear someone say, "Well, take it easy," or "Don't work too hard." We have grown accustomed to the idea that life should be easy, that we have every right to ...

Create in Me a Clean Heart

09 February 2010

Priest Tom Tsagalakis

Infamously, February is the month of hearts, flowers and Valentine's Day wishes. So often, we see the ♥ heart symbol without giving it a second thought. This month, let us reflect on our ...

How to Live an Ecological Life in Christ

04 February 2010

Fr. Vasile Tudora

Aware or not, our acts greatly influence the people around us. Take a priest: if he does not behave properly in the parish, will his parishioner be willing to advance on the path to Christ he only ...

Dostoevsky and Memory Eternal An Eastern Orthodox Approach to the Brothers Karamazov

03 February 2010

Donald Sheehan

Central to Eastern Orthodox Christendom is the singing, at the end of every Orthodox funeral, of the song known as "Memory Eternal" (in Church Slavonic: Vechnaya Pamyat). This song also ...

The Pastoral Power of Theology: St John the Golden-Mouthed

29 January 2010

Archpriest John Behr

Theology has become an abstract, neutral discourse about God. If one looks the word up in a dictionary, one will find that the term “theology” is comprised of theos-God and logos-word/discourse and ...

The Lamb of God

19 January 2010

Fr. Ambrose Bitziadis-Bowers

We like everything to be clean and sanitary. We want the joys of life, without the pain. We want the pleasures of life, without the work. We want to enjoy the accomplishments, without learning from ...

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News

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Patriarch of Serbia to Concelebrate with Archbishop Stephen of Ohrid

Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America and New York to Be Buried in Jordanville on May 22

17 May

Patriarch Kirill: The Peoples of Russia and Ukraine Have No Interest in the Conflict

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Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America and New York Reposes in the Lord

16 May

Metropolitan Onuphry: One Needs to Search for the Truth in Spiritual Life, not Easy Ways

15 May

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