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The Art of God Incarnate

19 November 2009

To be deified, to experience theosis, is not to become powerful, as power is normally understood. Christianity is curious in this way. Its understanding of the divine is rooted in the life and ...

Patriarch Pavle of Serbia Reposed in the Lord

15 November 2009

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His Holiness, Patriarch Pavle, is a unique phenomenon for our times; therefore, of course, it would be pointless to make him the measure for other patriarchs, just as it would be, for example, to ...

The Orthodox Marriage Ceremony: Why It Is The Way It Is

13 November 2009

Archpriest Andrew Harrison

UNPLEASANT DIAGNOSIS. The First Step to Sainthood.

10 November 2009

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It never occurs to us that we might end up outside the Kingdom of Heaven. On the contrary, we think that we will definitely be there, at least somewhere in the 'corner' of heaven. I may not ...

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 ...

Almond Joy Orthodoxy

04 November 2009

Archpriest John Moses

Sitting in a MacDonald’s or walking in a Home Depot, people will ask me who I am and why do I dress this way. Entering into a conversation, I always invite them to Church. Sometimes, they end up ...

Disease and Holy Communion

03 November 2009

The dean of the Romanian archdiocese in France recently published a document that brought this question to a head. Taking into consideration recommendations made by several medical professionals, he ...

On Reverence

29 October 2009

It is unrealistic to make people attend regular church services during the week. I agree that many people, at least in our parish, take their communion quite regularly now. For all that, we ...

The Seven-Day Commemoration In The Orthodox Church “The Week: A Seven Day Holiday”

27 October 2009

Metropolitan Irenaius of Kisamou and Selinou, Crete

The two words betrayer and betrayal are resentful and abominable in any language. If on this day we find time to think of our Lord's betrayal, we ourselves could avoid our daily betrayals. We ...

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