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UNPLEASANT DIAGNOSIS. The First Step to Sainthood.

10 November 2009

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 ...

On Tomatoes and the Spiritual Life

26 October 2009

Archpriest Michael C. Kabel

One of the biggest mistakes that people make when they examine the Parable of the Soils is to think that their lives resemble just one of the various soil conditions that Jesus describes. But the ...

Whose Life Is It Anyway?:Why We Pray The Way We Pray

21 October 2009

Now, imagine my even greater shock when I opened an Orthodox prayer-book for the first time. Again, I was confronted by the harshest self-criticism that I had ever seen. Men like St. Ephraim, who ...

Economy and Canon Law

16 October 2009

Edward Moore

As Christians, we must respect the fact that not all of our fellow human beings are inclined toward the Christian life. The challenge, for us, is to respect and even love those who have different ...

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