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Asceticism: the Bridge between Marriage and Monasticism in Orthodox Spirituality

26 July 2009

Many married and single converts feel that a definite ceiling is placed on their spirituality: as ‘lay’ people living according to a ‘lower’ calling in the world, less is required of them ...

Putting on Christ

24 July 2009

Archbishop Seraphim of Ottawa and Canada

Anyone who loves and respects another person tries to emulate—to be like—that person. I remember in my own childhood wanting to be like a respected teacher, to be like a respected pastor. It is all ...

Where God Walked on Earth

23 July 2009

Archimandrite Vasilios (Bassakyros)

Anyone who has visited St. Catherine’s Monastery on the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt, can attest to the remoteness of its location. From Cairo, it takes between 6-9 hours depending upon the means of ...

Everyday Saints: To Be or Not To Be

22 July 2009

At a recent retreat for the women of the parish, I learned that St. Theophan the Recluse wrote that a hermit has a harder time making progress with instinctive, deep-rooted sin than a person who ...

Freedom and Discipline in Orthodox Worship

17 July 2009

Militza Zernov

Freedom? - Yes, but what kind of freedom? One is bound to discover that the freedom of behaviour at Orthodox services is not a freedom of personal improvisation or conjecture, but stems from an ...

Orthodox Tradition Yesterday and Today

15 July 2009

We today tend to lose sight of the full significance of baptism, but for early Christians it marked the decisive moment in their lives. Baptism was not a single event but rather an entire process of ...

Faith Alone and Faith and Works in the Scriptures An Orthodox Christian Approach

14 July 2009

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So, if James 2:24 is the only place in the New Testament where the phrase "faith alone" is actually used and it has the opposite meaning than what is normally given it by, for example, many ...

Men and Church

12 July 2009

In a time when churches of every description are faced with Vanishing Male Syndrome, men are showing up at Eastern Orthodox churches in numbers that, if not numerically impressive, are ...

The False Teaching about the “Seven Sacraments”

10 July 2009

Hieromonk Taras Kurgansky

All theologically educated people know that in the language of Holy Scripture and of Orthodox Christian patristic works, the expression `Mystery' does not have a sacramental sense, which is ...

Not for Lightweights

08 July 2009

Last Sunday was the 4th of 13 in my sabbatical time. Each of them is precious to me. Each week I am choosing a place and a way to worship. I’m not a church tourist, hoping to see new things. I’m ...

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