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Images of the Good Shepherd : Icons or not?

04 May 2009

In recent years in the Orthodox Church, what has been termed by some as a “new” icon has emerged, and become very popular with many people. It is an icon of Christ the Good Shepherd. All one has to ...

Metropolitan Jonah of All America and Canada: “It takes personal sacrifice to be an Orthodox Christian”

03 May 2009

We have to churchify our lifestyle and to bring our life into conformity with Jesus Christ and the Gospel. And this is the great strength of Orthodoxy. This is not about simply believing in the ...

About Communion

30 April 2009

All too often, the modern ecumenical rhetoric seeks to minimize our differences by saying that they are only “skin-deep,” or that we are all climbing toward the same mountain top, albeit from a ...

Why We Pray For The Dead

27 April 2009

Priest David F. Abramtsov

Just as we love and respect our living brethren, so do we love and respect those of our brethren who have departed this life. We express our love for our departed friends and relatives through ...

Prayer for the Dead

Prayer for the Dead

27 April 2009

Hieromonk Seraphim (Rose)

Therefore, we see panikhidas and prayer at home for the dead are beneficial for them, as are good deeds done in their memory, such as alms or contributions to the church. But especially beneficial ...

On How to Treat Others

On How to Treat Others

26 April 2009

People who are near you - that’s where you must toil. They are your grain field, your plot bestowed by God for you to cultivate. A person’s soul should be approached with care as if it was a ...

Break the Holy Bread, Master: A Theology of Communion Bread

15 April 2009

(Reidman) Schema-Archimandrite Avraam

In the sacral life of the Church, we may speak not only of natural bonds between humans, not only of the “gluten” inherent to humans and coming from within them, but also of the leaven of the Holy ...

The Service of Holy Unction

The Service of Holy Unction

14 April 2009

(Reidman) Schema-Archimandrite Avraam

In receiving the sacrament of Holy Unction on this, the eve of Holy Thursday, we do much more than petition God to heal us of body and soul that we may enjoy the good things of this worldly life. We ...

The Course of Forbearance for the Orthodox Christian

08 April 2009

Archpriest Dmitriy Karpenko

A sincere but inexperienced person begins to believe that the thoughts of this or that Christian or even a priest is the truth said by God. If you do not react quickly to this delusion you run the ...

Living Liturgy: the Liturgical Method of the Fathers

07 April 2009

The Deacon says to all present, “In the fear of God and with faith, draw near!” and Eucharistic participation is expected from all—if not in fact, then at least in theory. (The Fathers, being ...

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