Sacraments

Confession: The Sacrament of Repentance and Reconciliation

14 April 2011

Sometimes people come to Confession purely to discuss their spiritual development, but again this misses the point of Confession as the Sacrament of Repentance. Perhaps some people do this because ...

The Theology of Christian Marriage

21 October 2010

Deacon Stephen Hayes

There was a saying that was common a few years back that illustrates this: “A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle”. This rejects the idea of “bone of my bone, flesh of my flesh” ...

The Body and Blood of Christ

23 December 2009

Monk Raphael (Forshay)

Those of us fortunate enough to be nourished frequently by the Holy Liturgy will perhaps find it difficult to recall just how strange it is to aspire, and indeed be commanded, to eat of the Body and ...

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

13 November 2009

Archpriest Andrew Harrison

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 ...

But, What about Communion in a Time of Illness?

07 September 2009

Priest Ernesto Obregon

That same question came up when the HIV virus was first identified as causing AIDS. It comes up in the USA every time that something starts making the rounds. And, it keeps coming back despite the ...

Personal Integrity and the Closed Chalice

25 August 2009

Prist Steven C. Salaris

One of the most difficult and sensitive areas that our clergy must deal with when non-Orthodox attend the Divine Liturgy is the "closed chalice." This refers to the teaching and practice of ...

You are what you eat

06 August 2009

The interrelationship between the Christian community and the Christian is a reality that is often overlooked or downplayed. When this happens we grow accustomed to thinking that "my" ...

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 ...

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News

28 June

All-night vigil at Sihla Monastery marking Saint Theodora’s 30th canonization anniversary

Metropolitan Tikhon Presides at 15th Annual Diaconal Liturgical Practicum

27 June

Bălți Diocese Opens Educational Center for Ukrainian Refugee Children

Patriarchal congratulation on the centenary of the Archdiocese of Western European Parishes of Russian Tradition

25 June

'The post-Roe generation': Pro-lifers set their eyes on heartbeat bills, chemical abortion bans

Supreme Court Overturns Roe v. Wade in Mississippi Abortion Ruling

24 June

Utah Church Prepares, Welcomes All for Consecration

23 June

His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos III and bishops of the Russian Church Abroad attend a concert marking the 150th anniversary of the birth of Sergei Rachmaninoff in Jerusalem

Hierarch of the Jerusalem Patriarchate Speaks in Support of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill

22 June

1600 Children Baptized in Tbilisi with the Blessing of Patriarch Ilia

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