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So they die Elder Christoforos Grigoriatis 2 May 2017 Ignoring God is apostasy and separation from Him. And when people are separated from God, they’re separated from the love which is God. So they die. People really live ‘now and for ever and unto the...
A Rose inside the Gates Melinda Johnson 2 May 2017 Before my conversion to Orthodoxy, if I thought of monasteries at all, my thoughts were dark, a little horrified by images from western history, badly researched movies, and general ignorance. As I ...
The meaning of repentance Saint John of the Ladder 1 May 2017 Repentance means the renewal of baptism, an agreement with God to turn over a new leaf. Repentance means reconciliation with the Lord through works of virtue, rather than continuing in our transgres...
The God of the New Testament in the Old Testament (part 4) Archimandrite Vassilios Papavassiliou 1 May 2017 “As the flame blazed up from the altar toward heaven, the angel of the Lord ascended in the flame. Seeing this, Manoah and his wife fell with their faces to the ground. When the angel of the Lord did ...
It’s the rudder Elder Iosif Vatopaidinos 30 April 2017 Discernment is a gift of the Holy Spirit, which is given as a prize to those who meticulously observe their conscience, to those who meticulously keep the divine commandments. Discernment is also th...
The Theology of Gender – 14. Canon Law & Civil Law Sofia Matzarioti-Kostara 30 April 2017 The whole series can be read here: The Theology of Gender One should not approach the canons of the Church in the same way as the civil laws since neither are the canons mere legal statements n...
The Myrrh-Bearing Women 30 April 2017 Fr. Stanley Harakas It was to the Myrrh-Bearing Women that the news of Christ’s Resurrection was first given. It was to them that Christ first appeared in the flesh. It was to them that the honor fe...
Our Thoughts Determine Our Lives: the Life And Teachings of Elder Thaddeus of Vitovnica Emma Cazabonne 30 April 2017 MY THOUGHTS ABOUT “OUR THOUGHTS” I went one Sunday to a very small Russian Orthodox parish inWisconsin, in fact like a family parish, in a church built by the priest on his own property. The chur...
Free yourself Saint Nilos the Ascetic 29 April 2017 When Moses went to approach the bush in flames, he had to free himself of his footwear. But we often go to pray to God without freeing ourselves of our wicked thoughts....
The First of His Miracles Fr. Lawrence R. Farley 29 April 2017 The Wedding at Cana In the Gospel of John, we read that Christ attended a wedding in Cana of Galilee along with His disciples, and that His Mother was there too.  When the wine gave out, she asked H...
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