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If the Second Coming of our Lord should be soon
Bishop Isaiah of Denver
22 August 2016
For approximately 2,000 years, the Church of our Lord Jesus Christ has continued uninterruptedly in the world according to His promise. If He should return today, would He recognize His Bride, the Chu... 
There’s not much
Elder Tadej Vitovničk
21 August 2016
The love which the world gives consists of pain and thralldom, because the evil demons involve themselves with it. There’s only a small amount of real love. For the most part it’s simply enslavement. ...
The Gagauz of Moldava and Ukraine
21 August 2016
The Gagauz are Turkish-speaking Orthodox Christian populations with obvious Balkan cultural and physical characteristics. They start to appear in historical sources only during the period around the e...
Worthy submission
Saint Theophan the Recluse
20 August 2016
How do we please God? By observing His commandments, that is if we submit to His holy will, His law, which saves, rather than submitting to the passions which destroy the soul.
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Multi-Faith Europe and Orthodoxy (Part IIΙ)
Archbishop Anastasios of Tirana
20 August 2016
3. The problem of the relations between Christians and people of other religions is much more complicated. In general it has two facets. The first is practical: the need to co-exist with people of oth...
It’s a hidden secret.
Saint Mark the Ascetic
19 August 2016
The perfection of Christ’s law-giving is hidden secretly behind His Cross, that is in our total sacrifice for the love we have for Christ and our neighbor.
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Back to the Catacombs
Fr. Lawrence R. Farley
19 August 2016
Fr. Alexander Schmemann, in his essay “A Meaningful Storm”, described the history of the Church as consisting of a series of layers.
The earliest layer (and most fundamental, I would suggest) is th...
The Orthodox Church of Finland
19 August 2016
The Finnish Orthodox Church (Finnish: Suomen ortodoksinen kirkko; Swedish: Finska Ortodoxa Kyrkan) is an autonomous Orthodox archdiocese of the Patriarchate of Constantinople. The Church has a legal p...
The three ways
Saint Porfyrios Kavsolkalyvitis
18 August 2016
There are three ways in the spiritual life. The first is to have an illness. The second is to set about all your tasks cheerfully. The third is to have an Elder to whom you’re obedient. This last has...
A Western World in Need of Christ
Abbot Tryphon
18 August 2016
Mosque in Detroit
The western world has entered a period of decadence and decline, departing far from her Christian roots. With the European Union denying the historical and cultural Christian herit...
