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Orthodox Witness in France. On the Unity of Orthodoxy Fr. Pierre Deschamps 10 September 2014 One issue faced by Orthodox Churches is that of the different nationalities and languages of the faithful, which, in certain circumstances, results in ethnophyletism. Is this danger of the fragmentati...
The Holy Relics of Saints Joachim and Anna 9 September 2014 The treasury of the Holy Metropoly of Tamasós and Oreini from Cyprus shelters the holy relics of the Saints  Joachim and Anna. The reliquary is often sent to various places in Greece and ot...
OCN and Pemptousia Announce Strategic Partnership 4 September 2014 Athens and Ft Lauderdale (September 3, 2014) — On Wednesday, Pemptousia and the Orthodox Christian Network announced a strategic partnership to begin sharing and promoting each other’s content. The...
The Kelli of Saint George at the Vatopaidan Skete of Colciu – 2 4 September 2014 Latterly, Frs. Dionysios, John and Pierre were joined by another monk, who was given the name Gedeon. He’d been to America and had worked in a factory in Philadelphia or Milwaukee, so he spoke some En...
Abortion as a form of genocide – 2 Archimandrite Ephraim, Abbot of the Vatopaidi Monastery 3 September 2014 We understand the temptations and challenges of our day, which offer carnal pleasure to people all too easily. Pre-marital and extra-marital relationships are deemed to be normal, whereas in fact they...
The Kelli of Saint George at the Vatopaidan Skete of Colciu – 1 2 September 2014 As I mentioned in a recent article on Elder Gedeon, I’ve been acquainted with this kelli for some time, since shortly after Elder Gedeon’s death. I was introduced, indirectly, by my wife and daughter,...
The beginning of the Church Year Fr. Lev Gillet 1 September 2014 The Byzantine liturgical year begins on 1 September. A brief inspection of the texts read at the services for this day indicates the internal attitude which the Church wishes to inculcate in us at t...
Joshua Theodore Rokas 1 September 2014 When the Israelites were on the verge of entering and conquering the promised land, under the leadership of Moses, the latter called the people to remind them of the events of the Exodus from the ti...
The Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: The New Ecclesiastical Year 1 September 2014 + BARTHOLOMEW By God’s Mercy, Archbishop of Constantinople-New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch To the Entire Church: Grace and Peace from the Creator, Sustainer and Governor of all Creation, our L...
Monk Gedeon of Kolitsou 30 August 2014 He was born in Gadintsi, Moldavia (Romania), in 1894, into a Christian family, and his name was Gheorghe   Chelaru. His father, Constantine, was a reader at the local church. He attended the first fou...
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