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Cremation versus the Orthodox Practice of Burial
Abbot Tryphon
5 October 2013
The first time I ever attended a funeral service where cremation of the body of the deceased had taken place was in Portland, Oregon, many years ago. An Episcopal priest friend had died and had reques... 
Three Browncoat Meditations
Fr. Lawrence R. Farley
2 October 2013
Under my black cassock, I am wearing a brown coat. Not literally, of course, but certainly metaphorically. That is, I am an unapologetic fan, defender, and devotee of the TV series Firefly. My fami...
Encomium on the Conception of John the Baptist (part 3)
Saint Sophronios of Jerusalem
27 September 2013
And so John was begotten in the womb of his holy mother, who was endowed with the gift of prophecy, by a priest and prophet father who was adorned with a thousand and one shining virtues and especiall...
Encomium on the Conception of John the Baptist (part 2)
Saint Sophronios of Jerusalem
25 September 2013
This venerable elder and priest not only believed in the Law, but taught it to others, as well. He still belonged among those who were awaiting the Messiah to comfort and save the people of Israel, a...
Charitable Works Abolish Death!
Saint John Chrysostom
24 September 2013
Their power is so great that they not only cleanse sins but even do away with death itself. Let me explain how.
And who, someone might claim, has become greater than death through charity? Don’t worr...
Encomium on the Conception of John the Baptist (part 1)
23 September 2013
Let us talk of the wonderful conception of the Honourable Forerunner- since it could stand as the beginning of the whole narrative- and put in order what we are triumphantly about to mention, insofar ...
On the Precious and Life-Giving Cross – 2
Saint Joseph the Confessor
21 September 2013
g) Hail, Cross, the dwelling-place and residence of monastics; you who elevate to spiritual heights those who truly love you and make them citizens of heaven and angels on earth, banishers of demons ...
Α Βrand New Cruiser for Holy Mount Athos!
19 September 2013
The new, state-of-the-art, cruiser “Panayia” (Our Most Holy Lady) belonging to Athonite Lines essentially opens a new portal of entry on the northern side of the Holy Mountain, since its great stabili...
Saint Anastasios the Weaver from Peristerona, Cyprus
18 September 2013
Leontios Makhairas, the 15th century chronicler, reports that Saint Anastasios was one of the 300 clergymen and lay people who fled to Cyprus from Jerusalem, in 638, in order to escape the wrath of t...
