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Memento Mori
The Bible says that to avoid sin, remember death. “In all you do, remember the end of your life, and you will never sin.” – Sirach 7:36 The phrase originated in ancient Rome: as a Roman general was...
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A Christian’s Perpetual Battle
By Archimandrite Luka of Dajbabe (+ February 8, 2013) I think that if a Christian tells himself that he’s a contemporary Christian, he’s already losing the battle. He should remember that he’s a...
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“The Lord Showed Me the Way In the Afternoon of my Life”
It’s never too late to obey your conscience. Mikhail Kalashnikov, designer of the legendary AK-47 assault rifle, turned to the head of the Russian Orthodox Church in the months before his death to...
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Ukraine
One would hardly know it from the lack of media coverage in the United States, but violent clashes between police and protesters have been erupting in Kiev, Ukraine this week. All of this, however,...
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Do You Love Someone With Depression?
This article is geared towards ‘partners’, but applies equally well to any loved one who struggles with depression. Since most people feel powerless to help (and therefore do nothing), I thought these...
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The Disposition of the Body at Prayer
by Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev) In the prayer practice of the Early Church, various poses, gestures, and bodily positions were used. People prayed standing, or kneeling in the so-called position of...
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A Cold Age
by Fr. Lawrence Farley One of the benefits of reading history is that it enables one to compare one’s own era with other eras, and so identify the blind spots of former times and as well as the blind...
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On Cassocks
by Elder Paisios – Geronda, there is this expression, “Is it really the cassock that makes the priest?” Well, think of two olive trees, one with leaves and the other without. Which one do you prefer?...
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I Tried So Hard…
by C.S. Lewis “No man knows how bad he is till he has tried very hard to be good.” Source: “Mere Christianity” Along the same line, here is what St. Paul has to say; For I do not understand my own...
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Orthodox Christians Must Now Learn To Live as Exiles in Our Own Country
Rod Dreher is a senior editor and blogger at The American Conservative. Voting Republican and other failed culture war strategies are not going to save us now No, the sky is not falling — not yet,...
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Memento Mori
The Bible says that to avoid sin, remember death. “In all you do, remember the end of your life, and you will never sin.” – Sirach 7:36 The phrase originated in ancient Rome: as a Roman general was...
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A Christian’s Perpetual Battle
By Archimandrite Luka of Dajbabe (+ February 8, 2013) I think that if a Christian tells himself that he’s a contemporary Christian, he’s already losing the battle. He should remember that he’s a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
“The Lord Showed Me the Way In the Afternoon of my Life”
It’s never too late to obey your conscience. Mikhail Kalashnikov, designer of the legendary AK-47 assault rifle, turned to the head of the Russian Orthodox Church in the months before his death to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Ukraine
One would hardly know it from the lack of media coverage in the United States, but violent clashes between police and protesters have been erupting in Kiev, Ukraine this week. All of this, however,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Do You Love Someone With Depression?
This article is geared towards ‘partners’, but applies equally well to any loved one who struggles with depression. Since most people feel powerless to help (and therefore do nothing), I thought these...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Disposition of the Body at Prayer
by Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev) In the prayer practice of the Early Church, various poses, gestures, and bodily positions were used. People prayed standing, or kneeling in the so-called position of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Cold Age
by Fr. Lawrence Farley One of the benefits of reading history is that it enables one to compare one’s own era with other eras, and so identify the blind spots of former times and as well as the blind...
View ArticleClik here to view.
On Cassocks
by Elder Paisios – Geronda, there is this expression, “Is it really the cassock that makes the priest?” Well, think of two olive trees, one with leaves and the other without. Which one do you prefer?...
View ArticleClik here to view.
I Tried So Hard…
by C.S. Lewis “No man knows how bad he is till he has tried very hard to be good.” Source: “Mere Christianity” Along the same line, here is what St. Paul has to say; For I do not understand my own...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Orthodox Christians Must Now Learn To Live as Exiles in Our Own Country
Rod Dreher is a senior editor and blogger at The American Conservative. Voting Republican and other failed culture war strategies are not going to save us now No, the sky is not falling — not yet,...
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