Orthodox Christianity

Wednesday, September 6/19, 2018. 17th Week after Pentecost. Fast Day.

Wine and oil allowed.

Commemoration of the Miracle of the Archangel Michael at Colossae (Chonae) (4th c.). Martyr Eudoxius, and with him Martyrs Zeno, Macarius, and 1,104 soldiers, in Melitene (311-312).

Martyrs Romulus and 11,000 others, in Armenia (ca. 107-115). St. Archippus of Hierapolis (4th c.). Martyrs Cyriacus, Faustus, Abibus, and 11 others, at Alexandria (250). Hieromartyr Cyril, bishop of Gortyna on Crete (ca. 303). St. David of Hermopolis in Egypt (6th c.).

Icon of the Mother of God of Kiev-Bratsk (1654). Icon of the Mother of God Arapet (Arabian).

Martyrs Calodote, Macarius, Andrew, Cyriacus, Dionysius, Andrew the Soldier, Andropelagia, Thecla, Theoctistus, and Sarapabon the Senator, in Egypt (256). St. Beya, virgin, first abbess of Copeland in Cumbria (7th c.). St. Magnus of Fussen, enlightener of the Allgau region of Germany (750-772).

Repose of Ivan Yakovlevich Koreisha, fool-for-Christ, of Moscow (1861), and Archimandrite Paisius the New, of Mt. Athos (1871).

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Ukrainian Church Crisis

Visa Wars: Constantinople Opens a New Front Against Russian Priests

Visa Wars: Constantinople Opens a New Front Against Russian Priests Roman Silantyev Visa Wars: Constantinople Opens a New Front Against Russian Priests Roman Silantyev Constantinople, in aggressively advancing its supremacy in the Orthodox world, is acting inexcusably and brazenly, humiliating its brother bishops and priests from Russia. This policy of open discrimination according to jurisdictional allegiance leads us down a blind alley, the exit from which requires both time and great effort. It imposes upon the Orthodox Church an internal confrontation, divides and weakens Orthodoxy. It is all the sadder that what is happening is not a mistake but the conscious choice of the Phanar.

Purveyors of Dead Souls?

Purveyors of Dead Souls? Sergei Komarov Purveyors of Dead Souls? Sergei Komarov It seems that the massive manipulation of consciousness is the purchase and sale of human souls in our days. I purpose to test this thought, by looking at the portrait of one of these types of modern merchants.

Church Architecture Doesn’t Have to Have the Same Objectives as Secular Architecture

Church Architecture Doesn’t Have to Have the Same Objectives as Secular Architecture Dimitry Shvidkovsky Church Architecture Doesn’t Have to Have the Same Objectives as Secular Architecture An interview with the rector of the Moscow Architectural Institute Dimitry Shvidkovsky Dinara Gracheva, Dimitry Shvidkovsky We spoke with the academic Dimitry Shvidkovsky on returning to the origins of our spiritual culture, and what constitutes the contemporary language of church architecture.

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Phanar Envoys’ Plans. Kiev Caves Lavra?

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Orthodoxy Today

Rating: 8|Votes: 24

Phanar Envoys’ Plans. Kiev Caves Lavra?

The Phanar will have on their side everything that earthly power can give. Only one question remains: Will God be on their side?

Learn to Live By the Scriptures

A Conversation on the Epistle reading of the 16th week after Pentecost

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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

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Learn to Live By the Scriptures

A Conversation on the Epistle reading of the 16th week after Pentecost

The fall and uprisings of the characters of this book are my falls and uprisings. The commandments given to these characters are given to me.

Orthodoxy Represents Our Original Incompetency

Fr. Stephen Freeman

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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

Rating: 9,1|Votes: 29

Orthodoxy Represents Our Original Incompetency

Fr. Stephen Freeman

At its deepest level, I came to see that becoming Orthodox was a renunciation of comparisons and the empty efforts to improve the Church.

The Church is Not a Political Organization

An Exclusive Interview on the Ecclesiastical Events in Ukraine

Metropolitan Onuphry (Berezovsky)

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Suffering Church

Rating: 9,6|Votes: 62

The Church is Not a Political Organization

An Exclusive Interview on the Ecclesiastical Events in Ukraine

Metropolitan Onuphry (Berezovsky)

In this interview with the program “Morning With Inter,” His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphry speaks about his position on the latest Church events connected with the actions of the Patriarchate of Constantinople in regard to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. The Ukrainian primate calls on the people of Ukraine to fear nothing, to preserve the purity of the Orthodox faith, and to live with God.

The Parable of the Talents

Archpriest Victor Potapov

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The Parable of the Talents

Archpriest Victor Potapov

One must increase the talents received. But how?

Statement of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church concerning the uncanonical intervention of the Patriarchate of Constantinople in the canonical territory of the Russian Orthodox Church

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Orthodoxy Today

Rating: 9,4|Votes: 61

Statement of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church concerning the uncanonical intervention of the Patriarchate of Constantinople in the canonical territory of the Russian Orthodox Church

The Statement was adopted at an extraordinary session of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church on 14 September 2018 (Minutes No. 69).

Baptismal Boundaries. Part 2

Fr. Lawrence Farley

Coming to Orthodoxy

Rating: 6,2|Votes: 17

Baptismal Boundaries. Part 2

Fr. Lawrence Farley

We should consider the faith and life of a group taken as a whole and not simply their stated understanding of baptism or their confession of the Trinity.

“Christ Was There in the Gym with the Hostages”

On how the nuns of Alania Convent of the Theophany teach compassion and love

Natalia Nesterenko

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Churches and Monasteries

Rating: 9,8|Votes: 13

“Christ Was There in the Gym with the Hostages”

On how the nuns of Alania Convent of the Theophany teach compassion and love

Natalia Nesterenko

This young convent became a real spiritual center not only in Ossetia but in the whole of the Caucasus. It is no coincidence that a rehabilitation center for children-victims of the 2004 Beslan terrorist attack and refugees from South Ossetia was founded here.

“Nowadays everyone is affected by the propaganda of fragmentary thinking.”

Levan Vasadze on liberalism, family and life on earth

Olga Orlova, Levan Vasadze

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Marriage and Family

Rating: 9,5|Votes: 54

“Nowadays everyone is affected by the propaganda of fragmentary thinking.”

Levan Vasadze on liberalism, family and life on earth

Olga Orlova, Levan Vasadze

In our conversation with Levan Vasadze, a Georgian community leader, entrepreneur and philanthropist, we will learn how to maintain peaceful spirit and develop positive agenda, even considering the events at Golgotha.

Faith and Works

Alexei Khomiakov

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Theology

Rating: 9,8|Votes: 18

Faith and Works

Alexei Khomiakov

Is one saved by faith alone, or by faith and works?

"Patriarch Bartholomew will be remembered as a teacher of schism"

Alexander Shchipkov

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Orthodoxy Today

Rating: 8,3|Votes: 39

"Patriarch Bartholomew will be remembered as a teacher of schism"

Alexander Shchipkov

The 7th of September will go down in history as a lamentable date. On this day, the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew proclaimed and signaled a schism in Universal Orthodoxy, along the liberal and conservative lines. And he is officially headed in a liberal direction.

The Apotheosis of Eastern Papism

Archpriest Andrei Novikov

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Orthodoxy Today

Rating: 8,9|Votes: 34

The Apotheosis of Eastern Papism

Archpriest Andrei Novikov

This article was put forth to analyze the speech of the Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew, at the Synaxis (Council) of the Archbishops of the Patriarchate of Constantinople, which was held in Istanbul on September 1-4, 2018.

On Envy and Love of Power in the History of Byzantium and Rus’

Protodeacon Vladimir Vasilik

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Church History

Rating: 9,8|Votes: 12

On Envy and Love of Power in the History of Byzantium and Rus’

Protodeacon Vladimir Vasilik

Are catastrophic events connected with envy characteristic only of Byzantium? Alas, no.

A Magnificent Church Supported by FSB Shows Changes in Russia

Seraphim Hanisch

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Churches and Monasteries

Rating: 8,7|Votes: 36

A Magnificent Church Supported by FSB Shows Changes in Russia

Seraphim Hanisch

This temple serves as an example, and is actually characteristic of the energy and effort put into all the new temples in the city and around Russia.

The Seal of the Prophets

Fr. Lawrence Farley

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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

Rating: 9,6|Votes: 21

The Seal of the Prophets

Fr. Lawrence Farley

The importance of John the Baptizer may be gauged by the amount of paint and ink the Church spends on him.

The Beheading of St. John the Baptist and 9/11

Fr. John Whiteford

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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

Rating: 9,6|Votes: 27

The Beheading of St. John the Baptist and 9/11

Fr. John Whiteford

St. John the Baptist was a preacher of repentance. He warned that the axe is already laid to the root of the tree, and any tree that does not bear good fruit will be cut down and caste into the fire. This means that the axe is already in position to start hacking away at the roots, and to chop the tree down, but there is still an opportunity for repentance.

The Decline of the Patriarchate of Constantinople

An overview written in 1938

St. John (Maximovich) of Shanghai and San Francisco

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Church History

Rating: 9,4|Votes: 71

The Decline of the Patriarchate of Constantinople

An overview written in 1938

St. John (Maximovich) of Shanghai and San Francisco

The moral authority of the Patriarchs of Constantinople has likewise fallen very low in view of their extreme instability in ecclesiastical matters.

Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev): The Current situation creates a threat of schism for Universal Orthodoxy

Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev)

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Orthodoxy Today

Rating: 9,1|Votes: 49

Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev): The Current situation creates a threat of schism for Universal Orthodoxy

Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev)

We have made this statement today in the hope that they will reconsider their decision, that no exarchs will go to Kiev. However, in the event that the decision is not reconsidered, we will be forced to think of retaliatory measures. At the moment, such measures are being discussed by our Holy Synod.

Orthodox Christian Homily on the Greatest Commandments: Love of God and Neighbor

The Holy Gospel According to St. Matthew 22:35-46

Fr. Philip LeMasters

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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

Rating: 10|Votes: 14

Orthodox Christian Homily on the Greatest Commandments: Love of God and Neighbor

The Holy Gospel According to St. Matthew 22:35-46

Fr. Philip LeMasters

The Pharisees were experts at missing the big picture, especially of interpreting the Old Testament law in such rigid detail that they ignored the true point of the commandments.

Icons Painted by St. Luke

Archimandrite Job (Gumerov)

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Church History

Rating: 9,4|Votes: 19

Icons Painted by St. Luke

Archimandrite Job (Gumerov)

Today we celebrate one of the world’s most beloved icons of the Mother of God—the Vladimir icon. Tradition has it that this icon, which is now preserved in a church attached to the Tretyakov Art Gallery in Moscow, was originally painted by the holy Apostle Luke.

Ukrainian Church Crisis

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Is every man a liar?

Bishop Gregory (Kaysiya) of Tsalka

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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

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Is every man a liar?

Bishop Gregory (Kaysiya) of Tsalka

Unfortunately, we do not always carefully read the words of prayers; we don’t pay attention, and we don’t understand what “Every man is a liar” means. Further down in the same psalm we read: “Precious in the sight of the Lord Is the death of His saints.” It can appear to us as a contradiction.

Where Should We Return?

Archpriest Andrei Tkachev

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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

Rating: 9,7|Votes: 24

Where Should We Return?

Archpriest Andrei Tkachev

Few people like to live in their own time period. “I was born in the past,” they say, “in those times with refinement in a royal court, with long dresses sweeping the floor during a candle-lit minuet.” Of course, few imagine themselves as a serf in the barn.

The Head Gardener

A Conversation with Bishop Leonid of Mozhaisk, the New Abbot of Optina Monastery

Bishop Leonid (Tolmachev) of Mozhaisk

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Churches and Monasteries

Rating: 9,9|Votes: 17

The Head Gardener

A Conversation with Bishop Leonid of Mozhaisk, the New Abbot of Optina Monastery

Bishop Leonid (Tolmachev) of Mozhaisk

“There are times when I forget that I’m the abbot. I remember when I was here just as a monk. Not long ago, people were waiting for me in the office; I went there and I thought, “Why is the abbot calling me? Then a little time passed and I thought, ‘And now I’m the abbot here myself!’”

Fearless Defender of Orthodoxy and Traditional Morality

Biography of the newly-reposed Archimandrite Lazarus (Abashidze), written by his spiritual children

Igumen Arsenius (Galdavadze)

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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

Rating: 9,6|Votes: 22

Fearless Defender of Orthodoxy and Traditional Morality

Biography of the newly-reposed Archimandrite Lazarus (Abashidze), written by his spiritual children

Igumen Arsenius (Galdavadze)

Fr. Lazarus was the first to revive the Georgian icon-painting tradition in Georgia. He painted many well-known icons—for example, from the iconostasis at Svetitskhoveli Cathedral.