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Saturday, January 3/16, 2021. Saturday before the Theophany.

No fast.

Forefeast of the Theophany. Prophet Malachi (ca. 400 b.c.). Martyr Gordius at Caesarea in Cappadocia (4th c.)

St. Genevieve of Paris (ca. 502). Righteous Euthymius (Taqaishvili) the Man of God, of Tbilisi (1953).

New Hieromartyr Basil Kholmogorov, archpriest, of Ostrov (Moscow) (1938).

St. Findlugan of Islay (7th c.). St. Peter of Atroa (837). St. Thomais of Lesbos (10th c.).

Repose of Schemahierodeacon Elder Panteleimon, founder of Kostychev Convent (1884).

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Ukrainian Church Crisis

Hieromartyr Boris Pavlovich Ivanovsky Priest Pavel Patokin Hieromartyr Boris Pavlovich Ivanovsky Priest Pavel Patokin The persecutions, privations and torments demonstrated that true Christianity is, like pure gold, "tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.:

Christmas Stories from a Urals Monastery Olga Rozhneva Christmas Stories from a Urals Monastery Olga Rozhneva That’s how Misha—thin and lanky, with faded eyes and an unhealthy pallor—wound up in the monastery. He looked around the remote monastery in horror, and in his eyes lurked an unchildlike melancholy: He didn’t have his beloved computer here.

Prophecies of Batiushka Seraphim About the Future of Diveyevo Nun Macaria (Ogudina) Prophecies of Batiushka Seraphim About the Future of Diveyevo Nun Macaria (Ogudina) Nothing was a mystery for batiushka, for he could see it all—the present, the past, and the future.

St. Seraphim of Sarov

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The Cost of Faith: What Can Each of Us Give Back to the Lord?

Metropolitan Anthony (Pakanich) of Boryspol and Brovary

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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

The Cost of Faith: What Can Each of Us Give Back to the Lord?

Metropolitan Anthony (Pakanich) of Boryspol and Brovary

Metropolitan Anthony (Pakanich) reflects on the price we can pay for the Lord’s riches.

St. Basil the Great—“Universal Teacher”

Commemorated January 1/14

Bishop Alexander (Mileant)

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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

St. Basil the Great—“Universal Teacher”

Commemorated January 1/14

Bishop Alexander (Mileant)

Hierarch Basil the Great is one of the Church’s most remarkable theologians. His influence on the fortunes of the Church spread far beyond the borders of his homeland and is still felt in our days.

"There is no other Gospel than this"

Nativity Epistle of Bishop Irenei of London and Western Europe (ROCOR)

Bishop Irenei (Steenberg)

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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

"There is no other Gospel than this"

A Blessing on Our Families

Patriarchal sermon given on the feast of the Synaxis of the Most Holy Theotokos after Liturgy in the Dormition Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin (January 8, 2020)

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill

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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

A Blessing on Our Families

Patriarchal sermon given on the feast of the Synaxis of the Most Holy Theotokos after Liturgy in the Dormition Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin (January 8, 2020)

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill

Nowhere does a child learn goodness in the same way as he learns it by following the examples of his parents and loved ones. And today, remembering the large family of the Virgin Mary, we pray that modern families, large and even small, will be able to keep the Faith.

The Christmas Message of His Beatitude, Metropolitan Onunphry of Kiev and All Ukraine

Metropolitan Onuphry (Berezovsky)

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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

The Christmas Message of His Beatitude, Metropolitan Onunphry of Kiev and All Ukraine

Metropolitan Onuphry (Berezovsky)

The unfortunate Herod did not realise that Christ, who was born in Bethlehem, was not born to be the King of the Jews. Christ is the King of all the earth and of heaven, and He does not seek power over men as the kings of the earth do. He wants to embrace all people and warm them with His divine love.

Nativity Epistle of His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America and New York, First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad

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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

Nativity Epistle of His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America and New York, First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad

By God’s ineffable goodness, we enter once more into the joyous days of the great feasts of Christ’s Nativity and Theophany. I sincerely greet you all with this world-saving joy!

Nativity of our Lord 2020

Metropolitan Tikhon of All America and Canada

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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

Nativity of our Lord 2020

Metropolitan Tikhon of All America and Canada

As we realized the frailty of our earthly life and the many fleeting things of this world to which we so often cling, more than anything, we have found ourselves in need of a Savior.

Christmas Message by Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia

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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

Christmas Message by Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia

Let us recall that no problems are ever capable of breaking the human spirit if we retain our living faith and place our hope in God for all things. God finds an expanse in the human heart if it is filled with love.

We Are the Kindred of the Lord Jesus Christ

A Homily on the Eve of the Nativity of Christ

Hieromonk Ignaty (Shestakov)

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We Are the Kindred of the Lord Jesus Christ

A Homily on the Eve of the Nativity of Christ

Hieromonk Ignaty (Shestakov)

God Himself came down from Heaven and became man, and at that moment, we all became His kindred according to the flesh. When we behave poorly in some way, we thereby offend our loved ones, our kinsmen.

Homily on How We Should Greet the Day of Christ’s Nativity

St. Ambrose of Milan

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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

Homily on How We Should Greet the Day of Christ’s Nativity

St. Ambrose of Milan

Brothers! If the sons of this age, for the sake of temporary honor, greet the birthday of their earthly king with such preparation, then how must we greet the birthday of our eternal King Jesus Christ, Who for our zeal toward Him will reward us not with temporary but eternal glory, and vouchsafe us the honor not of an earthly ruler that passes on to his successor, but of a heavenly kingdom, which has no successor?

Thou shalt bless the crown of Thy year with goodness

A sermon delivered at the night Liturgy for the New Year and Martyr Boniface, in the Pskov Caves Monastery, January 1, 2021

Metropolitan Tikhon (Shevkunov) of Pskov and Porkhov

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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

Thou shalt bless the crown of Thy year with goodness

A sermon delivered at the night Liturgy for the New Year and Martyr Boniface, in the Pskov Caves Monastery, January 1, 2021

Metropolitan Tikhon (Shevkunov) of Pskov and Porkhov

This year we have met up against unfaithfulness, and betrayal, and human weaknesses. If there is anything an Orthodox Christian should ask of the Lord it is strength to fulfill the Commandments of Christ for the sake of the great blessedness that is under the heavens—the unification of our souls with God.

The Hidden and Obscure is Illuminated and Manifested

A Homily on the Sunday of the Holy Fathers

Archimandrite John (Krestiankin)

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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

The Hidden and Obscure is Illuminated and Manifested

A Homily on the Sunday of the Holy Fathers

Archimandrite John (Krestiankin)

The event that took place twenty centuries ago was so great that it has no equal in all of history.

The Novodvorskaya Icon

20 December /2 January

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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

The Novodvorskaya Icon

20 December /2 January

According to tradition, the miraculous icon of the Theotokos known as the Novodvorskaya Icon was written in the early fourteenth century by the Holy Metropolitan St. Peter.

“When you see the resilience of the Irish, you understand where Tolkien got his Hobbits”

Priest John Kazadoev

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Churches and Monasteries

“When you see the resilience of the Irish, you understand where Tolkien got his Hobbits”

Priest John Kazadoev

People tend to consolidate in difficult life conditions—this bears fruit since the center of unity is Christ.

Ringing in the New Year! Bell Ringing—Not a Profession, But a State of Soul

A talk with Bogdan Berezkin, a bell ringing instructor from Belarus

Bogdan Berezkin

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Orthodoxy Around the World

Ringing in the New Year! Bell Ringing—Not a Profession, But a State of Soul

A talk with Bogdan Berezkin, a bell ringing instructor from Belarus

Bogdan Berezkin

We have talked with Bogdan Vladimirovich, a professional musician, a Master of Arts, a graduate of the Minsk State Academy of Music, about bells, the meaning of bell ringing, bellringers and how people become one.

Looking Back on 2020 with OrthoChristian.com

From the Editors

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Orthodoxy Today

Looking Back on 2020 with OrthoChristian.com

From the Editors

Standing on the threshold of 2021, once again OrthoChristian.com takes a look back at some of the major events of the past year, covered on its digital pages. 2020 was quite a year to say the least, and so many of its startling events related directly to us as Orthodox Christians.

2020… A Year of Losses and Gains, Sorrows and Miracles

Igumen Nektary (Morozov)

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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

2020… A Year of Losses and Gains, Sorrows and Miracles

Igumen Nektary (Morozov)

It is absolutely clear for me that this period did not only deprive me of something important and habitual—it also gave me something that I didn’t have before: an experiential understanding of how fragile the world that we live in is.