A Word From the Patriarch

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill

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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

Rating: 9,3|Votes: 12

A Word From the Patriarch

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill

The Cross procession is also a podvig. But contemporary man is educated as if no podvigs are necessary, that we need to live richly, to have and spend a lot of money, and enjoy life. In this false system of false values there is no place for podvig, and those who think this way not only never walk the Velikoretsk procession—they find it hard to even leave their homes.

Telling the Truth is a Revolutionary Act

Fr. James Guirguis

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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

Rating: 9,7|Votes: 19

Telling the Truth is a Revolutionary Act

Fr. James Guirguis

What is the beginning of sainthood? According to the Lord, it is the acknowledgement of Jesus Christ before others. How do we acknowledge our Lord and master on a daily basis before others? It is a really important question that is worthy of reflection and a thoughtful answer.

Recipes for Saving Families, from a Priest and a Psychologist

Archpriest Pavel Gumerov, Nadezhda Khramova, Farida Savelyeva

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Marriage and Family

Rating: 9,3|Votes: 16

Recipes for Saving Families, from a Priest and a Psychologist

Archpriest Pavel Gumerov, Nadezhda Khramova, Farida Savelyeva

Divorces are a real disaster of our times. Broken lives, the loss of any hope of building personal happiness, unhappy children who are very likely to imitate the behavior pattern of adults, the inevitable diminishing of the role of family and family values in the society—these are the most evident consequences of divorces.

Homily on the Sunday of All Saints

St. Luke, Archbishop of Crimea

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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

Rating: 10|Votes: 6

Homily on the Sunday of All Saints

St. Luke, Archbishop of Crimea

Innumerable and boundless like the sands of the great Sahara and Gobi Deserts are our contemporaries and those who lived before us. Who are they? What are there lives like?

Orthodoxy Sees Tradition as Democracy of the Saints

Fr. Barnabas Powell

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Orthodoxy Today

Rating: 8|Votes: 10

Orthodoxy Sees Tradition as Democracy of the Saints

Fr. Barnabas Powell

This may sound like ancient, boring history to some, but Orthodoxy's continued fidelity to the faith of Nicea actually has tremendous, contemporary witness in terms of how sharply it contrasts with the ecclesiological progressivism of our age. Orthodoxy has become counter cultural by remaining traditional.