Our Daily Rice. A talk on a mission to China from Russia’s backwoods

Priest Roman Vityuk

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Orthodoxy Today

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Our Daily Rice. A talk on a mission to China from Russia’s backwoods

Priest Roman Vityuk

Priest Roman Vityuk speaks about why residents of Russia’s backwoods pray for the Chinese, whether we should be afraid of China or display a good Christian interest in it, why in the Chinese version of the prayer “Our Father” the word “bread” is replaced with “rice”, and what kind of people we should be in order to have success in our Orthodox mission to China.

Venerable Vitalius of Gaza

Commemorated on April 22

Venerable Vitalius of Gaza
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Venerable Vitalius of Gaza

Commemorated on April 22

When he was sixty years old, undertook an extraordinary task: he wrote down from memory the names of all the prostitutes of Alexandria and he began to pray for them.

St. Theodore the Sykeote the Bishop of Anastasiopolis

Commemorated on April 22

St. Theodore the Sykeote the Bishop of Anastasiopolis
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St. Theodore the Sykeote the Bishop of Anastasiopolis

Commemorated on April 22

Saint Theodore the Sykeote was born in the mid-sixth century in the village of Sykeon, not far from the city of Anastasiopolis (in Galatia, Asia Minor), into a pious family.

I Went to Jerusalem and Saw an Elder There

Archimandrite Andrei (Konanos)

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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

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I Went to Jerusalem and Saw an Elder There

Archimandrite Andrei (Konanos)

“Oh, Batiushka, this icon moved! And that one is streaming myrrh!” I ask them,“Ok, and what of it? And what happened with you afterwards? Or did you just stand in front of them saying ‘oooh’ and ‘aaaah?’”

What is the Basis for Venerating Saints' Relics?

Fr. John Whiteford

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Theology

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What is the Basis for Venerating Saints' Relics?

Fr. John Whiteford

The veneration of the relics of the saints is rooted in several Biblical truths, as well as in the Tradition of the Church.