Choose Repentance Instead of Shame: Homily for the Sunday of the Prodigal Son in the Orthodox Church

Fr. Philip LeMasters

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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

Choose Repentance Instead of Shame: Homily for the Sunday of the Prodigal Son in the Orthodox Church

Fr. Philip LeMasters

The prodigal son in today’s gospel reading provides a wonderful example of how to get over wounded pride and repent of even the most shameful acts.

Holy Hierarch Aidan (Moedoc), Bishop of Ferns

Commemorated: January 31/February 13

Dmitry Lapa

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Holy Hierarch Aidan (Moedoc), Bishop of Ferns

Commemorated: January 31/February 13

Dmitry Lapa

An ancient tradition relates that there was no boat on the isle to deliver the newborn Aidan to mainland Ireland so that he could be baptized. Then he was miraculously brought to the Irish shore on a stone and was successfully baptized.

Civil peace begins with us

Fr. Barnabas Powell

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Orthodoxy Today

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Civil peace begins with us

Fr. Barnabas Powell

For any who’d follow the tested rhythms of ancient Christianity, it’s time to get spiritually sober — fasting not only from food, but anything that takes our attention from Christ. And there’s nothing so intoxicating right now as politics.

Fasting for Sanity

Fr. James Guirguis

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Fasting for Sanity

Fr. James Guirguis

This parable is about each of us. We have each been rebellious in our lives. We have each fought God in order to have freedom on our own terms.

The Three Holy Hierarchs: an Organizer, a Contemplative, a Preacher

Archpriest Andrei Tkachev

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The Three Holy Hierarchs: an Organizer, a Contemplative, a Preacher

Archpriest Andrei Tkachev

Basil, Gregory, and John are so often remembered together that it’s difficult to think of them separately. However, they, like Peter and Paul, are strikingly different in many respects. Elucidating these contrasts does not destroy, but, on the contrary, underscores the unity which they were given in the Holy Spirit and which has organically entered into the consciousness of the Church.