Fr. Andrei Chizhenko
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This is why the word of God must be expressed with purity of sound, clarity of speech, and the articulation of each syllable; a church reader must not impose his personal emotions on the people praying in church.
Fr. Ted Bobosh
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Modern folk equate fact and truth, but ancient believers saw truth as being eternal and divine, and the events of the world were the clothing which make truth visible to us.
Jean-Claude Larchet
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Mount Athos has long been a fascinating place, which attracts the attention not only of Orthodox, but people belonging to other religions and even of non-believers.
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Today we commemorate the Conception by St. Anna of the Most Holy Mother of God. This miraculous conception of the girl who would later conceive the Only Begotten Son of God in her womb of the Holy Spirit, the Virgin Mary, makes the aged, holy righteous Joachim and Anna the grandparents of our Lord. It is fitting for us to pray to them, as we do in the litanies at all our divine services. And in honor of these holy parents, we may also pray an Akathist Hymn.