Everywhere Present

Fr. Stephen Freeman

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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

Everywhere Present

Fr. Stephen Freeman

Everything you do, all your work, can contribute towards your salvation. It depends on you, on the way you do it. History is replete with monks who became great saints while working in the kitchen or washing sheets. The way of salvation consists in working without passion, in prayer….

The Essential Problems with the Holy and Great Council

Met. Hierotheos Vlachos

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Orthodoxy Today

The Essential Problems with the Holy and Great Council

Met. Hierotheos Vlachos

Eventually, all of the dreams of the "Fathers" of this idea resulted in it becoming, not an Ecumenical Council, but a Holy and Great Council which is still unable to find its identity, tackling just six issues that are vague, untimely, without a clear cut goal, and some of which are detached from the tradition of the Fathers.

Saint Luke and Daughter Barbara

Miroslav Bakulin

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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

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Saint Luke and Daughter Barbara

Miroslav Bakulin

At the beginning of summer—May 29/June 11—the memory of the holy hierarch St. Luke (Voino-Yasenetsky) is celebrated. Many words have been written about this great saint-surgeon, and many films have been shot. And I would like to tell you about some miracles performed by the prayers of this great saint.

Photo Contest: “Destruction of Monuments of Eastern Christianity”

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Churches and Monasteries

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Photo Contest: “Destruction of Monuments of Eastern Christianity”

On June 3, 2016 the Interparliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy announced the results of their second annual photo contest dedicated to the “Destruction of Monuments of Eastern Christianity.”

A Testimony From Eternity

Maria Panisheva

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Orthodoxy Today

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A Testimony From Eternity

Maria Panisheva

In the following days a great and long-expected event happened in their flat where the Heavenly Kingdom had clearly and openly manifested itself, just as the Holy Prophets Elias and Moses appeared before the apostles on Mount Tabor. A priest baptized the dying man, chrismated him, and then gave him the Holy Body and Blood of Christ and anointed him.