Magic, Liturgy & the Priest

Rev. Gregory Jensen

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Theology

Magic, Liturgy & the Priest

Rev. Gregory Jensen

In those moments when we come to liturgy anxious, weary and weak, there is a temptation to see the Liturgy and the sacraments as magical and the priest as a magician. The priest needs to be on guard for this attitude among his parishioners. It is important that he be viglant in this matter not only for their sake but his own as well.

Veneration of Emperor Constantine in Russia

Archpriest Vladislav Tsypin

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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

Veneration of Emperor Constantine in Russia

Archpriest Vladislav Tsypin

Out of all the saints who lived during the epoch of Christianization of the Roman Empire from the fourth to sixth centuries, the name Constantine is one of the most well known and venerated in Russia, surpassed only by Saints Nicholas of Myra and Lycea, Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian, and John Chrysostom.

Salvific Details: The Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Days of Creation

A Study on the Book of Genesis

Jesse Dominick

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Theology

Rating: 10|Votes: 1

Salvific Details: The Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Days of Creation

A Study on the Book of Genesis

Jesse Dominick

This fourth Bible Study on the book of Genesis covers the fourth through sixth days wherein God created the heavenly luminaries, called forth aquatic and fowl life from the waters, and land animals from the ground. We discuss many interesting topics such as the spiritual symbols implanted by God in creation, the free will of man, the necessity of Church Tradition, the original state of animals, the witness of modern saints, and much more.

Restroom rights revisited

Fr. Barnabas Powell

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Orthodoxy Today

Restroom rights revisited

Fr. Barnabas Powell

Combating racism by advancing transgendered rights seemed tangential, but this change was coming anyway, so why resist the pretext?

A Simple, Great Soul

Fr. Stephen Freeman

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Orthodoxy Today

Rating: 6,5|Votes: 2

A Simple, Great Soul

Fr. Stephen Freeman

For a variety of reasons, I have been spending a fair amount of time with A.I. Solzhenitsyn, the great Russian writer who died in 2008.