On the Revival of the Veneration of Local Western Saints in the Orthodox Church

Answers to Questions in Recent Correspondence

Archpriest Andrew Phillips

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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

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On the Revival of the Veneration of Local Western Saints in the Orthodox Church

Answers to Questions in Recent Correspondence

Archpriest Andrew Phillips

The other question that I asked myself was why there were no longer any saints, no new saints, only these ancient ones. The source of holiness had clearly dried up. No-one was interested in holiness any more. We now lived in a different Civilization, with different values, alien to me. Why?

Defending the Synodikon

Fr. Lawrence Farley

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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

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Defending the Synodikon

Fr. Lawrence Farley

The point of the Synodikonis to draw very thick lines in the doctrinal sand and say that if anybody in the Church crosses those lines and strays into heresy, they must either recant or get out, and it is precisely this approach to truth that is necessary and saving.

Archimandrite Vasily (Philippov) of St. Tikhon's Monastery

+ March 16/29 1986

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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

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Archimandrite Vasily (Philippov) of St. Tikhon's Monastery

+ March 16/29 1986

Simple, humble, unassuming, basking in the Spirit-filled glow of a calm and radiant quiet. Fr. Vasily summed up the legacy of his priesthood among us. "Father Vasily," he was asked, "in all these years, have you ever been troubled or lonely?" "No," was his simple answer. "I just worked hard and rejoiced in the Lord." May his memory be eternal; he gives us good cause for rejoicing as well.

Why Do We Use Communion Spoons?

Fr. John Whiteford

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Orthodoxy Today

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Why Do We Use Communion Spoons?

Fr. John Whiteford

In the Orthodox Church, Holy Communion is administered to communicants using a special spoon. Some have asked, doesn’t the 101st canon of the Council of Trullo forbid the use of Communion spoons? And why are the laity not allowed to receive Communion in the hand and from the chalice, as they did at the time of the Ecumenical Councils? Fr. John Whiteford answers these questions about the use of Communion spoons in our Orthodox Liturgy.

“I Went to Synagogue to preach Christ”

Interview with Yevgeny Verner, a former Jew (includes VIDEO)

Priest George Maximov

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Coming to Orthodoxy

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“I Went to Synagogue to preach Christ”

Interview with Yevgeny Verner, a former Jew (includes VIDEO)

Priest George Maximov

The guest of today’s program is Yevgeny Verner, actor and producer. As a descendant of an old Jewish family, he came to Christ through Judaism. In his interview to Father George, he tells us his story about how the Savior literally called him. He also discusses so-called “national” religions, Cabbala and whether or not modern-day Judaism is the successor of the Old Testament traditions.