The Act of Veneration

Fr. Stephen Freeman

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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

The Act of Veneration

Fr. Stephen Freeman

No spiritual activity permeates Orthodoxy as much as veneration. For the non-Orthodox, veneration is often mistaken for worship. We kiss icons; sing hymns to saints; cry out “Most Holy Theotokos, save us!” And all of this scandalizes the non-Orthodox who think we have fallen into some backwater of paganized Christianity.

Homily on the Baptism of the Lord

St. John of Kronstadt

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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

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Homily on the Baptism of the Lord

St. John of Kronstadt

Have we put on Christ? Let us ask ourselves and think about this sincerely.

Sanctity of Human Life Sunday (2016)

Fr. Ted Bobosh

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Church and State

Sanctity of Human Life Sunday (2016)

Fr. Ted Bobosh

Today the Orthodox Church in America recognizes the Sanctity of Human Life Sunday. I want to mention of a quote from President Obama’s 11 January 2016 State of the Union speech. It’s not easy to find something from him to quote for this Sunday, but he said something which caught my ears...

Christian Universalism: Will Everyone Finally Be Saved?

Fr. Lawrence Farley

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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

Rating: 7|Votes: 13

Christian Universalism: Will Everyone Finally Be Saved?

Fr. Lawrence Farley

I suggest that the latest interest in Universalism, the belief that everyone will eventually be saved, is the latest fad (or, if preferred, that it is currently fashionable).

A modern story of miraculous healing from cancer in the Kiev Caves Lavra

Svetlana Pirogova

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Orthodoxy Today

Rating: 9,3|Votes: 12

A modern story of miraculous healing from cancer in the Kiev Caves Lavra

Svetlana Pirogova

Time flows differently when you leave the hospital having been diagnosed with cervical cancer, knowing that there is no money for the treatment, and that you cannot tell your relatives about it.