Holy Hierarch Flannan of Killaloe

Commemorated: December 18/31

Dmitry Lapa

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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

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Holy Hierarch Flannan of Killaloe

Commemorated: December 18/31

Dmitry Lapa

The holy man called Flannan who lived in the seventh century is equally venerated in Ireland and Scotland.

Saint Daniil the Hermit

Commemorated December 18/31

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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

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Saint Daniil the Hermit

Commemorated December 18/31

In thee, oh, Father, the one created in the image of God was saved, for taking up the Cross, thou didst follow Christ and, by thy deeds didst teach us to overlook the flesh, for it is perishable, but to be attentive to the soul since it is immortal. Therefore, oh, pious Father Daniil, your spirit rejoices with the angels.

The Great and Holy Monastery of Vatopaidi

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Churches and Monasteries

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The Great and Holy Monastery of Vatopaidi

December 17/30 the holy Orthodox Church commemorates Sts. Athanasius, Nicholas, and Anthony, the tenth century founders of Vatopaidi Monastery, one of the twenty great monasteries on the holy mountain of Athos. As with all of the monasteries on the mountain it has a deep and rich history, with a number of saints, and today it houses several miraculous icon and relics.

Let Us Begin!

Rev. Gregory Jensen

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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

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Let Us Begin!

Rev. Gregory Jensen

Without a doubt, the hardest part of the journey through inner silence to love is beginning. This doesn’t mean that there aren’t challenges and struggles along the way—there are—but that first step is still the hardest.

Reducing the Church to Politics

Fr. Ted Bobosh

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Orthodoxy Today

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Reducing the Church to Politics

Fr. Ted Bobosh

People who are marginalized by the state or oppressed by the state or whose consciences are troubled by the deeds of the state, have no where to turn to seek solace and refuge when the church is in complete sync with the state. And often the church ends up submitting to the state on many issues.