Bob, His Doctor, and Your Moral Life

Fr. Stephen Freeman

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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

Bob, His Doctor, and Your Moral Life

Fr. Stephen Freeman

Of course this is fiction – but it is fiction based on how many Christians think of their spiritual lives. Christ is the physician of our souls. The Church, the Fathers say, is a hospital for sinners. So why do we think like Bob and his doctor? Why do we think that who we are and how we are doing can be described by how well we adhere to rules?

Responding to the Resurrection

Fr. Ted Bobosh

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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

Responding to the Resurrection

Fr. Ted Bobosh

Hope in the resurrection is a joyous experience which can carry us through life. Hoping in the resurrection might also lead to our being persecuted by those who hate God.

At any Cost. A story

Viktoria Borimskaya

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Orthodoxy Today

Rating: 6,3|Votes: 13

At any Cost. A story

Viktoria Borimskaya

Maria had only the following words in her mind throughout the pregnancy: “I do not want a girl. I want another boy.” And also: “At any cost.” Even when Maria was already in the maternity hospital and the midwife asked her jokingly: “Who will we deliver: a girl?” Maria answered stubbornly: “No, only a boy!”

No perfect candidate for all Christians

Fr. Barnabas Powell

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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

No perfect candidate for all Christians

Fr. Barnabas Powell

The Orthodox Church forbids its clergy from holding elected office, or endorsing political parties or candidates. Yet this stance doesn’t mean it remains neutral when issues of moral and spiritual significance come to a vote.

Faustian Dreams

Daniel Spaulding

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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

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Faustian Dreams

Daniel Spaulding

Proud modern man pursues his Faustian deal with the technological Mephistopheles, hoping that he’ll be saved from death, or at the very least saved from the expansive boredom and emptiness of the modern world.