What’s happening in the Ukraine is a Tragedy for all

Interview with Metropolitan Nikoloz (Pachuashvili) of Akhalkalaki and Kumurdo

Metropolitan Nikoloz (Pachuashvili) of Akhalkalaki and Kumurdo

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What’s happening in the Ukraine is a Tragedy for all

Interview with Metropolitan Nikoloz (Pachuashvili) of Akhalkalaki and Kumurdo

Metropolitan Nikoloz (Pachuashvili) of Akhalkalaki and Kumurdo

Can a physicist believe in God, how should a modern cinematographer be, why does the Lord allow wars and persecutions against Christians, and what experience can Georgia share with Russia and the Ukraine are questions discussed in an interview by RIA Novosti

St. Ethelbert of East Anglia, King and Martyr

Commemorated: May 20/June 2

Dmitry Lapa

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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

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St. Ethelbert of East Anglia, King and Martyr

Commemorated: May 20/June 2

Dmitry Lapa

As soon as the young king mounted his horse, a sudden earthquake occurred that made all his companions panic. Leofruna saw in this a sign from the Lord that her son would never return home alive.

On Grace

St. Luke, Archbishop of Crimea

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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

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On Grace

St. Luke, Archbishop of Crimea

Oh, how thankful we must be for all and everything—for the good and the evil; for the joy and the sorrow; and for the suffering and trials we must be grateful to God Who leads us along the path of salvation, not only by way of happiness, but above all and most of all by way of suffering.

Pentecost Sunday: St Cyril of Alexandria’s Commentary on the Gospel (John 20:19-23)

St. Cyril of Alexandria

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Pentecost Sunday: St Cyril of Alexandria’s Commentary on the Gospel (John 20:19-23)

St. Cyril of Alexandria

He shows that the gift of the Spirit necessarily attends those who are ordained by Him to be Apostles of God. And why? Because they could have done nothing pleasing unto God, and could not have triumphed over the snares of sin, if they had not been clothed with power from on high, and been transformed into something other than they were before.

Gay Marriage and the Houston Gay Rights Ordinance

Fr. John Whiteford

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Gay Marriage and the Houston Gay Rights Ordinance

Fr. John Whiteford

We, the Orthodox clergy of Houston and Southeast Texas, are compelled by our responsibilities before God to speak out plainly against the rebellion against God's created order that we see being waged on both the local and national level.