Venerable Guthlac of Crowland, Wonder-Worker

Commemorated April 11/24

Dmitry Lapa

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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

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Venerable Guthlac of Crowland, Wonder-Worker

Commemorated April 11/24

Dmitry Lapa

St. Guthlac of Crowland is one of the greatest hermit-saints of the early English Church and is considered to be the most popular pre-Norman English saint after St. Cuthbert.

If Jesus is God, Let my daughter be alive! Notes about Indonesian Orthodoxy

Priest George Maximov

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Orthodoxy Around the World

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If Jesus is God, Let my daughter be alive! Notes about Indonesian Orthodoxy

Priest George Maximov

What is the Crown Princess of Bali doing in an Orthodox church, why do Russians prefer to confess to Indonesians, and why Orthodoxy is a blessing for Indonesia—these and other themes are discussed in the Indonesian notes of Fr. George Maximov.

The Work That Saves

Fr. Stephen Freeman

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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

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The Work That Saves

Fr. Stephen Freeman

Do we cooperate in our salvation? Do our efforts make a difference?These questions lie at the heart of a centuries-old religious debate in Christianity.

A Brutal Ordeal. A Monk Talks about his Torture

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Suffering Church

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A Brutal Ordeal. A Monk Talks about his Torture

“It was an exceedingly dismal place,” he comments. Thrown into a basement “cell”, he could see on the floor a huge pool of blood that had been haphazardly swept. “I don’t know whether a man was killed there or just badly beaten, but it was obvious that he lost nearly all his blood.”This, however, was only the holding chamber before the torture chamber. The worse was yet to come.

St. Thomas Sunday

Archbishop Dmitri (Royster)

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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

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St. Thomas Sunday

Archbishop Dmitri (Royster)

The following is a brief reflection on the Gospel reading for the Sunday after Pascha, John 20:19-31