A Miracle of St. Nicholas

Deacon Vladimir Vasilik

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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

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A Miracle of St. Nicholas

Deacon Vladimir Vasilik

The weather forecasts were good, and nothing indicated any trouble. Just the same, on the horizon there appeared at first a large dark cloud, which started growing rapidly. A sharp wind blew, which grew into a strong squall. A storm began. Huge waves started beating against the small ship.The ship was tossed from side to side. Water flowed into the machinery area. The ship was on the verge of stopping, and that would fatal for all.

Reveal Your Saints and You Reveal Your Church

Gabe Martini

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Orthodoxy Today

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Reveal Your Saints and You Reveal Your Church

Gabe Martini

For many, this event is little more than a well-leveraged commemoration of an extended olive branch between these two ancient, Christian faiths. For others, concern over the future of their respective churches takes center stage. Will this event be used as an impetus for doctrinal compromise? Will the future of either Eastern Orthodoxy or Roman catholicism hang in the balance as a result of this pending exchange of pleasantries?

Hysteria

Dr.Dmitry Avdeev, M.D.,Ph.D

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Orthodoxy Today

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Hysteria

Dr.Dmitry Avdeev, M.D.,Ph.D

The spiritual evaluation of this psychopathological state could be portrayed as showing off. Hysterical individuals are easily noted for their emotional imbalance, which is expressed by stormy and bright changes of mood. The speech of these people is full of images, characterized by frequent exaggeration of the facts.

St. John Chrysostom: On the Samaritan Woman

Homily 33

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St. John Chrysostom: On the Samaritan Woman

Homily 33

How then did the Samaritans "know not" what they worshiped? Because they thought that God was local and partial; so at least they served Him, and so they sent to the Persians, and reported that "the God of this place is wroth with us" ( 2 Kings xxvi.), in this respect forming no higher opinion of Him than of their idols.

A Few Personal Memories about St. Seraphim of Vyritsa

Deacon Vladimir Vasilik

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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

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A Few Personal Memories about St. Seraphim of Vyritsa

Deacon Vladimir Vasilik

Hearing this, St. Seraphim sighed softly and waved his hand: “What are you thinking, Matushka? Do you understand who you are giving your daughter to? He’s a convict! A convict! What wedding? What crowning? The Great Siberian Way is in store for him."