The Pain and Joy of a Rural Priest

Peter Davydov, Archpriest Mikhail Kharchuk

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Orthodoxy Today

The Pain and Joy of a Rural Priest

Peter Davydov, Archpriest Mikhail Kharchuk

The presence of children in the church gives me special joy. Thank God, we managed to arrange a good Sunday school, and children attend it willingly. We try to avoid just cramming the catechism at classes, but we have a lively dialogue about the life of Christ, about the commandments, and what not.

The Ragings of the Pagans

Fr. Lawrence Farley

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Church History

The Ragings of the Pagans

Fr. Lawrence Farley

And the pagans are still around (at least here in Canada) and they are still noisily raging. They are not dead or even asleep. They are wide awake (and ‘woke’). They don’t worship Zeus or Apollo anymore. The idols currently ascendent here in the West have different names.

The Path to Happiness: How Can We Cultivate Love?

Alexander Dmitriev

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Orthodoxy Today

The Path to Happiness: How Can We Cultivate Love?

Alexander Dmitriev

No one knows exactly what love is. And love is cultivated in everyone. You begin to take part in the life of your soulmate, you begin to understand him or her.

A Week Filled With Prayer and Grace

PHOTOGALLERY

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A Week Filled With Prayer and Grace

PHOTOGALLERY

The army of Christ is made up of the lame, the elderly, and the infirm. Everyone kept on walking with prayer, toughing it out despite the pain of blistered feet at every step.

Life Hacks For Tired Laymen

Fr. Anthony Rusakevich

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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

Life Hacks For Tired Laymen

Fr. Anthony Rusakevich

Since there are no ready-made solutions to this fundamental spiritual problem, at least some preventive measures can be taken that will protect us against a possible crisis of faith, “laymen burnout”. These rules are quite simple. Let’s call them “life hacks for tired laymen”.