Cicero Orthodox Church celebrates 20 year anniversary of Miraculous Weeping Icon of the Virgin Mary

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Cicero Orthodox Church celebrates 20 year anniversary of Miraculous Weeping Icon of the Virgin Mary

Weeping Icon symbolizes the suffering of Christians in the Holy Land, Pastor of Church says.

Ten Years Ago, 'The Passion' Ruckus Demonstrated Network TV's Hostility to Orthodox Christianity

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Ten Years Ago, 'The Passion' Ruckus Demonstrated Network TV's Hostility to Orthodox Christianity

Ten years ago, Mel Gibson unveiled his massively successful movie The Passion of The Christ. It came out on Ash Wednesday (February 25, 2004), but is often re-viewed on Good Friday. It had a worldwide box-office gross of over $611 million.

Metropolitan Kallistos Ware: ROCOR`s Emphasis on Ascetic and Litutgical Tradition is very much needed today

Metropolitan Kallistos (Ware)

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Metropolitan Kallistos Ware: ROCOR`s Emphasis on Ascetic and Litutgical Tradition is very much needed today

Metropolitan Kallistos (Ware)

I first entered the Russian church of St. Philip’s in Buckingham Palace Road in the year 1952, when I was seventeen years old. I was still at school (the English sense of “school,” which does not mean university). It was my last year at Westminster School in London, just before I entered the University here in Oxford.

Is internet porn to blame for millennials leaving the Church?

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Is internet porn to blame for millennials leaving the Church?

A Christian blogger has argued that a recent study showing an inverse correlation between Internet access and faith, might be due to prevalence and accessibility to pornography.

No, Sarah Palin, Baptism Isn’t A Good Punchline For A Terrorist Joke

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No, Sarah Palin, Baptism Isn’t A Good Punchline For A Terrorist Joke

Joking about baptism in the context of this aggressive action suggests that we don’t think baptism is as life-giving or important as it is.