Remembering Fr. Alexander Schmemann

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Remembering Fr. Alexander Schmemann

Wednesday, December 13, 2017—the Feast of Saint Herman of Alaska—marks the 34th anniversary of the repose of Protopresbyter Alexander Schmemann, Dean of Saint Vladimir’s Seminary and a leading 20th century Orthodox Christian theologian.

If Nothing Else, the True Faith

Protopresbyter-Stavrophore Srboljub Miletic

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Theology

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If Nothing Else, the True Faith

Protopresbyter-Stavrophore Srboljub Miletic

What is the difference in the understanding of the Church and the Church affiliation between Orthodox and Roman Catholics? For other “Christians”, there is no clear and consistent teaching about it, so we will consider this particular difference, in hopes that the understanding of it will also make the other differences clearer.

On Hope and Despair

From a conversation with a contemporary Athonite monk

Ilya Kabanov

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On Hope and Despair

From a conversation with a contemporary Athonite monk

Ilya Kabanov

Some lay guests complained to a monk of one of the Athonite sketes that worldly commotion, difficulties, and problems deprive them of all their time and strength, causing them to despair, and they didn’t know how to save their souls in such conditions.

Metropolitan Tikhon (OCA) addresses Bishops Council of ROC (+ VIDEO)

Metropolitan Tikhon of All America and Canada

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Metropolitan Tikhon (OCA) addresses Bishops Council of ROC (+ VIDEO)

Metropolitan Tikhon of All America and Canada

"I come to you from the far-away lands of North America, with a small delegation representing the Orthodox Church in America, to offer a few words before this august body concerning the great man of God and confessor whose name I bear and who is also my predecessor in the United States and Canada, where he served as ruling hierarch of the North American diocese from 1898 to 1907."

Epistle of the Holy Council of Bishops to the Clergy, Monks and Nuns and All Faithful Children of the Russian Orthodox Church

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Epistle of the Holy Council of Bishops to the Clergy, Monks and Nuns and All Faithful Children of the Russian Orthodox Church

In giving praise to the Creator, Provider and Giver of all good things, we prayerfully recollect the most important of events in the history of our Church, the hundredth anniversary of which is being marked this year, the opening of the Holy Council of the Russian Orthodox Church in 1917-1918 and the restoration of the Patriarchy.