Motherhood: the ultimate career move

Fr. Barnabas Powell

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Marriage and Family

Rating: 10|Votes: 13

Motherhood: the ultimate career move

Fr. Barnabas Powell

Few phrases in our lexicon are as misleading as “just a stay-at-home mom.” That “just” devalues the hard work and sacrifice of motherhood, its essential role in society’s well-being.

IOCC Reaches Out to Fijians through OCMC Family in New Zealand

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Orthodoxy Today

Rating: 9|Votes: 2

IOCC Reaches Out to Fijians through OCMC Family in New Zealand

His Eminence Archbishop Amfilochios, the Metropolitan Archbishop of New Zealand had requested aide and the International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC) had designated some emergency relief money to help people in Fiji after Cyclone Winston last February. It was the most devastating weather disaster in recorded history for Fiji Islands.

Why the Polish Church returned to the Julian Calendar

Sergei Ivanov, Fr. Mark Lavreschuk

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Church History

Rating: 10|Votes: 3

Why the Polish Church returned to the Julian Calendar

Sergei Ivanov, Fr. Mark Lavreschuk

On this second day of the Church New Year according to the "old style" Julian Calendar we are talking with Polish priest-theologian and dean of the Department of Orthodox Theology of the Bialystok University Fr. Mark Lavreschuk about why the Polish Church made the unprecedented decision to return to the Julian Calendar, whether there were any difficulties regarding this move to the “old style,” and how important the calendar issue is generally for Polish Orthodox.

King James English and Orthodox Worship

Fr. John Whiteford

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Orthodoxy Today

Rating: 8.4|Votes: 5

King James English and Orthodox Worship

Fr. John Whiteford

The Orthodox approach to translation has generally been a conservative one. Slavonic was never the street language of Slavic speakers. It was a high form of Slavic language, with a huge amount of created terms, using Slavic root words, and putting them together in the same way Greek theological terms were constructed. The end result was a highly elevated language which was within reach of Slavic speaking people, but was not the language of the street.

In Eton I became a Christian

Constantine Beliy, David Wei

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Orthodoxy Today

Rating: 7|Votes: 3

In Eton I became a Christian

Constantine Beliy, David Wei

At the end of August 2016, ten students of Britain’s prestigious Eton College visited Moscow and Saint Petersburg. We asked of the main organizers of the trip, David Wei, to tell us about his path to Christ.