Review: On The Reception of the Heterodox into the Orthodox Church: The Patristic Consensus and Criteria

Archpriest John Whiteford

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Orthodoxy Today

Review: On The Reception of the Heterodox into the Orthodox Church: The Patristic Consensus and Criteria

Archpriest John Whiteford

The book makes a compelling case for why the reception of converts by baptism should be the norm, especially in our time, and given that few non-Orthodox Christians baptize by a triple immersion.

Instructions for Salvation

Metropolitan Luke’s Wartime Notes

Metropolitan Luke of Zaporozhye and Melitopol

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Instructions for Salvation

Metropolitan Luke’s Wartime Notes

Metropolitan Luke of Zaporozhye and Melitopol

No matter what lofty gifts a person may have been worthy of, no matter what heights of theology he has reached, no matter what ascetical labors he has performed, if all of this has not brought him to love, then all his labors were in vain.

The Pain and Joy of a Rural Priest

Peter Davydov, Archpriest Mikhail Kharchuk

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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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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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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.