Sermon on the Sunday of the Prodigal Son

Metropolitan Kallistos (Ware)

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Sermon on the Sunday of the Prodigal Son

Metropolitan Kallistos (Ware)

Metropolitan Kallistos (Ware) delivers his sermon on the Sunday of the Prodigal Son in the presence of Metropolitan Nicholas at the Sts. Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church in Westland, MI.

“For if we do not have this, all else is nothing”: A letter by St. Theophan the Recluse discovered

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“For if we do not have this, all else is nothing”: A letter by St. Theophan the Recluse discovered

The letter is authentic and written by the holy hierarch’s hand. The piece of paper yellowed with age and folded in half into a small envelope has been preserved to our time since 1888.

Living God’s Word

Fr. Silouan Benedict

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Living God’s Word

Fr. Silouan Benedict

The Word of God acts gently within your soul. God transforms us through his word, so it is very necessary to allow the Word of God to sink into you. And the right interpretation of the Word of God has to sink within you, not the word of God spoken by heretics and schismatics. The Orthodox Church helps you to know the Truth, the Whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth.

The Unmoral Christian Revisited

Fr. Stephen Freeman

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The Unmoral Christian Revisited

Fr. Stephen Freeman

There is an abiding discomfort for many with my assertion that we generally do not see moral progress in our lives. That discomfort comes from many directions. Perhaps the most serious is the question that asks, “Then why bother? If we are not making progress in our battles with the passions, why make the effort?”

Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee—Synaxarion

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Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee—Synaxarion

By the grace of God on this present day we begin the Triodion, the hymns of which were composed by many of our holy and God-bearing Fathers, inspired by the Holy Spirit according to their worthiness.