The Twenty-First Sunday After Pentecost

Archpriest Andrew Phillips

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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

The Twenty-First Sunday After Pentecost

Archpriest Andrew Phillips

Although it is difficult to be a Christian, it can never be said that it is complicated. If we look at all the philosophies and religions of the world, Christianity is by far the simplest.

“I still marvel at the power of his prayer.” St. John of Kronstadt

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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

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“I still marvel at the power of his prayer.” St. John of Kronstadt

Father John Sergiev breathed fresh life into Russian spirituality, making it predominantly Eucharistic. With eldership on the wane, this age-old Russian form of religious piety prophetically bequeathed by Father John of Kronstadt determined the existence of the Russian Orthodox Church for many years to come.

The Feast of the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God, and the Veneration of Holy Icons

Hieromonk Irenei (Pikovsky)

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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

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The Feast of the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God, and the Veneration of Holy Icons

Hieromonk Irenei (Pikovsky)

The miraculous appearance of the icon of the Mother of God in the ninth century, during the era of iconoclastic dispute, was literally a confirmation “from above” of what had been pronounced at the Seventh Ecumenical Council on the veneration of icons.

Schema-Archimandrite Andronik (Lukash). On Lies

Schema-Archimandrite Andronik (Lukash)

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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

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Schema-Archimandrite Andronik (Lukash). On Lies

Schema-Archimandrite Andronik (Lukash)

Preserve yourself from lies: they banish the fear of God from a person; confess all your thoughts and deeds to your [spiritual] father, and God’s help will sign itself upon you. Force yourself to do your handiwork, and the fear of God will abide in you.

How Are the Passions Born?

Andrei Gorbachev

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How Are the Passions Born?

Andrei Gorbachev

“A thousand-mile journey begins with one step,” say the Chinese. So also every passion begins with one thought, which is called prilog, or “suggestion”. This term describes a thought, but also an image, a feeling, a desire, or a state that suddenly arises in the human soul; however that is not to mean all thoughts or states, but only those aimed at separating us from God.