Pastors Talk About the Struggle With Blasphemy

Anna Erakhtina

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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

Rating: 9,9|Votes: 7

Pastors Talk About the Struggle With Blasphemy

Anna Erakhtina

Every day the godless world tests Christians for firmness of spirit and faithfulness to their convictions. The films, “The Last Temptation of Christ”, “The da Vinci Code”, and “The Lost Tomb of Jesus”, Madonna’s cabbalistic concerts, the woeful punk outburst in Moscow’s Christ the Savior Cathedral, satanic rock bands, and much else provoke us. The reality is that we are forced to face things like this nearly every day.How should we react to blasphemy?

The “Wonderful and Confessedly Striking” Christian Manner of Life

Archimandrite Irenei (Steenberg)

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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

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The “Wonderful and Confessedly Striking” Christian Manner of Life

Archimandrite Irenei (Steenberg)

Examining a passage from the anonymous second-century Epistle to Diognetus, Archimandrite Irenei explores the witness borne by the early Christian community and asks: does it reflect our Christian testimony today?

Pentecost? Hooray! On Our Knees!

Peter Davydov, Archpriest Alexei Sorokin

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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

Pentecost? Hooray! On Our Knees!

Peter Davydov, Archpriest Alexei Sorokin

Seeing himself on the path of salvation as infirm, weak, and sinful, man asks that Holy Spirit God has given to His Church not leave us, that it would strengthen us, heal us of our infirmities and spiritual passions. This is what is said in the kneeling prayers.

The Strength of Oral Tradition

Gabe Martini

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Church History

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The Strength of Oral Tradition

Gabe Martini

In a world characterized by the rationalism of the Enlightenment and the instant knowledge of Google, it’s hard to believe things have not always been so.

What is Happiness?

Professor Alexei Osipov

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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

What is Happiness?

Professor Alexei Osipov

Whenever we talk about life, the question of happiness is always on our mind. This question is essential for our whole life and for the solution of all its problems. What kind of problems? Economic? Yes. Social? No doubt. Philosophical? Of course! Scientific? Definitely: why do we need progress in science and technology if there is no happiness?