Salvific Details: The Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Days of Creation

A Study on the Book of Genesis

Jesse Dominick

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Theology

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Salvific Details: The Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Days of Creation

A Study on the Book of Genesis

Jesse Dominick

This fourth Bible Study on the book of Genesis covers the fourth through sixth days wherein God created the heavenly luminaries, called forth aquatic and fowl life from the waters, and land animals from the ground. We discuss many interesting topics such as the spiritual symbols implanted by God in creation, the free will of man, the necessity of Church Tradition, the original state of animals, the witness of modern saints, and much more.

Requirements for the Divine Eucharist

Met. Hierotheos Vlachos

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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

Requirements for the Divine Eucharist

Met. Hierotheos Vlachos

In this video the Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos looks into the deep meaning of the Divine Eucharist and analyzes the requirements for the participation in this Mystery, which is the сenter of Christian life.

Conquered by the Mercy of God

A Discourse on the Mystery of Repentance and Confession

Archpriest Artemy Vladimirov

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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

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Conquered by the Mercy of God

A Discourse on the Mystery of Repentance and Confession

Archpriest Artemy Vladimirov

Not only in the minute of confession of sins and receiving of forgiveness are we called to carry out the commandment of Christ: Repent ye and believe the Gospel; but before and after Confession the Christian is called to abide in repentance. Repentance is the air that pervades the soul; it is the light that allows us to see the path before us. Repentance is the aspiration to refrain from your confessed sins. It is a battle with sinister desires and passions that are no-nos, and which raise up their serpentine heads in the depths of our heart.

Icons, ancient Christian art that still inspire devotion today

Joel J. Miller

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Theology

Icons, ancient Christian art that still inspire devotion today

Joel J. Miller

When we speak of the word of God we are ultimately speaking of more than mere text anyway. We are speaking of Jesus, “the image [i.e., the icon] of the invisible God” (Col 1.15). People have not only seen God, but we will also one day see him again. In the meantime, we remember his earthly ministry and eternal rule by reflecting upon scripture, singing hymns, and beholding images of Christ and the saints who called him Lord and friend.

A Bunch of Stuff We Don’t Know

Fr. Stephen Freeman

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Theology

A Bunch of Stuff We Don’t Know

Fr. Stephen Freeman

At every turn, the source of our hope is simply what we have seen accomplished in Christ. We have His promises: I go to prepare a place for you, and if I prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also. (Joh 14:3) The fullness of the life of the Church teaches us how to hope and how to pray. It does not teach us what has not been given us to know.