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St. John of Rila: The Fruits of Faith and Non-Faith
Thine angelic life hath been the foundation of repentance, the prescription of compunction, the model of consolation and spiritual perfection, O venerable father John, who abode in prayers, fasting...
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Fr. Sebastian Dabovich on St. Innocent of Alaska
On the day of commemoration of St. Innocent Veniaminov, the great Alaskan missionary and later Metropolitan of Moscow, we offer you the following lecture which was given by Fr. Sebastian...
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How to Approach the Saints
Icons grant help; miracles exist. I myself have repeatedly witnessed remarkable miracles from saints and their relics or from other manifestations of their holiness left to us as their legacy....
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A Syrian Greek Archbishop: God’s Gift to Canterbury
Fr. John Nankivell As the Church of England prepares for a new Archbishop of Canterbury, Fr John Nankivell looks at the life and lasting influence of an earlier Archbishop of that see, St Theodore...
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Preparing for Eternity with St. Barbara
On the occasion of the feast day of St. Barbara we offer the following homily by Igumen Melchizedek (Artiukhin), rector of the Church of Sts. Peter and Paul in Yasenevo, the Optina Monastery’s...
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Watch and Pray: On St. Sabbas the Sanctified
And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares. For as a snare shall...
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St. Ambrose of Milan: Heeding God’s Call
Fr. Alexander Men In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit! In earlier times it was customary that a bishop would be chosen for his ministry by his own flock, by the...
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The Glorification of St. Herman of Alaska
The following homily was delivered by His Eminence, Metropolitan Philaret of Eastern America and New York, during the Glorification of St. Herman of Alaska by the Russian Orthodox Church Outside...
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Who’s Got Your Back?
“Surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses” Fr. Thaddaeus Hardenbrook Having created the context for human activity (the Garden, tending and keeping it, eating and not eating of specific...
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Georadar research of ancient monasteries of Northern Russia completed
April 2, 2013 Georadar research has been completed on the territory of ancient Monasteries in the Kargopol district (the Arkhangelsk region in Russia). The research was conducted by the preservation...
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Faith, Hope, Love – and Wisdom
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit! I congratulate you all, dear brothers and sisters, with today’s celebration of the memory of the Holy Martyrs Faith, Hope,...
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Fr. Sebastian Dabovich on St. Innocent of Alaska
On the day of commemoration of St. Innocent Veniaminov, the great Alaskan missionary and later Metropolitan of Moscow, we offer you the following lecture which was given by Fr. Sebastian...
View ArticleThe Sinner-Saint
The Church realizes that holiness is not something exceptional or incidental. It is not a supernatural event. Rather, it is part of her mission and calling in the world.
View ArticleTwo Soldiers of Christ: Boris and Gleb
The astonishing fact is that Boris refused to fight his brother for the throne. A recent study of these events finds this “absurd” and “inexplicable.” Indeed it seemed so to Boris’s army, for it was at...
View ArticleXXXI: Prayer to the Saints
The saints are above all our heavenly friends, who can help us progress on the path to salvation, on the path to God. And only secondarily are saints those that can help us in specific everyday matters.
View ArticleUnnoticed Life of Daria Zaysteva
Unnoticed Life She was an ordinary Russian woman, the daughter of Peter Zaystev named Daria. She was born in the village of Bogoslovo in the Ryazan district in the Ryazan region in 1870. At 19 she...
View ArticleOratorical Festivals and Important Saints to Know
She does not retreat to her convent, nor does she merely engage in acts of charity. Rather, she becomes a rather strong advocate for women. She begins a rescue mission for abused women.
View ArticleHow to Become a Saint
The Sunday after Pentecost commemorates all the Saints of Church, and reminds us that the great legacy of Pentecost is that all of us who have received the gift of the Holy Spirit—knowing Him, relating...
View ArticleSt. Sergei of Radonezh: Leave the World and Serve the World
Their sound is gone forth into all the earth… Today I would like to remember Saint Sergei of Radonezh and the memory of finding the holy relics which we are celebrating. The name of this amazing saint...
View ArticleThe Call to Sainthood
HOLY THINGS FOR THE HOLY Be holy, for I am holy (Lev. 11:44) At this point there is often an air of anticipation in the Liturgy. Just about every Orthodox churchgoer knows that the ‘Our Father’ ushers...
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