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[Coming to Orthodoxy]

Dostoevsky and His Theology

James Townsend

Alfred Einstein stated: "Dostoevsky gives me more than any other thinker." Nicholas Berdyaev was professor of philosophy at the University of Moscow until he was expelled by the Communist regime in 1922. Berdyaev testified that Dostoevsky "stirred and lifted up my soul more than any other writer or philosopher has done…when I turned to Jesus Christ for the first time.
[Theology]

Why did Christ have to die?

The answer to this question is very important to our understanding of salvation and exactly what Christ did for us. If we look at Adam and Eve and their creation, we can see that God created them to have the promise of eternal life in paradise.
[Orthodoxy Today]

St. Xenia House. A place to call home.

Often independence is the sign of maturity that we have grown up, the captain of our own ship. Yet we are growing, crashing, burning, and getting up, throughout our past childhood and this new childhood.
[Coming to Orthodoxy]

The Orthodox approach to Thailand

But in the midst of a city famous for all the wrong reasons is an unusual sight - the All Saints Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate), a building with three golden domes and beautifully painted frescos inside.
[Orthodoxy Today]

An Unconscionable Threat to Conscience

Last week, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius ordered most employers and insurers to provide contraceptives, sterilization, and abortifacient drugs free of charge. Taxpayers and premium payers are complicit in paying for these “preventive health services” whether they object or not.
[Orthodoxy Today]

Christians in India facing major decline because of low birthrate

What is noticeably different about Kerala is the highly visible presence of Christians, especially Catholics, in the state, the exceptional friendliness and courtesy of its people and Kerala’s strong family life culture.
[Homilies and Spiritual Instruction]

Stand Fast and Watch

St. John of Shanghai

“Quite right, my son,” said the king. “Keep this lesson in mind for the rest of you life. Be as vigilant over your soul as you were today over the oil in the vessel. Turn your thoughts away from what will soon pass away, and keep them focused on what is eternal.
[Orthodoxy Today]

At Dinner with the Homeless in Athens, Greece

The smiles on Effie and Athanasia, the two young women who run the center were just as welcoming. Though employed, they do extra hours as volunteers, offering professional counseling, practical help in getting social benefits, job interviews, information on food and shelter.
[Orthodoxy Today]

How One Man Left His Life to Save "Accursed" Children

Answering his cell, for what he assumed was another banker with more bad news, he heard a friend, Steve, on the other line, asking him to drop everything and fly to Ethiopia. A group of German-based photographers, Steve explained, traveling in Ethiopia, had just rescued a young girl named Bale--a child about to be murdered by elders from her remote village.
[Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days ]

Orthodox unite for blessing of the waters

Although temperatures had dipped into the 20s and a bone-chilling wind blew over the Susquehanna River on Jan. 15, the Rev. Stephen Vernak and other Orthodox clergymen barely shivered as they stood by the riverbank.

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