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Everyday Saints and Other Stories

Archimandrite Tikhon (Shevkunov)

Archimandrite Tikhon (Shevkunov). Everyday Saints and Other Stories. Translation by Julian Henry Lowenfeld. Pokrov Publications, 2012. $23. 504 pages, illustrated. ISBN 978-0-9842848-3-2, 978-0-9842848-4-9.

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A Japanese Martial Artist Receives Orthodox Baptism

Since his school years, Tokashi has been practicing various kinds of martial arts. In the process he started to gradually realize that the knowledge of fighting techniques and methods alone could not satisfy his desire to become really strong. This made him wonder where the strength comes from and who grants it as he felt it is not just the result of training and exercise.

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Redemption in a prison trashcan

Redemption is not always found where you might expect it. For Christopher Yuan, a former drug dealer who had been living the promiscuous homosexual lifestyle, the new beginning he so desperately needed was found in one of the unlikeliest places on earth: a prison trashcan.

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God seemed to me very present in the Orthodox liturgy

By passport he is George. His baptized name is Vasily. He often signs his correspondence using names pen names Georgy Georgiyevitch and Alexander after his favorite Russian Emperor Alexander the Third. A former American programmer, now a toiler of the Pochayev Laura Monastery found his spiritual Motherland in Russia. In interview to Vitaly and Valentina Trubetskoy he told a lot of unexpected troubles he met in Russia.

[English Edition / Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days ]

For the 30th Anniversary of the Repose of Father Seraphim Rose

Nun Cornelia (Rees)

September 2 of this year marks thirty years since the repose of a righteous man of our time, Hieromonk Seraphim Rose. Father Seraphim’s contribution to the spread and deepening of Orthodoxy not only in America, but throughout the world cannot be overstated. A gifted man from birth, he came to his deep faith in Christ and firm belief in the truth of Orthodoxy through intense struggles of soul and mind—struggles so painfully familiar to people of our age that we cannot but acknowledge the veracity of the conclusions he unwaveringly drew from them. His life edifies even in its imperfection, for truly he was “one of us”: For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted (Heb. 2:8).

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Women's Ordination

Frederica Matthewes-Green

If that consensus continued unbroken over the centuries, then that seems to be the Holy Spirit’s leading. Jesus said, “When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth” (John 16:13). It’s not always easy to discern a clear consensus, but there’s no problem here. For 20 centuries, the Orthodox Church has not ordained women priests. That doesn’t mean there weren’t women preachers, though.

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Reflection of an Orthodox Pilgrim

Fr. Brendan Pelphrey

Occasionally, friends ask about our conversion because they themselves are contemplating going away from the Church. They do not understand why someone would deliberately change their faith or join an Orthodox congregation. “Look at all the problems,” they say. In this case, our answer is to testify to the truth of Orthodoxy and to the splendor of Orthodox faith and worship. This is the Church of Christ. This is where we, and they, belong.

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A Fountain of Love

Speech given at the opening of a new monument to Alexander Pushkin, May 26, 2012, in Howell NJ

Julian Lowenfeld

Above all else in life we must be grateful. Pushkin once wrote to Zhukovsky: call me crazy, call me eccentric, but just don’t ever call me ungrateful.” We essentially lose what we have when we forget to be grateful for it... His harmony is ever full of our faith’s core values: warmth and compassion, for which we must ever strive with dedicated astonishment.

[English Edition / Orthodoxy Today]

Reclaiming the Arts: An Orthodox Perspective

Deacon James Bryant

The Arts have been for over a century philosophically and ideologically bankrupt. They are an index of the flow of thoughts of the ages.

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"We are all connected:" Father Vladimir and Matushka Suzanne Aleandro minister to the Turkana people of Kenya

The Turkana people respond with joy to the message of Christ. “When you’re talking and preaching there, they spontaneously jump up and start dancing and clapping, they can’t keep it to themselves."

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Eastern Orthodox Christians in Gaza Prepare for Holy Week

On Friday I went with a friend to the Eastern Orthodox Church in the Old City of Gaza, to help make palm crosses for Palm Sunday which, for them, is tomorrow.

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Palestinian Christians Find Hope in Easter and Women in Bethlehem Offer their Traditional Easter Cookie (Ma'moul) Recipie

...Indeed, Easter celebrations in Palestine in general and in Bethlehem and Jerusalem in particular have a special vigor. From Palm Sunday until Easter Day sounds of church bells, drums, boys and girls scouts performing in the streets, and the chanting of hymns create a magical atmosphere that expresses a sense of spirituality that is deeply rooted in a community that is literally thousands of years old. According to Aida, " Jesus was Palestinian. He is one of us. As the followers of Jesus we are the first Christian community and we have lived for centuries in the same towns and villages where he lived."

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Symbolic Lamb: Around the World, Christians Celebrate Easter With This Dish

Christians often celebrate Easter on different Sundays, as is the case again this year, because of differences in how the date is determined by the Eastern and Western churches. Whether it be April 8 (West) or April 15 (East), there's agreement that lamb is one of the most symbolic dishes you can place on the table at Easter.

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Online cookbook offers fast Lenten recipes

As she notes in the cookbook, "Fasting is a wonderful part of our spiritual life. And because of this, we need to practice it regularly, and we must make sure that we do it in a healthful manner."

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The Rule of Fasting in the Orthodox Church

Hieromonk Seraphim (Rose)

This rule of fasting, to be sure, is not intended to be a "straight-jacket" for Orthodox believers, nor a source of pharisaical pride for anyone who keeps the letter of the Church's law. It is rather the rule, the standard, against which each is to measure his own practice, and towards which one must always strive, according to one's strength and circumstances.

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Let's Talk About Maslenitsa

Archimandrite Tikhon (Shevkunov), Hieromonk Job (Gumerov), Priest Alexy Darashevich

It is the last week before the beginning of Great Lent—the week the Russians call "maslenitsa." In the West it is called "carnival," which had a similar meaning originally, but is now understood quite differently.

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The Law of God for Thailand

In January, 2012, an almost three-year-long effort came to a successful conclusion. Protopriest Seraphim Slobodskoy’s The Law of God was translated into the Thai language. This was done by Priest Danai (Daniel) Vanna, the first Thai Orthodox priest, a graduate of St Petersburg Theological Seminary; Mrs Naparta Aphichataphong, former official translator of English for the Parliament of Thailand, now studying at SPTS; and Mr Yingsak Samsen, a specialist in the Russian language.

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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.

[English Edition / Orthodoxy Today]

Fyodor M. Dostoevsky, Orthodox Convert 1821–1881 (January 28/February 9)

On February 9, 1881, Feodor Dostoevsky parted this world as his family read to him the Gospel parable of the prodigal son. This article from Orthodox America from the 100th anniversary year of Doestoevsky's death commemorates the great writer, and shows his significance to the Orthodox Church.

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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.

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