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[English Edition / Homilies and Spiritual Instruction]

The Ladder of Divine Ascent and Moral Improvement

Fr. Stephen Freeman

The path of modernity carries no humility. It breeds pride, and frequently contempt. Failure is its nemesis. We blame ourselves for laziness and sloth, certain that a little more effort will make the difference.

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Climbing Up by Moving Down: Homily for the 4th Sunday of Lent in the Orthodox Church

Fr. Philip LeMasters

“Lord, I believe, help my unbelief.” That is the only confession that will enable us to prepare for what is to come in the weeks ahead as we enter into the deep mystery of our salvation. As our Savior said, “The Son of man will be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill Him; and after He is killed, He will rise on the third day.”

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VIDEO: Fr. Zacharias Zacharou – The relationship with God: foundation for the relationship with our brethren

Archimandrite Zacharias (Zacharou)

Those that are born by the Spirit have a heart in which dwells Christ through faith. According to Biblical Anthropology and Orthodox Tradition, the heart of man is the center of his personhood. There, choices occur and decisions are made… there, man meets with God and feels united with all generations of man… Love for His word keeps us on the hard road of His will, so that we may put ourselves second and honor others more than ourselves.

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Sunday of St. John of the Ladder

Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh

Lent is a time of renewal when like spring, everything become new again; when our life that had gone into a twilight becomes alive with all the intensity that God can communicate to us, humans, by making us partakers of His Holy Spirit, by making us partakers, through the Holy Sacraments and the direct gift of God, of the Divine nature.

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Could Demons Exist?

Fr. James Guirguis

We all want to change, we want to become better humans, some of us want to know Jesus Christ more intimately, some of us want to become saints. These are all big results and if you want big results you better have big faith. And if you want to have big faith you better exercise that faith through prayer and fasting.

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Do We Believe in God?

Fr. Stephen Freeman

As a young priest, I fancied myself to be a “problem solver.” A good parish, I thought, was a happy parish. Conflict and crisis were things to be managed. I even took a number of courses in seminary that were focused on “management.” And this, I believe, was the secular option, the breeding ground of despair and unbelief.

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

Sermon for the Sunday of the Cross

But outside of our Orthodox Churches we are increasingly encountering a new Christianity which presents us with a new version of Christianity, a new Gospel … a Christianity without the Cross. A Pascha with no Good Friday. How pleasant this appears to the world and how much it is attracting followers.

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Seeking the Depths: the history of the Philokalia

Prayer of the Heart in an Age of Technology and Distraction, Part 3

Fr. Maximos (Constas)

We’re all drawn to beautiful things, and of course the beauty that inheres in all beautiful things is the beauty of the Divine. The ultimate beauty that exerts its magnetic pull on us is not a beautiful face, or landscape, or piece of music, but it is the beauty of the Divine which is refracted or reflected in these earthly beauties. “Philokalia” means the love of the beautiful.

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

The Annunciation of the Most Holy Theotokos. Gospel Exegesis

Archpriest Alexander Shargunov

The Most Pure Virgin Mary’s answer is the joyful, prayerful concentration of all ages of Christian sanctity; the fate of every person, into which we are all called to delve. Let everyone who turns his mind and heart to the Lord always stand before this mystery, and with thankfulness witness the joy of today’s feast. The Annunciation has happened. Be it unto me according to thy word.

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

Encyclicals on the Great Feast of the Annunciation 2016

Archbishop Demetrios, Metropolitan Joseph

The great joy of this holy feast, occurring in the midst of the solemn Holy Season of the Great Fast, brings us a moment of uplifting joy in the midst of our Lenten spiritual struggle. We convey our most heartfelt love to you as we celebrate this joyous feast and we ask our gracious Lord to bless you and to grant that the remainder of the Lenten Season will bring you spiritual renewal.

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Reduce stress: Live the Liturgical Cycles

Deacon Charles Joiner

You don't need self-help books, no TV guru to guide you, nor a yoga class to relieve stress. Simply follow what is hidden in the wisdom of the Orthodox Church and follow it. It is that simple. It will bring you grace and you will gain strength you did not know you had access too. You will experience His presence and your life will become one that is closer to what He teaches.

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People Don’t Fast Because They Don’t Know the Meaning of Lent

Interview with Archbishop Mark of Berlin and Germany on the joy of Great Lent

For many people, Great Lent is a time, let’s be honest, of difficulty and sorrow. Statistics show that every year only three to five percent of those who call themselves Orthodox Christians observe Lent, and even those don’t adhere to it strictly. Why don’t people see the joy of Lent? Wherein lies this joy? How does one who has never observed Lent begin? We spoke with Archbishop Mark (Arndt) of Berlin and Germany.

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Jesus Sat With Sinners - Must We Do The Same?

Stephen Mc Elligott

It’s true, the more time we spend in the company of the godless, the more susceptible we are to become like them and eventually turn from or at least become … forgetful of God. This is why daily prayer is a necessity of Christian life. Prayer is like water. If we forget to take water we gradually dehydrate and die. If we do the same with prayer we gradually become separated from God and his Grace and we die and the world becomes our idol and new friend because we spend more time with the world now than God.

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We Are At War

Fr. James Guirguis

This Cross is not magic. It is the remembrance of Christ Our Lord’s sufferings and trials at the hands of sinners. It is the remembrance of the manly, heroic courage of Our Lord in the face of unrestrained evil. But the reminder is of a dual nature. We are reminded of Christ’s heroic struggles on our behalf and the demons are reminded of their ultimate defeat at the hands of the Holy Son of God.

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The Cross, the Symbol of Victory

Metropolitan Varnavas of Neapolis and Stavroupolis

The path of salvation is difficult, long and arduous. It’s a path of suffering. Christ Himself warned us how narrow and full of sorrows is the way that brings us close to Him. But He Himself encourages us! He reminds us that He’s vanquished the world and that, with Him at our side, we too, can accomplish this. He reminds us that the great turnaround of the dishonourable manner of his killing, which led to His Resurrection, to His famous victory over death, can happen in our own lives, too.

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“Here We Have No Lasting City”

Epistle to the Hebrews 13:14

Protodeacon Patrick Mitchell

Translation is tricky business. One word can mean the difference between heaven and earth, between a spiritual reading of Holy Scripture and a much more worldly reading, about, for example, the Babylonian Captivity.

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

Lenten Synaxarion: Sunday of the Veneration of the Cross

Also, as those who have traveled a long hard road, weighed down by the labors of their journey, in finding a shady tree, take their ease for a moment and continue their journey rejuvenated, so now in this time of the Fast, this sorrowful and laborious journey, the Holy Fathers have planted the life-giving Cross, for our relief and refreshment, to encourage and make easier the labors that lie ahead.

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Thy Life Hanging Before Thee

Fr. John Whiteford

In Deuteronomy 28:66-67, Moses talks about fearing the day and night. What all is going on there? Verse 66 is quoted in the hymns for the feast of the Exaltation of the Cross, as Christ our Life hanging before our eyes, but what does the rest of the verse mean? Fr. John Whiteford talks about this verse so pertinent to the Sunday of the Cross.

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Everyone loves a winner

Rev. Dr. J. Sergius Halvorsen

And today, as we fall down before the Holy Cross, as it is lifted up and we praise it in our hymns and songs, we are strengthened with the same divine courage. We face the evil, and the anger of this world, and we take up our cross and follow Christ, showing mercy and forgiveness to everyone around us, glorifying Jesus Christ. For Jesus’ victory, His victory on the Cross, the victory of God’s love, is our one true and lasting victory.

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Distracting us from the Depths

Prayer of the Heart in an Age of Technology and Distraction, Part 2

Fr. Maximos (Constas)

Man is a creature of great depth, created by God, but after the Fall we are easily distracted from the depths, being enamored with mere surface appearances. What in our world today serves to distract us from the depths, and what can we do about it?

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