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[English Edition / Homilies and Spiritual Instruction]

Completing the Fast: Thursday of the Sixth Week of Great Lent

Orthodox Christian Prison Ministry

This particular prophecy from Isaiah describes the unmerited inheritance that God has prepared for those of the New Covenant – “My people who sought Me” (vs. 10). At the same time it explores the bittersweet but missed opportunities of the ancient people of God – and reminds Christians of the legacy we have received from them. We are blessed to “rejoice exceedingly in gladness” as the Lord’s servants and His “elect” (vss. 14,15).

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Leadership Isn’t Glamorous

Fr. James Guirguis

They had followed Him daily, for at least three years. They had heard His teachings and seen His wisdom and godly insight and yet, they didn’t believe and they didn’t absorb and assimilate the information that He had just shared with them.

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Indifference is the Result of Unbelief

Nikita Filatov, Schema-Archimandrite Iliy (Nozdrin)

An indifferent relationship to our neighbor, indifference to another’s problems, apathy as an ordinary state of the soul… This has become almost the norm. Why is indifference so widespread today? What should a Christian do if he feels a deadness of soul? How can a pastor avoid looking like the priest from parable of the Good Samaritan? And how can we combine responsiveness of soul and its ability to share in others’ sorrows and joys with an indifferent attitude towards the good things of this world and the world itself? To answer these questions we went to see the experienced elder, Schema-Archimandrite Iliy (Nozdrin) of Optina Monastery.

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Sermon for the Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt

Holy Cross Hermitage

What repentance does is twofold; it is the means by which we are granted knowledge about ourselves, about the reality around us and about the highest of the spiritual realities and it breaks and refines the soul raising up the fallen man.

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Becoming Human, Not Angels

Fr. Ted Bobosh

The tradition of Jews and Christians (and also later of Muslims) is that God is the creator of both the material and spiritual world. Angels as well as humans are both part of the same created order.

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A Pastor’s Adult View on Children’s Confession

Archpriest Artemy Vladimirov, Nikita Filatov

Confession is the most important component of the spiritual life of every Christian, both adults and children. At what age should children begin to go to Confession? How to explain to them the essence of this Mystery? How to prepare for Confession? What can help to overcome the hesitation or even fear in our young people?

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Humble Repentance or Paralyzing Guilt?: Homily on St. Mary of Egypt for the 5th Sunday of Lent in the Orthodox Church

Fr. Philip LeMasters

Whenever we experience guilt and shame because of something we have done wrong, we need to ask ourselves a question. Do we feel that way because we are sorrowful that we have disobeyed God or because we cannot stand being less than perfect in our own eyes or those of others?

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The Buried Seed

Prayer of the Heart in an Age of Technology and Distraction, Part 4

Fr. Maximos (Constas)

St. Paul says you are the dwelling place of God. Is this how we normally understand ourselves? To be dwelling places inhabited by God? This is a very powerful assertion; do we take it seriously and understand what it means and what our lives mean in the context of such a statement? Do we live consistently with such a statement?

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Remember Sins and Despair Not: A Homily on the Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt

Jesse Dominick

Because of her sincere faith in Christ and her ardent desire to repent, her sins did not weigh her down. For her, the memory of her falls was not a victory for Satan, but it took part in the ultimate victory in Christ. I encourage you to take heart from her example. Our sins may have long-term consequences but even this can be reoriented to Christ.

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The All-Pure One

Abbot Tryphon

The holiness and purity of the Ever Virgin Mary

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What Is Salvation For?

Rev. Gregory Jensen

If I ask myself this question at all, “What is salvation for?” I’m likely to answer that my salvation is for me; so that I can be saved from sin and enter the Kingdom of God. But this is only a partial answer.

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The Greatest Example of Forgiveness!

Fr. Stavros Akrotirianakis

The Crucifixion and Christ’s forgiveness from the Cross opened the door of reconciliation between God and humanity. It also gave us a the greatest example of how to forgive and reconcile with one another.

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The God Who Educates

Abbot Tryphon

One of the primary differences between Islam and Christianity has to do with the basic view of the nature of God.

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Is there spiritual life and sanctity today?

Archimandrite Kyrillos

Spiritual life, and holiness, which is its fruit, do not exist only in the past. We can see holiness in our predecessors and learn from them, but we are not examining spiritual life like an exhibit in a historical museum. It is a living reality to which we are all called. Every human being has a spiritual dimension.

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Why we use prayer books

Fr. Athanasios C. Haros

We should look at the services and readings prescribed by the Church to better understand the emphasis the Church desire for us in our life. One such opportunity it the PRAYER OF MANASSES, KING OF JUDA offered ONLY during the Great Compline.

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Who is able to act as confessor?

Archimandrite Vassilios Papavassiliou

What we need, then, is a real rediscovery of the spiritual character and content of church life, a deep understanding in heart, soul and mind of our calling to come into union with God. Like the Prodigal Son, we need to recognise our alienation from God, our sinfulness, our distance from our true home and calling. And we need to understand that this home is our Church, and we always need to return home, we always need to be reconciled with God and with the body of believers that is the Church. Confession is therefore necessary for us to continuously rediscover our identity as Orthodox Christians.

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

Life is Blessedness! Selected sayings of St. Barsanuphius of Optina

St. Barsanuphius of Optina

Life becomes blessedness for us when we learn to fulfill Christ’s commandments and to love Christ. Then it will be a joy to live, a joy to endure the afflictions that come upon us, while before us will glow the ineffable light of the Sun of Righteousness—the Lord. All the Gospel commandments begin with the word, “blessed:” blessed are the meek, blessed are the merciful, blessed are the peacemakers … From this it follows, as a truth, that the fulfilling of the commandment offers people the highest happiness.

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Words of life

Sermon, Fourth Saturday of Lent 2016

Fr. Ryan Bishop

This is that hope; to hear the words of Christ, to let them renew and transform us, and to have tongues that are able to praise, bless, and worship Christ, telling everyone that we meet of the incomparable glory of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

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Does the Old Testament Endorse Slavery?

Fr. John Whiteford

Some ask, doesn't the fact that the Old Testament has laws that allow for slavery constitute an endorsement of slavery? Fr. John Whiteford discusses the Old Testament and slavery.

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Stop Passing the Buck!

Fr. Stavros Akrotirianakis

The more important lesson we learn from Pontius Pilate is that it is not only important to seek after and know truth, but to stand up for truth. And this is where Pilate fell short. And he fell short because of peer pressure, popularity and his desire for job security. Our unwillingness to stand up for the truth today is still affected by these things.

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