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

Two words on Pentecost with pastors of St. Tikhon's

Archimandrite Sergius (Bowyer), Abp. Michael (Dahulich)

This great feast of Pentecost is an inseparable continuation of the Lord’s Cross and Resurrection and Ascension to the right hand of the Father, in which the Holy Spirit is poured out upon the Church, recalling to mind the words of our Savior, and guiding our steps towards perfection in Christ. On this great feast we offer the words of two inspiring voices from St. Tikhon’s Monastery and Seminary in South Canaan, PA—those of Archimandrite Sergius, the abbot of St. Tikhon’s Monastery, and of Abp. Michael (Dahulich) of New York and New Jersey, rector and professor at St. Tikhon’s Seminary.

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The Lord’s Day

Fr. John Whiteford

Many ask, which is the Lord’s Day, Saturday or Sunday?

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On Not Escaping the World, But Being Holy in It

Homily for the Sunday After the Ascension in the Orthodox Church

Fr. Philip LeMasters

Even if we know the words of the Nicene Creed by heart, we may still be tempted to turn Christ into a Savior who fits with our preconceived notions about what we would like from a religion. After all, it is much easier to follow a Lord Who serves our own pursuit of pleasure, power, and pride than it is to embrace One Who calls us to holiness in every dimension of our existence.

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The Divinity of Christ

Metropolitan Ephrem (Kyriakos)

Knowledge of the true God causes us to enter into eternity from this moment, despite the weight of the present unhappiness and misery. We feel the presence of eternity, which comforts us and makes us shine.

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From the Ascension upon the Cross to the Ascension to Heaven

Fr. Touma Bitar

The resurrection would have had no value, had there been no ascension. Even Pentecost was only given to us so that we might be able to participate, actually and personally, in the act of the ascension, which was accomplished by the Lord Jesus in His body. Therefore, today we find ourselves in the midst of heavenly joy. Man is seated, in the person of the Lord Jesus, in heaven, at the right hand of God the Father. This is true joy and there is no greater joy than this joy.

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Orthodox pastors on whether sex discrimination exists in the Church

Today there has been much discussion on the issue of women’s equality. Some find a “violation of women rights” even in the Orthodox Church. Indeed, an Orthodox woman cannot become a priest (or “priestess”), she cannot enter the altar, she submits to her husband in marriage and so on. But is it really sexism? Is there gender inequality in Orthodoxy? What is the role of women in the Church? What should we say to heterodox Christians and non-believers regarding “women’s priesthood”?

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Unity Through Truth

Fr. James Guirguis

Who is this Jesus? Is He simply a man or something more than that. If He is something more than a mere human, how is this possible? What does it mean that He is both human and divine? What does it mean when we call Him the “God-Man”?

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Everywhere Present

Fr. Stephen Freeman

Everything you do, all your work, can contribute towards your salvation. It depends on you, on the way you do it. History is replete with monks who became great saints while working in the kitchen or washing sheets. The way of salvation consists in working without passion, in prayer….

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At Odds With the Power-That-Be! The Sunday of the Blind Man

Edith Humphrey

Not all of us have the same calling. We must be both wise as serpents and innocent as doves. All are called to pray; some are called to suffer and show meekness; some are called to give relief to those who are in distress because of society’s current blindnesses; others are called, in knowledge of the system’s ways and laws, to champion the liberties that we have, and so give encouragement to others.

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The Constant Pascha: On the Leavetaking of Pascha

Metropolitan Saba (Esber)

The cross leads those of little faith to disbelief and perplexity, but it brings those who believe to grasp the most perfect meaning of life. The unbeliever detests hardship, trials and suffering and so despairs and rages at life, taking vengeance out on others, and his despair may lead him to suicide since he has no hope. The true believer sees ways to transcend his stumbles and space to make his love active, to give life to his faith, and a resurrection unto the best life, which leads him to thank God in good times and bad.

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Light Shines Even in the Dark Prison of Death: Homily for the Sunday of the Blind Man in the Orthodox Church

Fr. Philip LeMasters

It is so easy for people to be blind to the truth about themselves. It is not hard to notice when others do not see the truth about what they do, but it is often quite difficult to notice our own blindness.

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Relationships Before Marriage

The Grammar of Family Life, Part 2

Archpriest Pavel Gumerov

Why is the candy and flowers phase of a relationship so important? What qualities are necessary for a future spouse—husband and wife? What must they discuss with one another? How to deal with the inadequacies of our chosen one?

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The Sunday of the Blind Man

St. John Chrysostom

And He performed a sign which was not adventitious, but one which took place then for the first time: Never since the world began has it been heard that someone opened the eyes of a person born blind. Someone may, perhaps, have opened the eyes of a blind person, but not of anyone blind from birth.

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Christian Family is a Blessing of the Love of God for Humanity

Patriarch Daniel of Romania

Christian family is a blessing and an icon of the love of God for humanity, a sacred space where the grace of the Most Holy Trinity works, leading to eternal life and love. Within a family, the relationship between parents and children can be better understood in the light of man’s relationship with God. Children are not born only for terrestrial life, but also to become, by Holy Baptism, sons of God according to grace (John 1:12-13) and to inherit eternal life in the Kingdom of the Most Holy Trinity.

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Magic, Liturgy & the Priest

Rev. Gregory Jensen

In those moments when we come to liturgy anxious, weary and weak, there is a temptation to see the Liturgy and the sacraments as magical and the priest as a magician. The priest needs to be on guard for this attitude among his parishioners. It is important that he be viglant in this matter not only for their sake but his own as well.

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Requirements for the Divine Eucharist

Met. Hierotheos Vlachos

In this video the Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos looks into the deep meaning of the Divine Eucharist and analyzes the requirements for the participation in this Mystery, which is the сenter of Christian life.

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The Samaritan Woman

Fr. Silouan Rolando

For those of us who believe in God, who profess Christ’s divinity, who proclaim His life-giving Spirit, who confess one, holy, catholic and apostolic church, and await bodily resurrection, we must reform ourselves constantly. We must prepare ourselves to be uncomfortable, to be ridiculed, and even persecuted. It also means we will have to live worthy lives, that is, as models of virtue. We will need to stop compromising our own values.

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Conquered by the Mercy of God

A Discourse on the Mystery of Repentance and Confession

Archpriest Artemy Vladimirov

Not only in the minute of confession of sins and receiving of forgiveness are we called to carry out the commandment of Christ: Repent ye and believe the Gospel; but before and after Confession the Christian is called to abide in repentance. Repentance is the air that pervades the soul; it is the light that allows us to see the path before us. Repentance is the aspiration to refrain from your confessed sins. It is a battle with sinister desires and passions that are no-nos, and which raise up their serpentine heads in the depths of our heart.

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Sunday of the Samaritan Woman

Archimandrite Symeon Kragiopoulos

The Lord “being weary from the journey” came to meet the “prey”: the Samaritan woman, a great sinner. It was as though He set a trap—a salvific trap—for this woman, so sinful but with a heart so open to God’s truth. This woman was a Samaritan—the future St. Photini—and Christ was a Jew. And yet, nothing prevents our Lord from completing the work of salvation.

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His Holiness Patriarch Kirill’s homily delivered after thanksgiving at Russian Monastery of St. Panteleimon on Mt. Athos

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill

"I remember well my first visit, my first pilgrimage to Athos in 1971. Seven monks were here at the time. When we went to the church there was no electricity, it was dark and we had a feeling that no one was around. It was only when I reached the entrance to the church and saw icon-lamps burning and several hunch-backed Russian monks that I realized that our people were here and our Church was present here, and that the number of people was not the main thing. My heart was filled with joy, for in this little flock I saw the glorious future of our abode."

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