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The Reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. John 4:5-42

Fr. James Guirguis

I would like to focus on some of the difficult things our Lord Jesus Christ says to the woman at the well. In our society we are being very well trained not to cause any waves with the things that we say. We are taught to be politically correct with all of our speech. We are taught that there are no absolute truths and objective realities only opinions and feelings are relevant.

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On Reading the Gospels

St. Ignatius (Brianchaninov)

Do not be satisfied with a mere fruitless reading of the Gospel; strive to fulfill its commandments, and read it with your deeds. This is the book of life, and you have to read it with your life.

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Should We Believe Our Dreams? Part 1

Archpriest Andrei Ovchinnikov

A good religious life always means a subtle contact with the spiritual world. Not only blessed angels, but also the fallen wretched spirits influence a Christian and his inner world.

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Why is it Important to Read the Holy Gospel at Home, and How to Do it Properly?

Priest Andrei Chizhenko

“Read the Gospel with great reverence and attention. Consider nothing in it unimportant, or unworthy of consideration. Every iota emits a ray of life. Disregard for life is death.”

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How Long Have We Been Ill?

Fr. James Guirguis

I suspect that if I ask you if you want to be cured of your anger, you will reply “Yes, I want to be cured.” But in the depths of your heart is that true?

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Unlocking the Power of Intercessory Prayer

Fr. Barnabas Powell

A recent call to a locksmith led to more than I bargained for: a discussion of the Virgin Mary and intercessory prayer.

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

Synaxaria of the Pentecostarion

Nikephoros Kallistos Xanthopoulos

In the Wednesday of Mid-Pentecost, we commemorate the words of our Lord Jesus Christ concerning the provenance of His teaching and His Divine origin, whereby He proved that He was the Messiah, and the Mediator and Reconciler of us and the eternal Father.

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The Healing of the Paralytic and the Loneliness of Modern Man

Fr. George Calciu

What is most dramatic throughout this entire Gospel reading is the loneliness of the sick man. Did you hear it? The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me (Jn. 5:7). The most tragic state a person can be in is loneliness, total isolation.

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

“I have no man.” Homily on the Sunday of the Paralytic

John 5:1-15

Archpriest Alexander Shargunov

Perhaps it is because the Second Coming of Christ is near that the Lord today is sweeping aside with such clarity and distinctness all appearance of Christianity, and wants each of us to be placed before a terrible choice: to be without Christ to the end, or to be to the end with Christ.

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Man is Given the Freedom to Live Without Sin

Rev George Glinsky

The apostle Paul has some words that are to some extent discouraging. He considers that he is a wretched person, and explains why: “I want to do good, but I do evil. I intend to live according to God’s commandments, but I am unable”. But if we contemplate the words of the apostle, and, of course, we see ourselves in them in certain situations, we should then in fact experience great joy.

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Excerpts from Sermons: I would like this Bright Easter Week to last forever

The Lord is near. He gives us even more strength than we need. We should not waste it on sins, on bad thoughts, bad words, or daydreams, but use it to do good instead.

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

The Bravery and Courage of the Myrrhbearing Women

Archimandrite Cleopa (Ilie)

Their great zeal, sacred reverence, and courage of soul passed over all the Jews’ obstacles, and all the guards at the Tomb did not shake their resolve. But one thought, but one desire led their minds and hearts— to serve the funeral of their dear Savior with fullness of faith and with reverence.

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

God Fearing Women?

Fr. Ted Bobosh

The myrrhbearing women come to the tomb of Christ in the early morning of the Sunday following his crucifixion and burial. According to Mark’s Gospel after being told by a young man (whose clothes apparently caught their attention as they describe them with some detail) that Jesus was risen from the dead, they say nothing to anyone “for they were afraid.” But afraid of what or who? And why?

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Quiet Faithfulness

Priest Roman Savchuk

Probably, in this consists the greatness of a woman’s podvig in our world—in her especially important silence. In the end, it speaks volumes…

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Paschal Reflections: To love Sunday and live with its blessings

Fr. Andrew Lemeshonok

The liturgy is a Sacrament of Communion with the Resurrected Christ. This is why the Sunday service and everything connected with Sunday prayer is a straight way to union with the Church. It allows us to make everything that there is in the Church to be ours, to understand and feel everything and to live with it. To do this we need to love Sunday and live with its blessings.

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

Setting our Tone

In Memory of Fr. Roman Braga

Mother Christophora, Fr. Roman Braga

The ever-memorable Fr. Roman went through the purifying fire of suffering in Communist Romanian prisons, and after his relocation to the United States, he became the spiritual father of the nuns, both Romanian and American, in Ellwood City and later in Rives Junction, Michigan. His legacy is enduring, and may his memory be eternal!

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I Went to Jerusalem and Saw an Elder There

Archimandrite Andrei (Konanos)

“Oh, Batiushka, this icon moved! And that one is streaming myrrh!” I ask them,“Ok, and what of it? And what happened with you afterwards? Or did you just stand in front of them saying ‘oooh’ and ‘aaaah?’”

[English Edition / Theology]

What is the Basis for Venerating Saints' Relics?

Fr. John Whiteford

The veneration of the relics of the saints is rooted in several Biblical truths, as well as in the Tradition of the Church.

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On John 20:24-25, the Apostle Thomas

St. John Chrysostom

As to believe carelessly and in a random way, comes of an over-easy temper; so to be beyond measure curious and meddlesome, marks a most gross understanding.

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

We Are More Blessed Than the Apostles

A Homily for Thomas Sunday

Hieromonk Ignaty (Shestakov)

“The fathers of the Church say that this bliss is a pledge of great blessings for us, perhaps greater than the holy apostles were accounted worthy of, but on condition that we, like the apostles, full of this blessedness, must give our entire lives to Christ, and serve His Gospel evangelism. This is the condition for felicity. Such a great gift the Lord gives us: We are more blessed in this world than the apostles.“

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