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St. Luke, Archbishop of Crimea

Innumerable and boundless like the sands of the great Sahara and Gobi Deserts are our contemporaries and those who lived before us. Who are they? What are there lives like?

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Entering Hell on Pentecost – With Prayer

Fr. Stephen Freeman

The cycle of prayers assaulting Hades reaches a climax on the day of Pentecost. On the evening of that Sunday, the faithful gather for Vespers. During that service, they kneel for the first time since Pascha. And in that kneeling, the Church teaches them the boldness of prayer, the cry of human hearts for God’s solace and relief.

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Pentecost as Our Common Birthday

Fr. Andrew Lemeshonok

A church becomes the place where we receive a blessing and the hospital where we recover. What else do we need in this life? Can we say that something is missing in our lives, or that we have not received enough? Our salary is low, our house is too small, our health is poor… What do we need? We have everything we need!

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St. John the Baptist: Christian Courage

Priest Roman Savchuk

We see in the image of St. John the Baptist a remarkable example of Christian courage. It is the courage to live in the presence of Truth, to witness to Him by his life, but to always remember that not our life has meaning, not our words or deeds, but the ability to be unnoticeable, to sacrifice even our own authority and reputation before Him.

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How Do Christians Receive the Holy Spirit?

Fr. James Guirguis

Today we celebrate the Holy Feast of Pentecost. We celebrate the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Disciples and Apostles of Our Lord Jesus Christ. But what about us?

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Be Angry, and Sin Not. Homily on the Feast of Pentecost

St. Luke, Archbishop of Crimea

We must dedicate our whole lives to the Lord Jesus Christ. We must strive with every fiber of our souls to never anger the Lord in any way, and to pray that He would help us who are weak in spirit. And the Lord will help us.

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"Today is radiantly adorned the most glorious city of Moscow"

A Homily on the Feast of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God

Hieromonk Nikon (Parimanchuk)

“Today is radiantly adorned the most glorious city of Moscow”—so begins the main hymn of the fеast in honor of this icon. But how can a city be adorned in which sin and vice coexist next to the walls of our churches, and the temptation of sin and the pride of life are openly exhibited as the height of happiness of which man should dream in this life?

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From the Ascension of Our Lord to Pentecost

The liturgical hymns for the Ascension of Christ are at no loss to interpret the meaning of this event for all creation: “The Lord ascended into heaven so that He could send the Comforter into the world.”

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American Christianity Declines as the Martyrs of the Middle East Bear Powerful Witness to Christ

Homily for the Sunday After the Ascension in the Orthodox Church

Fr. Philip LeMasters

A recent survey of Americans about religion is getting a lot of attention, especially because it shows that fewer people now identify themselves as Christians and more consider themselves unaffiliated with any religion. Perhaps at least part of the reason for these declines is that many people have not found something worth living and dying for in the churches with which they are familiar.

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Enduring No Blasphemy

A Homily for the Sunday of the Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council

Archimandrite Cleopa (Ilie)

Beloved faithful! Although the heretic Arius, that greatest heretic in Christendom, and his heresy disappeared, the Church of Christ has been constantly struck by new sects and heresies throughout the ages, some more dangerous than others.

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The Truth is Life

Fr. James Guirguis

There is in our society a concerted effort which begins at the university level, to discredit the idea of absolute or objective truth. In the life of a Christian there is nothing that is more important than the absolute truth.

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The Lord, God, and Savior

Sergei Khudiev

What did this Council accomplish? It defended the Church’s faith that in our Lord Jesus Christ we meet not simply Someone great or even supernatural—we meet God.

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On the Unceasing Remembrance of God

Archimandrite Athanasios Mitilinaios

The cultivation of the rembrance of God develops in us the sense of being connected with the loving care of our almighty Heavenly Father, the cause of all hope, joy and blessedness.

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On the Purpose of Life

Archpriest Andrei Ovchinnikov

Let us talk about life. Do you have anyone interesting to talk to about this? If not, then don’t worry as I have very few myself. If you venture to cautiously ask your acquaintances and relatives: “Why do we live on this Earth?” or “What is the purpose of life?” their reaction will be silence or slight confusion.

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Sunday of the Blind Man: Questions and Answers

Fr. Seraphim Holland

Fr. Seraphim Holland answers questions about the Gospel reading on the Blind Man, which we commemorate today, on the Sunday of the Blind Man.

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The Much-Suffering Job, St. Job of Pochaev, and the Grace of Tribulations

Priest Andrei Chizhenko

Why God Sends Us Tribulations and Why It’s Useful to Learn Patience from Job the Much-Suffering and St. Job of Pochaev

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Should We Believe Our Dreams? Part 2

Archpriest Andrei Ovchinnikov

Trust in dreams intensifies the state of self-delusion, convinces us that we are right, and often makes our spiritual healing impossible.

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Who we should become when drinking from the Water of Life

Fr. Andrew Lemeshonok

Christ is Risen! Pascha is ongoing, and we continue fighting for joy and hope, which we can hear in these words: “Christ is Risen!” We want to be sure in this truth about God and that He has defeated death. If we are with God then we can prevail over our sick, lame, deaf, blind and foolish nature, and live with God forever.

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Escaping From the Abyss of Sin

A Homily on the Samaritan Woman

St. Alexei Mechev

Her life is one of the most striking examples of how the grace of God can revive even the most sinful of souls, and raise it up from the chasm of ungodliness to the heights of spiritual glory.

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Coming to Faith in Christ as Savior

A Teaching on the Samaritan Woman for the Fifth Week of Pascha

Metropolitan John (Wendland)

The Samaritan Woman received the living water of Christ: She came to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ as Savior. She herself became a fountain of living water, according to the word of Christ, because she preached the Lord to her fellow citizens, and they came to Christ and believed in Him (Jn. 4:29-30, 39-42).

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