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Homily of the feast day of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God

Archimdrite Kirill (Pavlov)

Our people love to call the Mother of God by special names appropriate to her heavenly protection and mercy. And the Mother of God has not left this prayer unanswered, but has given speedy help to everyone who has asked.

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Breaking Into the Hospital

Archpriest Sergei Adodin

The hospital is a special place, where it is not always so easy for a priest to get in and “blend in with the scenery” when his priestly duties call him to the bed of a patient.

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(VIDEOS): Two Talks of Elder Zacharias of Essex at St. Tikhon's Monastery

Archimandrite Zacharias (Zacharou)

Elder Zacharis (Zacharou) from Holy Momastery of John the Forerunner in Essex, England, a spiritual child of the revered Elder Sophrony (Sakharov), recently visited St. Tikhon's Monastery and Seminary in South Canaan, PA, where he offered two public presentations to the monastics, seminarians, and parish community. One talk, "On the Priesthood," was geared more towards seminarians, although beneficial for all. The second talk is entitled "Thoughts and Comments on the Crisis in Christianity Today."

[English Edition / Homilies and Spiritual Instruction]

Getting Saved on Star Trek

Fr. Stephen Freeman

We imagine ourselves to be the stars in our own drama (we do not wear the red shirt). But we live in a culture where everyone is somebody else’s Red Shirt.

[English Edition / Homilies and Spiritual Instruction]

Fear Evil Like Fire!

St. John of Kronstadt

Fear evil like fire. Don’t let it touch your heart even if it seems just or righteous.

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Five Steps to Joy

Archimandrite Marcellus (Pavuk)

After the Fall of Adam and Eve, all of their descendants, us included, are doomed to all kinds of hardships and sorrows in life, which ultimately end in death. It seems that there absolutely no reasons for joy. But did the Lord God really create man to mock him so severely?

[English Edition / Homilies and Spiritual Instruction]

Understanding the Parable of the Sower

Fr. Ted Bobosh

Abba Arsenius tells the following story and then following the example of Jesus provided an interpretation of the parable...

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Did The Early Church Believe in Icons?

Fr. James Guirguis

There is however one potential, what happens when two different groups of Christians each claim to be following the word of God and yet they come up with dramatically different interpretations and ideas based on the same texts?

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Our Prayers Can Ease Their Lot

A Homily in Commemoration of the Departed On Demetrius Saturday

Archimdrite Kirill (Pavlov)

Our prayers are like a lifesaver that we throw to our neighbor in a difficult moment. Therefore, how good it will be for that person who fulfilled his Christian duty and prayed when we all will meet there beyond the grave, seeing one another face-to-face, and he will hear gratitude from his fellow man for helping them! And conversely, how bitter will be the reproach of those who did not help their friends and relatives by their prayers in perilous times!

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Christ's Compassion and Integrity: Orthodox Homily on the Raising of the Son of the Widow of Nain

2 Corinthians 9:6-11 Luke 7:11-16

Fr. Philip LeMasters

No one likes a hypocrite, someone who says one thing and does another. As Christians, we must be very careful not to condemn ourselves and scandalize others by not living out what we teach to be true. Instead, we must be people of integrity who live out our beliefs every day in what we say and do.

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The Passions

Metropolitan Ephrem (Kyriakos)

The chief passions are three: money, authority and pleasure. Authority is itself legitimate, but domination is not legitimate.

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We Say One Thing, We Think Another

Archimandrite Andreas (Konanos)

One time I asked someone, “What prevents us from having different opinions but still loving one another, from experiencing love for one another? What prevents us from getting along and staying together despite our disagreements?”

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How Should We Live?

When there is nothing left to hope for…

Igumen Nektary (Morozov)

Igumen Nektary (Morozov) talks about “how long we have left”, and what spiritual mistakes cause this panic in us over the destruction of everything and everyone.

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On the Rebirth of Russia

A Homily for the Centenary of the Revolution

Archimandrite Naum (Baiborodin)

On October 13, 2017, at ninety years of age, the oldest monk of the Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra, the elder and spiritual father known throughout all of Russia Archimandrite Naum (Baiborodin) departed to the Lord. We here publish the words of the elder on the essence of what happened in Russia 100 years ago, and on the essence of our modern times.

[English Edition / Homilies and Spiritual Instruction]

Sin: Consenting to Temptation

Fr. Ted Bobosh

Many wonder what it is they should confess when they come to the sacrament of repentance.

[English Edition / Homilies and Spiritual Instruction]

The Blood of Christ Flows In Our Veins

Discourse on Divine Liturgy and Holy Communion

Archimandrite Andreas (Konanos)

Prayer is love for God, and Holy Communion is also love for the Lord, but it is also something much higher, incomparably higher; after all, through Holy Communion we receive divine power into ourselves.

[English Edition / Homilies and Spiritual Instruction]

Can We Have a Permissive Attitude Towards Drunkenness?

Pastoral Responses

Is drunkenness a mortal sin?

[English Edition / Homilies and Spiritual Instruction]

Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost. The Miraculous Catch of Fish

Luke 5:1-11. From The Explanation of the Gospel of St. Luke by Blessed Theophylact, Archbishop of Ochrid and Bulgaria

Blessed Theophylact of Ochrid

The Lord flees glory, which all the more pursues Him. When the crowd pressed against Him, He entered the boat, so that from the boat He could teach those standing on the shore, and everyone would be in front of Him, rather than some coming towards Him from behind.

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Why does God Keep silence?

Thoughts on the feast of the Conception of St. John the Baptist

Priest Roman Savchuk

This question is close to every Christian. Does God hear us? And why is he so often silent in answer to our questions? And if He answers, then why don’t we hear His answer?

[English Edition / Theology]

Why We Need a God of Wrath

Fr. Lawrence Farley

The real question therefore is not “Is the biblical God a God of wrath?”, but rather “Why is the wrath of God celebrated so widely and so emphatically in the Bible?”

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