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In Communion with Christ and One Another: Homily for the Leave-Taking of and the Sunday After Theophany (Epiphany) in the Orthodox Church

Ephesians 4:7-13; Matthew 4:12-17

Fr. Philip LeMasters

It is certainly possible to have a letdown after the holiday season. Though it has its own stresses, a time of year filled with parties, rich food, and visiting with loved ones appeals to most people, if only as a cultural observance. The same is surely true for those of us who celebrated the Savior’s birth at Christmas and His baptism at Theophany.

[English Edition / Homilies and Spiritual Instruction]

The Royal Path of Salvation

Archpriest Andrei Ovchinnikov

However, it will be wrong to trust your knowledge, intuition and experience fully. As Abba Dorotheos wrote, “Salvation is in much counsel.” Those who refused to seek counsel and listen to it have fallen into temptation and self-delusion.

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Entering the Ship of the Church

A Word on the Baptism of the Lord

Igumen Nikon (Vorobiev)

To cross the sea, you need a ship—you won’t cross it by swimming. In order to cross the sea of life and to reach the Kingdom of God, you must enter the ship of the Church, for only on the ship of the Church can you cross the stormy sea of life and reach the Kingdom of God. To enter the Church is possibly only through the Sacrament of Baptism.

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Fixing the problems of the world

Fr. James Guirguis

It is a great temptation to see the world around us and to try to fix it. We see the troubles, the trials, the suffering and we attempt to apply our human logic in a productive way to address the many problems of our world.

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Censing at Home

Fr. John Whiteford

Question: "What is the appropriate way for laypeople to use incense in prayer?"

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The Name of the Lord is a Fortress

A Homily for the Feast of the Circumcision of the Lord. On the Naming of Jesus. On the Jesus Prayer

Archpriest Artemy Vladimirov

The purpose of the sacred invocation of the name of Jesus Christ consists not so much in the ceaselessness of this act as in the vivification of the soul by God’s grace.

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3 Questions and 3 Answers with an Orthodox Priest: What if you are 45 and you don't feel the fullness of life?

Fr. Andrew Lemeshonok

There is a saying, "Better late than never." You are not old: 45 years of age is the period in life when your creativity flourishes. I think you will be able to put your creative powers to use, if only you work hard and wait patiently.

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The Joy of the Nativity

Igumen Pachomy (Bruskov)

Igumen Pachomy (Bruskov) offers here some insightful and straight-forward words on focusing on the true joy of the feast of the Nativity of Christ, not allowing it to be crowded out by worldly celebrations.

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Christmas Changes Us

Fr. Ted Bobosh

This literal reading of the text, provides us insight into our own spiritual sojourn to Christ at the Nativity.

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Destroying

Fr. Ted Bobosh

Let us pray that God will find the way to use all who would persecute us Christians!

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The Nativity of Christ: How Can We Feel the Joy of the Feast?

Nicholai Bulchuk, Archpriest Valerian Krechetov

A few days before the great feast of the Nativity of Christ we talked with Archpriest Valerian Krechetov, a famous confessor and preacher, and rector of the Church of the Protection of the Mother of God in the Akulovo village near Moscow. The subject of our talk was: How can we prepare ourselves to experience the great Christian feasts more attentively?

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The Days Before the Nativity of Christ: Whom Do We Await?

Fr. Andrei Kanev

We have said that some celebrate Christmas without Christ, but sometimes Christians identify Christmas just with the Lord’s birthday. So what do we await on this feast: the appearance of God into the world, so as to endlessly feed 5,000 people? No—His appearance so as to go to the Cross, for us and for the possibility of our salvation.

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Some New Year’s Resolutions

The Reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. Mark (1:1-8)

Fr. James Guirguis

In today’s reading, given to us on this the eve of the New Year, we hear these words “Prepare the way of the Lord, make His paths straight.” If that is not a worthwhile New Year’s resolution, I am not sure what would be. Prepare the way of the Lord, make His paths straight. But what does that actually mean for us? What is this path that we need to make straight? What is the way of the Lord, and how do we prepare it?

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At Christmas We Forget God

Metropolitan Nikolaos of Mesogaia and Lavreotiki

Usually the Nativity of Christ is a special day, a special time of year, when we forget God.

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What Does “For Righteousness Sake” Mean?

Metropolitan Athanasios of Limassol

When Christ talks about righteousness, He does not mean worldly righteousness.

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A Fast and a Feast

Archimandrite Gregorios (Estephan)

He who truly fasts, with repentance and tears, awaits the feast, to celebrate it with vigils, prayers and praises. Thus, true Christians are worthy to celebrate their feasts and to enter into the mystery of Christ’s economy of their salvation.

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Who Are the Holy Forefathers, and Why do We Commemorate Them Before the Nativity of Christ?

Priest Andrei Chizhenko

We honor all the righteous of the Old Testament, including those who became the Savior’s ancestors according to the flesh, because these people burned like candles of God in the darkness of paganism, and lived in the hope of the coming of the Messiah and mankind’s deliverance from slavery to the devil, sin, and death.

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Put the Dickens Back in Christmas

Fr. Stephen Freeman

American Christmas demonstrates the amazing influence of literature on a culture.

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(VIDEO): “Christ is born; glorify him”, emotional prayer before Christmas

Fr. Constantin Galeriu

Let us all pray and the more of us who pray, the more the light of love will spread, the darkness of hatred and division will dissipate…

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The Healing of the Samaritan Leper: Homily for the 12th Sunday of Luke in the Orthodox Church

Fr. Philip LeMasters

As the healing of the Samaritan leper shows, God’s mercy extends to everyone who receives Jesus Christ with faith, repentance, and gratitude.

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