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Illness of the Soul According to the Orthodox Church If we look
Illness of the Soul According to the Orthodox Church If we look carefully at people today and modern society in general, we see immediately that they...

The time came for the appearance of Christ the Saviour in the
The time came for the appearance of Christ the Saviour in the world. There were no more princes of Judah left, and the throne of David was occupied by...

Annunciation Icon, Ohrid, 14th Century Let us examine the icon
Annunciation Icon, Ohrid, 14th Century Let us examine the icon for a moment. Some of the facts that I gave in previous analyses of the Angel and the ...

The great spiritual instructor in faith, Saint Theophanus the
The great spiritual instructor in faith, Saint Theophanus the Recluse, said that the Cross of Christ was threefold. The cross which each Christian mus...

Saint Luke, Archbishop of the Crimea On the first Sunday of Great
Saint Luke, Archbishop of the Crimea On the first Sunday of Great Lent, our Holy Church celebrates the triumph of Orthodoxy, of the correct faith, whi...

Abba Dorotheos Let us look to ourselves, brethren, and be sober.
Abba Dorotheos Let us look to ourselves, brethren, and be sober. Who will give us [back] this time, if we waste it? The time will come when we seek th...

Saint Simeon the New Theologian Let us therefore follow one and
Saint Simeon the New Theologian Let us therefore follow one and the same path, Christ’s commandments, which elevate us to heaven and to God. Even t...