Moving the Boundary Marker
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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

Moving the Boundary Marker

Fr. Lawrence Farley

Today we find almost every boundary being deliberately transgressed, repudiated, set aside, broken down, and discarded, with a consequent break down of order in the world.

From a German to a Greek
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Churches and Monasteries

From a German to a Greek

About a wondrous transformation

Hieromonk Nektary (Sokolov)

With the surgery that skillfully surpasses anything known to the mind of man, the Lord gradually removes from us the tumors of abomination and the metastases of filth, heals the glaucoma of ignorance and impassable stupidity, thus making us who we can and should become—citizens of the Heavenly City.

A Word About Contemporary Martyrdom
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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

A Word About Contemporary Martyrdom

St. Seraphim (Chichagov)

Those who are truly Christ’s and want to understand how the world can hate today can always experience it for themselves.

Fasting As a Sacrifice to God
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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

Fasting As a Sacrifice to God

Priests’ answers

Natalia Ryazantseva

Our fasting must become a sacrifice to God. But what lies behind these words?

Why God Sometimes Fulfills Unprofitable Requests
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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

Why God Sometimes Fulfills Unprofitable Requests

Commemoration of the icon of the Mother of God “Of the Sign”

Priest Roman Savchuk

Man is called in his earthly sojourn to recognize the taste of truth in life, and having experienced it, he will never choose the opposite.