Refuting the Protestant Charge of “Mariolatry”
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Theology

Refuting the Protestant Charge of “Mariolatry”

On the Orthodox Veneration of the Mother of God

John (Amir) Azarvan

Just as the Holy Spirit guided the fallible Apostles in writing infallible Scriptures, we believe that the Holy Spirit inspired those who provided the elevated language with which we venerate the Mother of God—the “cause of our salvation.”

“I am nothing without God!”
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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

“I am nothing without God!”

A priest’s reflection on the statement of a Russian hockey player

Archimandrite Silouan (Pasenko)

“I want to dedicate my victory to Him,” Bobrovsky concluded at the beginning of his post-victory interview, slightly raising his right hand towards the sky.

One Step From Eternity
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Churches and Monasteries

One Step From Eternity

On Moscow’s St. Alexei Convent, Part 3

Svetlana Rybakova

Mother Anna was, as they say now, an icon of her age. As a little girl, she went to the funeral of Patriarch St. Tikhon with her father.

Marian Devotion, Orthodox and Roman Catholic
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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

Marian Devotion, Orthodox and Roman Catholic

Fr. Lawrence Farley

Our Orthodox devotion to Mary (whom we call “the Theotokos”) often heads the list of Protestant objections, since it features so prominently in Roman Catholicism.

A Homily Delivered at Alexeyevsky Village on the Day of the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God
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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

A Homily Delivered at Alexeyevsky Village on the Day of the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God

Metropolitan Tryphon (Turkestanov)

Her parents asked her, “What happened to you?” “Didn't you see how the Queen of Heaven came out of that corner?” the girl replied.