Elder Ambrose of Optina
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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

Elder Ambrose of Optina

Giving Christ the Key to the City
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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

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Giving Christ the Key to the City

Fr. James Guirguis

When does the Lord visit us? Every time that we have a thought that reminds us of God. Every time that our conscience speaks to us and attempts to correct us. Every time that we think about praying.

The Tikhvin Icon: The Protectress of Russia
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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

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The Tikhvin Icon: The Protectress of Russia

Nadezhda Dmitrieva

The history of the Tikhvin icon to this day remains a mystery. Traditionally, it was believed that the icon was painted by the Apostle Luke himself, who then sent it as a gift to Theophilus in Antioch.

‘Pan-Orthodox’ = Non-Orthodox?
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Orthodoxy Today

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‘Pan-Orthodox’ = Non-Orthodox?

Archpriest Andrew Phillips

Sadly, the phrase ‘Pan-Orthodox’ really means ‘only for selected Orthodox’. In fact, it means ‘for new calendarists only’ (thus, excluding 85% of Orthodox), and for ecumenists, modernists, freemasons and liberal intellectuals (thus, excluding 99.9% of the rest). How has this distortion of meaning come about?

In a Grave for Three Years
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Orthodoxy Today

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In a Grave for Three Years

Yuri Ryabinin

The monasteries of Mt. Athos are hundreds of years old, and hundreds and thousands of monks have ended their earthly lives in them. But where are all of the graves of the reposed? Can it really be that the monks just don’t consider it necessary to take care to preserve the memory of their deceased brothers?