“Abortion is Legalized Genocide”
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Orthodoxy Today

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“Abortion is Legalized Genocide”

Metropolitan Paul of Sisanion and Siatista

A few years ago, a young couple invited me over for a cup of coffee on one of the feast days. They had two children at that time...

Saint Bede of Jarrow
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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

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Saint Bede of Jarrow

Saint Bede was a church historian who recorded the history of Christianity in England up to his own time. He was probably born around 673 in Northumbria. We do not know exactly where he was born, but it is likely that it was somewhere near Jarrow.

St. John the Baptist: Christian Courage
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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

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St. John the Baptist: Christian Courage

Priest Roman Savchuk

We see in the image of St. John the Baptist a remarkable example of Christian courage. It is the courage to live in the presence of Truth, to witness to Him by his life, but to always remember that not our life has meaning, not our words or deeds, but the ability to be unnoticeable, to sacrifice even our own authority and reputation before Him.

A Wondrous Purity of Mind. Blessed Gerondissa Macrina
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A Wondrous Purity of Mind. Blessed Gerondissa Macrina

(1921–1995)

Olga Rozhneva, Olga Zatushevskaya

On June 4 we honor the repose day of blessed Gerondissa Macrina, abbess of the Panagia Hodigitria Monastery near Volos, Greece, and spiritual daughter of Elder Joseph the Hesychast and Elder Ephraim of Philotheos (and Arizona) (Moraitissa). Eldress Macrina acquired numerous spiritual gifts and was worthy of very lofty spiritual states.

How Do Christians Receive the Holy Spirit?
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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

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How Do Christians Receive the Holy Spirit?

Fr. James Guirguis

Today we celebrate the Holy Feast of Pentecost. We celebrate the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Disciples and Apostles of Our Lord Jesus Christ. But what about us?