Great Martyr George
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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

Great Martyr George

Sanfilippo’s “Conjugal Friendship”
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Orthodoxy Today

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Sanfilippo’s “Conjugal Friendship”

Fr. Lawrence Farley

One may have four friends or more, but (in Christian thought) only one spouse. Conjugal union is, by definition, a union of two and only two, because it is sexual. Friends stand symbolically side by side; spouses, face to face. The face to face posture of spouses expresses, both symbolically and physically, the sexuality of their union, and its essential difference from Friendship.

Christ is Risen! Part 4
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Theology

Christ is Risen! Part 4

Dr. Jeannie Constantinou

Today Dr. Jeannie talks about the nature of the resurrected body, the supposed “family tomb of Jesus” excavated in 1980, and the question, “Why did Jesus have to die?”

Venerable Maelrubha of Applecross
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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

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Venerable Maelrubha of Applecross

Commemorated: April 21/May 4

Dmitry Lapa

St. Maelrubha (Maolrubha) has been venerated as one of the apostles of the Picts in Scotland and of Skye. This saint is mentioned in many Irish annals of the time.

The Bravery and Courage of the Myrrhbearing Women
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The Bravery and Courage of the Myrrhbearing Women

Archimandrite Cleopa (Ilie)

Their great zeal, sacred reverence, and courage of soul passed over all the Jews’ obstacles, and all the guards at the Tomb did not shake their resolve. But one thought, but one desire led their minds and hearts— to serve the funeral of their dear Savior with fullness of faith and with reverence.