Beneath Her Compassion
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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

Beneath Her Compassion

Fr. Stephen Freeman

Among the greater mysteries of the New Testament are those surrounding the Mother of God. A large segment of modern Christianity has become tone deaf in this regard, a result of centuries of antagonism towards certain aspects of older tradition.

A Teenager’s Meeting With God
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A Teenager’s Meeting With God

Archpriest Alexander Ovcharenko

In the teenage years a person finds himself at the crossroads: He is reevaluating what his parents have already managed to teach him, is looking for his “own way”, his own approach to truth. How can we talk to young people about the Church? How can we find the right words and not drive him away? How must we ourselves spiritually prepare ourselves for this dialogue, which is not so simple?

The Shape of the Lord’s Prayer
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Theology

The Shape of the Lord’s Prayer

Fr. Sava Medakovic

It has been identified that a rhetorical literary structure known as chiasmus is the most frequent literary pattern in both the Old and New Testaments.

Akathist Hymn Glory to God for All Things
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Orthodoxy Today

Akathist Hymn Glory to God for All Things

Either there is a God whom we trust or “we are of most men to be pitied.” I prefer to give thanks.

The heart is deep
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The heart is deep

A homily for Thanksgiving Day, 2015

Fr. Seraphim Holland

I hope that when you’re thinking about what you’re thankful for on this day it’s not different than any other day, because despite the fact that you are just a pitiful weak creature, God has called you to be a son and a daughter, and that you have a deep heart and that God is going to fill that heart with Himself. You will become all light, all fire, and all good. We should thank God for that every day.