To Have More—Pleonexia
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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

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To Have More—Pleonexia

Fr. Stephen Freeman

Within the list of sins that come up in the Scriptures, “drunkenness” has its honorable mentions. However, there is a deeper addiction, far more pervasive, that plays a greater role, both in Scripture and in our own lives: greed.

Family Hierarchy
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Marriage and Family

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Family Hierarchy

Grammar of Family Life, Part 6

Archpriest Pavel Gumerov

Archpriest Paul Gumerov speaks about how family roles should be distributed, who should be the head, what are the responsibilities of husbands and wives, what a wife should do if her husband doesn’t want to take responsibility for the welfare of his family, and how husbands can become true husbands.

“Wisdom hath builded her house.” The Mother of God and her Holy Parents, Joachim and Anna
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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

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“Wisdom hath builded her house.” The Mother of God and her Holy Parents, Joachim and Anna

Protosingel Ieremia

No sinner, no matter how great, should not despond, should not lose hope if Mother of God defends him—for she will not desert him.

Preconditions for Orthodox Participation in the Holy Mysteries
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Theology

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Preconditions for Orthodox Participation in the Holy Mysteries

Elder Joseph of Xeropotamou

As all of us should know, and hopefully do know, that just because we are formally Orthodox does not mean we have the right to participate in the Sacraments, or Mysteries, of the Church, but rather, there are preconditions to participation—that is, we are called to prepare ourselves to receive grace and meet the Lord through these Mysteries.

Holy Hierarch Theodosius of Chernigov
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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

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Holy Hierarch Theodosius of Chernigov

Commemorated September 9/22 and February 5/18

St Theodosius grew to spiritual maturity near the relics of Sts Anthony and Theodosius and other God-pleasers of the Kiev Caves, and he tried to imitate their holy life as much as he could.