St. Ignatius Brianchaninov
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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

St. Ignatius Brianchaninov

Occam’s Razor and the Resurrection
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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

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Occam’s Razor and the Resurrection

Fr. James Guirguis

We have just celebrated Pascha or Easter as it is otherwise known and the celebration that we partake of for 40 days is the celebration of Life over death, of Good over evil, of Light over darkness, of Holiness over sin. In the midst of our celebration it is easy to lose focus and to forget that this is not just a story that has been passed down to us for 2000 years.

Mind the Gap
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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

Mind the Gap

Fr. Lawrence Farley

For me the perplexing thing about the gap is not that it exists—secularists will be secular, after all, and most people are too busy living life to spend much time questioning the underlying presuppositions of their culture. For me the perplexing thing is how Christians could come to deny the existence of the demonic

Homily: Do Not Be Faithless, but Believing!
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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

Homily: Do Not Be Faithless, but Believing!

Rev. Gregory Jensen

Sometimes faith is a struggle because we are so unaccustomed to joy. In this life, peace is often foreign to our experience and forgiveness rare. Sometimes, like Thomas, I doubt because of the brightness of the Divine Light.

The Story of a former High-Ranking Moonie (includes Video)
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Coming to Orthodoxy

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The Story of a former High-Ranking Moonie (includes Video)

The guest of today’s program is Archpriest Lev Semyonov. After taking interest in their interpretation of the Bible, he joined the Unification Church … How did he, a Unificationist preacher and one of the leaders of the Russian division of this sect manage to separate the truth from lies? Is it difficult to quit a sect and why? What should you do if your close friend has joined a sect?