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Archpriest Alexander Lebedev
Archpriest Alexander Lebedev talks about the meaning and significance of the feast of the Baptism of the Lord, how and when the grace-filled power of holy water manifests, and whether it can turn out to be “fruitless”.
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“And we, the children, would run home, covering our cheeks from the Theophany frost with our hands in mittens. It is warm... Our souls are rejoicing. O Lord! How rich we the faithful are in beauty and purpose!” —Metropolitan Veniamin (Fedchenkov)
Fr. Stephen Freeman
No spiritual activity permeates Orthodoxy as much as veneration. For the non-Orthodox, veneration is often mistaken for worship. We kiss icons; sing hymns to saints; cry out “Most Holy Theotokos, save us!” And all of this scandalizes the non-Orthodox who think we have fallen into some backwater of paganized Christianity.
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St. John of Kronstadt
Have we put on Christ? Let us ask ourselves and think about this sincerely.
Fr. Ted Bobosh
Today the Orthodox Church in America recognizes the Sanctity of Human Life Sunday. I want to mention of a quote from President Obama’s 11 January 2016 State of the Union speech. It’s not easy to find something from him to quote for this Sunday, but he said something which caught my ears...
