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Women Singing in the Church

Fr. John Whiteford

What does St Paul mean when he says, Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience as also saith the law? Does this mean that women cannot direct or sing in the choir?

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The Commemoration of the Great Earthquake at Constantinople and St. Demetrius

Fr. John Bartholomew

This earthquake in Constantinople took place in 740 AD. This was at the time Emperor Leo was destroying icons and the people of Constantinople felt that it was God’s anger that led to this disaster. The believers prayed to St. Demetrius of Thessalonica and the earthquakes ceased.

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Homily for Rich Man and Lazarus

Seminarian Sermon at St. Tikhon’s Seminary

Joseph Magnus Frangipani

So Christ presents us today with two men, one rich with worldly thoughts and another the testament to the hesychastic, ascetic life. We can choose which of these men we want to be.

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“The October Revolution did not come unexpectedly”

A talk with Prince Zurab Chavchavadze

Peter Davydov, Zurab Mikhailovich Chavchavadze

The thesis that the Russian Revolution perhaps “freed the country from an unviable social order with all it defects” reminds me of the joke about the guillotine being an effective cure for a headache.

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Akathist to the Theotokos, Joy of All Who Sorrow

Rejoice, O Virgin Theotokos, full of Grace, Joy of all who sorrow!