Blessed Is the God of Our Fathers
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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

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Blessed Is the God of Our Fathers

Vincent Gabriel

We are not servants of an absentee Father or archaeologists on a mission to discover some forgotten deity obscured through the lens of history. Instead, we are inheritors of an eternal kingdom, one that is meant to be joined and experienced as a people of God—not as mere individuals.

A short history of Christ the Saviour Cathedral in Moscow
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Churches and Monasteries

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A short history of Christ the Saviour Cathedral in Moscow

Ryan Hunter

"After over 40 years of initial construction paid for by donations from across the Russian Empire and with imperial patronage, the cathedral was first consecrated on 26 May 1883 in the presence of Emperor Alexander III and senior members of the Imperial Family along with numerous Church and foreign dignitaries."

The Joy of a Life in Christ
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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

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The Joy of a Life in Christ

Fr. Sergei Sveshnikov

Joy may be another one of those words that we use but rarely understand. What is joy?

A Life Changed by Icons
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Coming to Orthodoxy

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A Life Changed by Icons

OrthoChristian.com correspondent Vasily Tomachinsky recently travelled to Boston, where he became acquainted with Clifford Isaac Gardner, Senior Administrative Manager of Research in the Division of Nephrology at the Massachusetts General Hospital and member of a number of refugee humanitarian relief missions in the Middle East. Isaac, once a Southern Baptist, is now a parishioner of the Holy Resurrection Orthodox Church in Boston. He tells Vasily about his journey to the Church through icons.

Dochiar. Honoring "Her Who is Quick to Hear"
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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

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Dochiar. Honoring "Her Who is Quick to Hear"

On October 1/14, when the Russian Church celebrates the Protection of the Mother of God, on the Holy Mount Athos the honor was for one of the most well-known holy shrines of the Orthodox world—the icon of the Mother of God, "Quick to Hear".