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“We Christians Are Not of This World and Should Not Adapt to It. We Have One Duty: To Be Orthodox Christians.”

Archbishop Mark of Berlin

"We have one duty, to be Orthodox Christians, every day, not only on Saturday and Sunday . Every single hour. We must confess our faith everywhere throughout the length of our lives."

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The Church of the Protection on the Nerl River celebrates it 850th anniversary!

Pravoslavie.ru and OrthoChristian.com present a gallery of some of the best photographs of this traditional Russian symbol, which is also on the list of UNESCO sites.

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‘Prelest’ and Conversion

Archpriest Andrew Phillips

‘Prelest’ simply means a state of mind in which we imagine that we are something that we are not, in other words, we are deluded. There are two states that greatly contribute to the development of self-delusion.

Temptations and Impulsivity

Hieromonk Alexis (Trader)

Before temptations, a man prays to God as a stranger. When temptations are allowed to come by the love of God, and he does not give in to them, then he stands before God as a sincere friend.

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From Defeat to Victory. The Protection of the Mother of God, Part 1

Archpriest Artemy Vladimirov, Priest Dimitry Shishkin

In the life of the Church there is much that is visible, yet mysterious, and completely inexplicable, because the ways of the Lord are unsearchable.