To Grow Strong or to Give Up: There is no Other Option
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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

To Grow Strong or to Give Up: There is no Other Option

Metropolitan Luke (Kovalenko)

God does not say, “Just wait, and someday I will help you.” No. He says: “I am already here. Fear not; be of good courage.”

How to Help a Relative If He’s “Not All There”
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Orthodoxy Around the World

How to Help a Relative If He’s “Not All There”

Conversation with Psychotherapist Andrey Butko

Elena Nasledysheva

Illnesses connected with damage to the brain are unequivocally not a direct consequence of sin.

A Beacon of Love and Warmth for the Vast Tundra
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Churches and Monasteries

A Beacon of Love and Warmth for the Vast Tundra

Ministering in Russia’s Northernmost Port

Hieromonk Joasaph (Kurakulov)

Liturgy is a common work—I’m sure of it. Some amazing people, some amazing helpers have gathered around me.

Let’s All Go to Heaven!
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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

Let’s All Go to Heaven!

Archpriest Andrew Lemeshonok

No need for sentimentality, no need for any human feelings, moods, conditions. We face a question: to live or not, to be or not to be.

On the Rich Young Man
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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

On the Rich Young Man

Discourse on the 30th Sunday After Pentecost. Luke 8:18–29.

St. Philaret of Chernigov

Does the Lord ask too much? What is there that the Lord has not the right to require of our hearts? All that you have belongs to Him and ought to be consecrated to Him.