Who Is Rich Towards God?
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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

Who Is Rich Towards God?

Fr. James Guirguis

Our giving and our generosity are not only signs of having godly wisdom, they are signs of our real faith and love for Christ.

“Till We Meet Again.” Hieromartyr Theodore Kolerov
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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

“Till We Meet Again.” Hieromartyr Theodore Kolerov

Natalia Vashchina

Already at the time of writing the second letter to Bishop Peter, in November 1922, the question was being decided for him: Should he take a step towards his personal Golgotha, or not? And he firmly decided to follow the Lord. The love of God proved to be higher and stronger than the fear of future suffering and death itself.

Forty Steps to Bethlehem
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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

Forty Steps to Bethlehem

Vladimir Shishkin

On New Year’s and Nativity we give and receive gifts, but do we really have nothing for Christ?

Family: How to Start One and How to Keep it Safe
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Marriage and Family

Family: How to Start One and How to Keep it Safe

Priest David Proskuryakov

We spoke with Fr. David Proskuryakov, rector of the Church of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos in Astrakhan Region, about how and where to seek one’s happiness, and what to do to not miss it or destroy it with one’s own hands.

A Church Service… on Thanksgiving Day? An Unusual Fact about Orthodoxy in America
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Orthodoxy Today

A Church Service… on Thanksgiving Day? An Unusual Fact about Orthodoxy in America

Dmitry Zlodorev

I came to love going to services on this holiday, and then going to visit my closest friends—this tradition appeared by itself.