Our Whole Life is a Long Cross Procession
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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

Our Whole Life is a Long Cross Procession

Homily on the Universal Exaltation of the Honorable and Life-Giving Cross of the Lord

Hieromonk Ignaty (Shestakov)

In order to get people to destroy others, you simply need to make them forget about the Cross.

Building Up the Church Among College Faithful
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Orthodoxy Today

Building Up the Church Among College Faithful

OCF's Campus Missionary Initiative

Christina Andresen

We believe that now is the time to send missionaries from among our communities, specifically called to build up the Church where it already is present in the hearts and lives of Orthodox college students, and by doing so, extend the reach of the Church from the parish to the campus.

Pride as the Primary Cause of Spiritual Filth
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Theology

Pride as the Primary Cause of Spiritual Filth

On Umberto Eco’s Novel Foucault’s Pendulum

Alexander Popov

After Foucault’s Pendulum, it became clear to me why Christianity forbids reading occult literature: It is too great a temptation for the proud mind.

What’s Behind the West’s Push for Ukrainian Church Autocephaly?
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Orthodoxy Today

What’s Behind the West’s Push for Ukrainian Church Autocephaly?

James George Jatras

Breaking Ukraine’s spiritual ties with Russia is at least as important to breaking of political ties and enlisting Ukraine as part of NATO’s anti-Russian deployment.

“There Must Be Love, Love and Prayer”
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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

“There Must Be Love, Love and Prayer”

Alexandra Kalinovskaya

“His humility is so strong that it seems that Fr. Alexei is ready to ask everyone’s forgiveness and, without hesitation, bow at the feet of the worst sinner, as it were..."