On the Temptation of Externalizing the Faith
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Orthodoxy Today

On the Temptation of Externalizing the Faith

Savva Tống (Duệ Uyên)

The sad thing here is not that “the Church is not extreme enough for them,” but that their Christian view has moved away from the center of Faith—where the Risen Christ is.

Salvation or Perdition?
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Orthodoxy Around the World

Salvation or Perdition?

On Graham Greene’s novels

Alexander Popov

The uniqueness of this book is that it was written by a Catholic, but it offers a profoundly Orthodox understanding of sin and grace, holiness and pride.

Schemanun Ignatia, a Professor and a Secret Nun
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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

Schemanun Ignatia, a Professor and a Secret Nun

(Valentina Ilyinichna Puzik; 1903–2004)

Maria Tobolova

The uniqueness of matushka Ignatia’s personality lies in the fact that she was able to align scientific activity and monastic service in her life, under the conditions of an atheistic regime.

St. John of Shanghai, the Moscow Patriarchate, and Other Local Orthodox Churches
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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

St. John of Shanghai, the Moscow Patriarchate, and Other Local Orthodox Churches

Archpriest John Whiteford

St. John was a monarchist, he was very conservative, and was a staunch defender of the Faith and Traditions of the Church, but unlike the extremists, he was not a sectarian or schismatic.

The Most Pure and Immaculate One
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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

The Most Pure and Immaculate One

Sermon on the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos

Hieromonk Zosima (Melnik)

The Nativity of the Mother of God is the beginning of the mystery of God’s Incarnation and our salvation, which is unfathomable to the human mind.